And it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of Hs disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray.   ~  Luke 11:1

Notice that as great a teacher and preacher that Jesus was, as great a miracle worker that He was, His disciples are never recorded as asking Him to teach them how to preach or to teach them how to work miracles.  What they did ask Him though, was to teach them how to pray.  Perhaps they were more impressed with His prayer life than anything else. 

What an irony that prayer seems to be the thing that least impresses His disciples today.  They may be impressed with teaching or with miracles, but don’t really have time for prayer.  Someone said, “It is more important that men learn to pray than they gain a college education.”  I’m not knocking college, it can be very helpful, but learning to pray is far more important.  When you know how to pray you can get yourself out of any crisis of life!