Prayer is where the battles of life are won and lost. We see something like this in Jesus' life. Again and again, he got alone with his Father and poured out his heart in prayer. Everything else that happened—the miracles, the teaching ministry, his confrontations with enemies—flowed directly from his time alone with God. After all, the only place where his sweat poured out like blood was in a garden alone with God, not when he was facing down his enemies. He won the battle alone before leading his