“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed.” Mark 1:35 (NIV) Before the miracles, before the crowds, before the authority that silenced demons and healed the sick, there was prayer. Mark 1 tells us that Jesus healed, delivered, and changed many lives. But then the scripture pulls back the curtain and shows us the source of that power. Early in the morning, long before daylight, Jesus slipped away to be a...