Even mentors find time to be alone with God.

Jesus spent all day teaching (Mark 1:22), and He spent all evening healing (1:32), yet He arose before the sun, and found time to pray to His Father in a special, secret place (1:35). This has much to do with mentoring because His disciples found Him carrying out His duty of prayer (1:36). “Pictures are worth a thousand words” it is said. There are greater impacts in the lives of the followers when they see the teachings of the teacher in the life of the teacher. Did they receive teaching on prayer? Yes. As a matter of fact, the desire to receive a class on teaching came upon the heels of Jesus being found in prayer again (Luke 11:1-2). There is convicting power in finding someone who is busy doing that which they have been teaching.

Even in the hours before His redemptive work, He was found by His disciples praying (14:32). Jesus was the example of prayer. If God prayed to God, how much more should humanity pray to God?