Jesus first response to every adversity was prayer. Each time his adversaries accused Him of something, or looked for a cause to kill Him, He retreated from the hostility and went to pray (Mark 1:35, Luke 5:16, Luke 6:12, and many other examples). He communicated with the Father so often that He became so attuned to how to overcome every sort of adversity.
As the time for His death approached, there was no better remedy for what was going to occur than to pray. He advised His disciples to do the same because their date with temptation and adversity were at hand. He knew that only through prayer (connecting with God) were they going to be able to overcome the greatest challenges in their lives to that point.
Jesus wanted to serve as an example to His disciples on how to approach any challenge in life. It's not trying to wrack your brain to determine how to approach the situation, its going off to a quiet place to pray. Go to God even if you don't know what to say, just spend time with Him connecting with Him and invariably you'll be given the key to any circumstance, and a peace that will guard your heart and mind. "Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21:36) Good advice from an experienced prayer.
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