One
Day Jesus Told His Disciples
A
Story To Show
That
They Should Always Pray And Never Give Up.
Scripture
Luke
18
One
day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always
pray and never give up.
2 “There
was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither
feared God nor cared about people. 3 A widow of that city
came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute
with my enemy.’
4 The judge
ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t
fear God or care about people, 5 but this woman is driving
me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is
wearing me out with her constant requests!’”
6 Then the
Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge.7 Even
he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will
surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and
night?
Observation
What
are we praying about these days? Does it seem like to us that God is
never going to answer our prayer? Are we weary? Are we discouraged?
This
story is in the Bible to remind us that we are to always pray and we
are to never give up!
Jesus
told a similar story in Luke 11. And like this story, it was also a
reminder for us to always pray and never give up. In Luke 11:9 Jesus
said, “And
so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.
Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door
will be opened to you.”
Kathy
and I have been praying for our children since they were babies, no,
actually we were praying for them before they were even born. We have
been praying that all five of them would personally know God and that
all five would serve the Lord with all of their heart, mind, and
soul.
We
will never stop praying for that to happen – never.
We
are praying this prayer for our grandchildren too. Why? … Because
we know that nothing is more important than our children and our
grandchildren having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and
living their lives for Him. Nothing!
I
have to remind myself that all of us are a work in progress … all
of us are in need of prayer. All of us need for someone to pray for
us!
I
believe that I know Jesus today because I had a Granny who prayed me.
She must have prayed and prayed and prayed. She must have never given
up.
Who
are we praying for … please lets not quit!
Application
I
will keep praying for my family. I will never give up!
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You know that sometimes I get discouraged. You know that
sometimes I feel that You may never answer my prayers about my
children, their spouses and my grandchildren, but You also know that
I am never going to give up praying for them. Nothing is more
important for me to do than to lift them up in prayer.
So
today I lift up my five children and my 13 grandchildren (I am
including the one grandchild that is not yet born, but that is on the
way!) I pray for the salvation of each one of them. Help them to
believe in You and live for You. Help each one of them to live his or
her life in a way that makes You smile. Please answer my prayer -
soon!
Daily
Bible Reading: Genesis 44,45,46; Luke 18
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