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.
Scripture
Luke
11
5 Then,
teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose
you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three
loaves of bread. You say to him,
7 And
suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door
is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t
help you.’
8 But
I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if
you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever
you need because of your shameless persistence.
9 “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.
10 For
everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to
everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
13 So if
you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who
ask him.”
Observation
Last
night Kathy and I had the opportunity to attend the first night of
our 50th High School Reunion. I have to admit that we were
a bit nervous. Our high school senior class was huge – someone said
last night that we had 700 in our senior class. But it was so good to
see old high school friends and meet some people that graduated with
us that we never had the opportunity to get to know. It was also sad
to hear that over 90 that graduated with us had already exited this
life into the next!
I
love this story that Jesus taught his disciples. He was teaching them
about prayer in Luke 11. I hope that you take the time to read it. It
is only nine verses long.
What
Jesus is saying to me is that Eddy should never give up praying for
the people that God has placed on my heart! Maybe you are one of
those people!
This
story also reminds me that I have a Good, Good Heavenly Father, who
wants to answer my prayers!
Application
I
will be persistent in prayer. I will not give up.
How
about you? How can I pray for you?
Luke
18:1
One
day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always
pray and never give up.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for allowing us the privilege of seeing so many of
our old friends from high school last night. Bless them, Lord. May
Your face shine brightly on them. Help me to pray for them as You
place them on my heart. Help me use my time, the time that I have
left on this earth wisely. I want to count for you.
Help
me and any person that may be reading this short blog, help us to
finish well. You are a Good Good Father. You love to answer my
prayers.
Bless
the person who helped Kathy and I attend the reunion. Smile on him,
Lord!
Daily
Bible Reading: Zechariah 1,2,3; Luke 11
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