Topic: THE POWER OF PERSISTENCE PRAYER
Text: Luke 11:1-13
11:1 Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
11:2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our[a] Father [b]in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done.On earth as it is in heaven.
11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
11:4 And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation,[d]But deliver us from the evil one.”
11:5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;
11:6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
11:7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’?
11:8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
11:9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
11:11 If a son asks for [e]bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?
11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
11:13 If you then, being evil, 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!”
1:50 Now Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.
1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, “Indeed Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon; for look, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’ ”
https://youtu.be/DLfgW_uiT4k?si=mcwtNc0QYmms_ACG1:52 Then Solomon said, “If he proves himself a worthy man, not one hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.
1:53 So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.
STUDY:
Prayer, as a force that enforces results, has several dimensions. It is a tool for transformation, legislation, warfare and making requests. For it to serve as a means of relating and communicating with God (Luke 18:1), faith is vital (Mark 12:24). Aware of the fact that a prayer-less Christian is a powerless Christian, the disciples saw the need to request that Christ teach them to pray. James 5:16b says that the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much.
To achieve result in prayer, it must capture the supremacy of God (v. 2a), the enforcement of God’s will on earth (v. 2b), confession of our weaknesses (v. 4), supplication (v. 3) and warfare (v. 4b). In our text, Jesus told the story of a man in need and who came to his friend’s house at midnight. Though the man’s friend never wanted to be troubled, claiming that the door was shut and his children were already in bed and he could not rise from bed, but because of their relationship and his friend’s persistence, he attended to him. So, as God’s children, we must bring our request to Him in faith and He will answer us.
Prayer:
Dear Lord, please answer me as I pray to you in faith and let my joy be full in you.
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