God Answers Persistent Prayers
Seventy disciples are sent out
two-by-two with instructions to
heal the sick & say: The kingdom
of God is come nigh unto you.
Their enthusiastic return prompts
Jesus to rejoice in praise to God.
But confrontation is gathering.
Some attribute His miracles to
Satan; others clamour for more
miracles and Pharisees attack His
seeming disregard for traditions.
Jesus responds by denouncing the
religious leaders for their hypocrisy
and warns disciples to be watchful.
Lord, we’ll Pray with Perseverence:
Which of you shall have a friend,
and go to him at midnight and say
to him: Friend lend me 3 loaves…
Because of the man’s persistence
he will get up and give him as
much as he needs (Luke 11:5-8).
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.
For everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds and to him
who knocks it will be opened (9-10)
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 (v13). Amen.
Lord, Yr parable about Persistence
implies the key to experiencing You
is to ask persistently & press thro
the negative voices in our minds.
So, I will keep asking and persist
despite lack of apparent results.
Help me have great faith that prayer
works so that I can experience and
know You in a deeper way. Amen.
Lord, You tell your disciples to keep
on asking, seeking and knocking;
each level requiring perseverance.
Ask with simple faith, like a child
asking a parent: simply trusting.
Seek with determined faith, in a
learning mode, open & observant.
Knock with persistent faith to meet U.
Even as we lift up our needs to You,
transform our hearts and let Your
desire becomes ours as well. Amen.
Holy Spirit, we really need Your
manifestation in need and ministry:
Your voice, Your touch & Your Power.
Fill us even as we purpose to yield
to You in exchange for more of the
nature of God, the overwhelming
sense of His love & of Your power.
Flow freely to us in us and through
us so that there will be fruitfulness
and lives be transformed. Amen.