SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8
“Teaching
them more about prayer, he used…story.” Lk 11:5 NLT
KEEP
PRAYING AND BELIEVING
Your need moves God’s heart, but your faith moves
Him to action. So keep praying and believing. Jesus gives us two illustrations
of this: (1) “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to
borrow three loaves…he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door
is locked for the night, and [we] are all in bed. I can’t help you.’ 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.” (Lk 11:5-8 NLT). Why will God answer your prayer? To protect His
reputation as One who makes covenants and keeps them. (2) “Thee was a judge in
a certain city…A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me
justice’…The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said…’I don’t fear
God or care about people, 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!’
Then the Lord said, ‘Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. 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? Will he keep putting them
off? I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly!” (Lk 18:2-8 NLT).
Bottom line: the God you serve is just, compassionate, able and willing to meet
your needs, so keep praying and believing.
Taken
from The Word for You Today Devotional
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