Insistence.
Luk 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luk 18:2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Luk 18:3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
Luk 18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Luk 18:5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
'This parable stresses the central truth of importunate prayer. The widow presses her
case till the unjust judge yields. If this parable does not teach the necessity for
importunity, it has neither point nor instruction in it. Take this one thought away, and
you have nothing left worth recording. Beyond all cavil, Christ intended it to stand as
an evidence of the need that exists, for insistent prayer.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 29)
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INSISTENT PRAYER!
Some would have us believe that we shouldn't pray over and over and over for the same thing or else it shows we do not believe God hears us and will grant us our prayer. Yet here we have the this parable of a widow coming to a judge over and over until the judge finally grants her petition. She was pleading her case, she was desperately desiring to be avenged against wrong doing. Don't we plead our case? Don't we plead to be avenged of this very world we were born into? Not asking to be born, but gifted with life, gifted with the chance to choose to serve a loving, merciful, forgiving, God. We plead before our God to be saved from this world, saved from the penalty of the sin we commit, saved from our choices to disobey Him. We plead for our God to give us new life, a life as His with Him! And this MUST be our constant prayer! This MUST be our insistent prayer! This must be our plea to our Creator, our Redeemer to save us from Satan and his evil, to save us from OUR adversary the DEVIL!
Not only are we to pray insistently for this, we are to pray this way for all things, because this is the prayer of the heart. A prayer from the heart isn't lightly spoken, or thought silently, without any spirit conviction. How desperately we need to cultivate true prayer! And yes, how NECESSARY prayer is for us who live in Christ!
Please, LORD, please help us to be insistent in our praying! Help us to desire You above ALL things, knowing it is YOU who gives us all we need to be YOURS, knowing YOU give us a promise of eternity in YOU, in LOVE.
All by YOUR GRACE!
Luk 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luk 18:2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Luk 18:3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
Luk 18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Luk 18:5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
'This parable stresses the central truth of importunate prayer. The widow presses her
case till the unjust judge yields. If this parable does not teach the necessity for
importunity, it has neither point nor instruction in it. Take this one thought away, and
you have nothing left worth recording. Beyond all cavil, Christ intended it to stand as
an evidence of the need that exists, for insistent prayer.'
Quoted from- 'THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS' (Excerpt 29)
*******
INSISTENT PRAYER!
Some would have us believe that we shouldn't pray over and over and over for the same thing or else it shows we do not believe God hears us and will grant us our prayer. Yet here we have the this parable of a widow coming to a judge over and over until the judge finally grants her petition. She was pleading her case, she was desperately desiring to be avenged against wrong doing. Don't we plead our case? Don't we plead to be avenged of this very world we were born into? Not asking to be born, but gifted with life, gifted with the chance to choose to serve a loving, merciful, forgiving, God. We plead before our God to be saved from this world, saved from the penalty of the sin we commit, saved from our choices to disobey Him. We plead for our God to give us new life, a life as His with Him! And this MUST be our constant prayer! This MUST be our insistent prayer! This must be our plea to our Creator, our Redeemer to save us from Satan and his evil, to save us from OUR adversary the DEVIL!
Not only are we to pray insistently for this, we are to pray this way for all things, because this is the prayer of the heart. A prayer from the heart isn't lightly spoken, or thought silently, without any spirit conviction. How desperately we need to cultivate true prayer! And yes, how NECESSARY prayer is for us who live in Christ!
Please, LORD, please help us to be insistent in our praying! Help us to desire You above ALL things, knowing it is YOU who gives us all we need to be YOURS, knowing YOU give us a promise of eternity in YOU, in LOVE.
All by YOUR GRACE!
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