Tag: <span>prayer</span>

I was contemplating the succinct nature of the Lord’s pattern prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) and how Christ could have said so much when saying “After this manner therefore pray…” but instead chose only a few words.  Some of this prayer is obvious as a pattern.  It makes perfect sense that Jesus would start the prayer and indicate we ought to pray…

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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of God’s willingness. I preached a sermon recently from Luke 11 concerning the parable of the friend at midnight.  In that sermon, I contend that this familiar parable is not about man’s persistence in prayer, but rather God’s delight and willingness to answer prayer in spite of our failings and…

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