Monday, March 8, 2010
Monday, March 8th Daily Reading, Luke 11:1-13
Prayer is a learned activity. The disciples asked Jesus "Lord, teach us to pray". I often make my prayer first of all about me. It is OK to as God for what it is we need. As a matter of fact it is this passage (vs 8) that teaches us to be bold and shamelessly persistent in making our requests of God. However, when He is teaching them to pray he starts with the a holy, worshipful recognition of God (Father, Hallowed by your name). Then moves to a place of submission to His will (Your kingdom come). This is where I (and all of us) need to start in our prayers. It is this starting point that allows us to be persistent with our requests. For we remember to whom it is we are praying and that makes all the difference.
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I know it's Tuesday morning at 1:30 but I can't sleep and was reading this scripture passage. I never related this whole text to prayer. Something that I heard today was to ask 3 questions when reading Scripture. WHAT- is He saying, WHY- is He saying it and SO WHAT- does it mean for me? I am still currently trying to answer these questions.
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