Life Lessons from Luke by Max Lucado

Author:Max Lucado
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2018-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

LESSON SEVEN

PERSISTENT PRAYER

“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.”

LUKE 11:9–10 NKJV

REFLECTION

Think of a time when you felt like giving up on a certain prayer request. What made it difficult to pray? What helped you keep on praying? What do you think would have happened if you stopped praying?

[Your Response Here]

SITUATION

The disciples had numerous opportunities to observe Jesus as he prayed. Eventually, they got around to saying, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Jesus’ response shows that he heard two requests in one: the disciples needed some idea of how to pray and they also needed some idea of why they should pray. He gave them a model for how to approach God, and he also gave reasons why they should pray.

OBSERVATION

Read Luke 11:1–13 from the New International Version or the New King James Version.

NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:

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