Friend or Genie

1He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

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

Father,

Your name be honored as holy.

Your kingdom come.

3Give us each day our daily bread.

4And forgive us our sins,

for we ourselves also forgive everyone

in debt to us.

And do not bring us into temptation.”

Keep Asking, Searching, Knocking

5He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’ 7Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’ 8I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9“So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.  Luke 11:1-10

Prayer Warriors:

The disciples wanted to learn how to pray like Jesus, and he teaches them this prayer. It's interesting that he follows it up with this parable. It seems at first that he wants this man to beg for what he needs for his journey but remember He is a friend to the man lives in this house.
Why is Jesus's asking us to be persistence when it comes to prayer. Why do some prayers get answer at the moment it leaves your mouth and others we labor for months and even years? Jesus calls us" His friend." I love that! He wants to spend time with me, like a friend would. That's why He say's" Keep knocking don't stop, keep coming to me." I think if every prayer was answered at the moment we prayed it. God would have been no more then a genie in a bottle. He knows the heart of man, so instead He became a friend to man. Hallelujah!
Prayer warriors, we can not stop going to Him. We need to believe and have faith that God going to answer those prayers we've been praying for years. Is it hard at times, you better believe it but remember you have a friend in Jesus. So keep knocking on the door of heart of Jesus Christ.
          
                                     Blessing,
                                            Christina