Friday
Read Luke 11:1-13
One day Jesus was praying in a certain
place. When he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us
to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 Jesus said to them, “When you
pray, say this:
‘Father:
May your holy name be honoured;
may your Kingdom come.
3Give us day by day the food we need.o
4Forgive us our sins,
for we forgive everyone who does us wrong.
And do not bring us to hard testing.’ ”
5 And Jesus said to his disciples,
“Suppose one of you should go to a friend’s house at midnight and say, ‘Friend,
let me borrow three loaves of bread. 6A friend of mine who is on a
journey has just come to my house, and I haven’t got any food for him!’ 7And
suppose your friend should answer from inside, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is
already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you
anything.’ 8Well, what then? I tell you that even if he will not get
up and give you the bread because you are his friend, yet he will get up and
give you everything you need because you are not ashamed to keep on asking.
9 “And so I say to you: ask, and you
will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to
you. 10For all those who ask will receive, and those who seek will
find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks. 11Would any
of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish? 12Or
would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? 13Bad as you
are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then,
will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Think
Jesus teaches his disciples to pray.
The emphasis of the Lord's prayer is simplicity. Simply asking God for help. He promises that when we ask - God will give
us the Holy Spirit to help.
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