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June 28, 2019
There are few spiritual disciplines more difficult, and yet more absolutely necessary, than prayer. Jesus is clear: we should never stop praying! Our Father delights in us and wants to take care of us. This is not a blanket promise, though. As Alistair Begg notes, we’re not always good at knowing what to pray for, and pride and selfishness often get in our way. Thankfully, the Bible provides models for us—men and women who let submission to God guide their prayers.
5And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? 8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything qbecause he is his friend, yet because of his impudence3 he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9And I tell you, rask, and sit will be given to you; tseek, and you will find; uknock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11What father among you, if his son asks for4 a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then, wwho are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father xgive the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
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