![]() ![]() However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”Ħ And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’Ĥ “For some time he refused. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. But we don’t give up until the answer comes until we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God has moved in our situation and - this is important - whether or NOT we got the answer we were looking for!įor further encouragement on persistence in prayer, we can turn to Luke 18 and the parable of the persistent widow:ġ8 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. If the answer hasn’t come yet, believe me – God knows that! He even understands your impatience. and we don’t just want results, we want them fast! So I usually ask “how long have you been praying about this?” Puzzled, they often look at me and say “well, at least a couple of weeks!” That’s when I turn to Matthew 7:7, which in the Amplified Bible reads:ħ “Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you seek and keep on seeking and you will find knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. One of the comments I hear most often about prayer is: “well, I prayed about it, but nothing happened”. a.” folks), other than perhaps to address first some of the problematic issues with prayer that either I’ve personally experienced or that have surfaced in talking with others about prayer. We won’t approach these in any particular order (my apologies to all you “I. In addition, many instructions concerning prayer are found throughout scripture and these will help us get a handle on how to pray effectively and Biblically. Within these potent words are many “principles of prayer” that we want to look at in the series “ PRAYING GOD’S WAY”. That’s one of the reasons we have to know that Word of God, so we can agree with the Word of God and see the Word of God being lived out over our life.When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, He gave them what we now call “The Lord’s Prayer” as a model. I don’t have creative power but I have the power to agree with life or agree with death. That is so much better than what Satan used to tempt me with. “By God’s grace, I don’t have any desire to go down the road of immorality – I’m completely fulfilled. Robert shares these final thoughts on overcoming his own struggle with lust. Once we change our mind, God then can set us free. “Repentance literally means ‘to change your mind.’ Sometimes we think that repentance is cry enough tears or sound sorry enough to God – but we’ve got to change the way we think about our sin. ![]() “Have a group of friends that you can talk to about the struggles you’re going through.” ![]() “When you lay yourself bare and transparent with Him, you can keep a short list.” Have an ongoing, passionate relationship with Jesus Christ.Robert explains how to counter strongholds in our lives: What are some of the things that can open ourselves up to oppression? Pastor Robert lists a few: ![]() Some Christians leave an opening in their life… we need to learn to close those doors and keep out.” If there’s no reason to believe we’re in bondage there’s no reason to seek freedom. “I had to help people understand that it’s possible as a Christian to be in bondage. Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church shares his heart behind his new book. ![]()
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