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February Tuesday 5th
TOPIC: GOD ANSWERS PRAYER
TEXT: LUKE 11:5-10
Key verse: “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD”. Psalm 27:14
Every time you make a request is a good time before God and He is assuring you it is not in vain. He will answer, if you maintain the spirit of prayer. In our text, God is saying a man in need went to his neighbour for help. This man was not just his neighbour but a friend. He knocked at his door in the midnight and said: “I have a problem. I have a visitor and I do not have food to give to the visitor. Can you give me some food so I can give the visitor?” Jesus asked, “Can this friend say: ‘Do not trouble me, it is night already and my children are in bed?” I want to give you two reasons why the man would not refuse him: i) He was his friend – he would not disappoint his friend, ii) Because of his persistence in asking (importunity). Because the man was his friend he came at an odd hour of the day to ask him for help. He kept on asking confidently because he was dealing with a friend. For these two reasons, that man would have his request granted. Importunity means continually doing the same thing; asking and asking and never giving up. Apart from asking, you are also invited to seek for help or provision from God; seek for a way out or solution to your problems. “Seek, and ye shall find.” Keep on seeking from Him and you shall find. Again Jesus is encouraging us to persevere before God however hard and hopeless the issue appears to be. “Knock, and it shall be opened unto you”. Keep on knocking at your Father’s door. The door shall be opened unto you in due time.
We ought always to pray because we are serving a prayer-answering God. Let us not leave God idle; He answers prayers. Give God some time for Him to answer. It is part of His nature to answer prayers, therefore, men ought always to pray. Pray for yourself and pray for others; pray for your family and pray for other families; pray for your society and pray for other societies; pray for your nation and pray for other nations. Men ought always to pray and not to faint. Pray for your denominational Church and pray for other churches and ministries. ‘Men ought always to pray and not to faint!’
Thought for the day: You have not received because you have not asked in faith.
Song for the day: God that answereth by fire, He will be my God, He that answereth Elijah, He...
Bible reading for the day:
Exodus 37-38; Matthew 23:23-39
#Horemow.
February Tuesday 5th
TOPIC: GOD ANSWERS PRAYER
TEXT: LUKE 11:5-10
Key verse: “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD”. Psalm 27:14
Every time you make a request is a good time before God and He is assuring you it is not in vain. He will answer, if you maintain the spirit of prayer. In our text, God is saying a man in need went to his neighbour for help. This man was not just his neighbour but a friend. He knocked at his door in the midnight and said: “I have a problem. I have a visitor and I do not have food to give to the visitor. Can you give me some food so I can give the visitor?” Jesus asked, “Can this friend say: ‘Do not trouble me, it is night already and my children are in bed?” I want to give you two reasons why the man would not refuse him: i) He was his friend – he would not disappoint his friend, ii) Because of his persistence in asking (importunity). Because the man was his friend he came at an odd hour of the day to ask him for help. He kept on asking confidently because he was dealing with a friend. For these two reasons, that man would have his request granted. Importunity means continually doing the same thing; asking and asking and never giving up. Apart from asking, you are also invited to seek for help or provision from God; seek for a way out or solution to your problems. “Seek, and ye shall find.” Keep on seeking from Him and you shall find. Again Jesus is encouraging us to persevere before God however hard and hopeless the issue appears to be. “Knock, and it shall be opened unto you”. Keep on knocking at your Father’s door. The door shall be opened unto you in due time.
We ought always to pray because we are serving a prayer-answering God. Let us not leave God idle; He answers prayers. Give God some time for Him to answer. It is part of His nature to answer prayers, therefore, men ought always to pray. Pray for yourself and pray for others; pray for your family and pray for other families; pray for your society and pray for other societies; pray for your nation and pray for other nations. Men ought always to pray and not to faint. Pray for your denominational Church and pray for other churches and ministries. ‘Men ought always to pray and not to faint!’
Thought for the day: You have not received because you have not asked in faith.
Song for the day: God that answereth by fire, He will be my God, He that answereth Elijah, He...
Bible reading for the day:
Exodus 37-38; Matthew 23:23-39
#Horemow.
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