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DON'T GIVE UP ON PRAYER

For taking your time to study remain blessed.

MONDAY 30 AUGUST 
DON'T GIVE UP ON PRAYER
TEXT:  Luke 11:5-10
Key verse: Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and 
heard my cry. 

Any 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 can maintain the spirit of prayer.  In today's devotional 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 at 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 that 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) Because he was his friend and he would not want to disappoint his friend. (ii) Because of his persistence in asking (importunity). It was because he was his friend that he came to ask him for help. He kept on asking confidently because he was dealing with a friend. So, 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.

Jesus Christ, therefore, said in verse 9, “And I say unto you, Ask and it shall be given unto you.” If you ask one time and it does not work, keep on asking. He is your Father, go along with Him and keep on asking. John 16:23, 24  And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it to you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My Name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.  Apart from asking, you are also invited to seek help or provision from God; seek for a way out or for a solution to your problem: 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 situation 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.

Thought for the day: It is faithlessness to give up on God. 
Song for the day: I know He loves me better, whatsoever maybe, I will follow Him
Bible reading for the day: Psalm 142-144; 1 Corinthians 10:14-33
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