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Always Pray and Never Lose Heart
Sometimes Jesus’ parables are difficult to understand. But Luke gives us the meaning of the parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge. We ought always pray, and never lose heart. A Shameless Judge and a Helpless Widow The characters are caricatured. A judge who neither fears God nor respects men is only moved by self-interest. But a widow, the epitome of helpless weakness, can offer him nothing. Nevertheless, she moves him to act on her behalf by pestering…
Speaking to Your Father
The Christian’s Privilege of Prayer: Speaking to Your Father What we Pray The principal lesson in Jesus’ instructions for prayer is that you are speaking to your Father. To those who believe and trust Jesus Christ, “He gave the right to become children of God,” If Jesus died for you, then you have been adopted as a son of God, an heir of His kingdom. That fact governs everything else in prayer. It governs what you pray for: Because you…