Miscellaneous (14)

04/03/07 am

Peter Kennelly, Open Air Campaigners

Luke 11: 1-13 

Prayer

1. It was Jesus' practice to pray
2. Jesus answered the disciples prayer immediately with:
   • A pattern prayer
   • A parable
3. God is your loving Father, and you are his children
4. The parable is about::
   • The avoidance of shame
     • Eastern hospitality dictated that a meal must be provided
     • Our present culture's rejection of God, Jesus, the Church, and Scripture is shameful
   • Boldness - to knock on a friend's door at midnight
   • Persistence, leading to eangagement, relationship, truth, trust, giving, receiving, growing and changing
5. Ask, Seek and Knock are in the present continuous tense - ask, and go on asking, etc.
   • Ask, but don't expect an immediate answer - persistence shows faith, not the lack of it
   • We are to seek the giver, not the gift
   • Knock so that the door might be opened

[Summary by David Cairns, not the preacher]

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