Jesus tells us why he gives this parable. He wants us to keep praying and keep hoping and not give up. But what is the object of this prayer? We can tell from the context what type of prayer Jesus is talking about. In verse 8 Jesus closes the parable by asking...
and bless the means used for my cure. Give me such confidence in the power of your grace, that even when I am afraid, I may put my whole trust in you; through our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Since Jesus is represented by the straight and solid, what is the alternative? By implication, we are weakened by veering away from the Lord’s teaching. We are “tossed by the wind,” wrote James. Whereas the one who pursues a straight path is like salt (Matthew 5:13), God spits ou...
Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As...
"God opposes the proud but shows grace to the humble." Thank You for opening up Your Word to me and helping me to see the beautiful truth about humility. I ask that You would work a good work in my life day by day, until I am more like Christ and less like me. In Jesus' name...
Matthew 8:2-3A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. ...
Another passage in Acts makes this connection even stronger. When Saul of Tarsus was praying and fasting, after seeing the vision of Jesus on the road to Damascus, he was told "And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lor...
I really should pray in a strong and determined way and I started to make up my own prayer (Please consider that I am German, so I had to translate the prayer and made my own. I didn’t copied it 100%.) From that I went on to praying to Jesus, to cleanse me and take all the...
Well, we're told in John 14:16, Jesus says, whatever you ask in my name that will I do that the father may be glorified in the son. So from that, we realized that there's an explicit passage about praying in Jesus' name. But more importantly, the truth that points to is is the...
” Another translation says “the heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.” Chasing our heart’s desires can feel thrilling and good. We can even throw a little Jesus and charity for others in there for good measure, but God asks us to walk a narrow path where he is the ...