PERSISTENT PRAYING

A special interest of Luke in both the Gospel and the Book of Acts is prayer. He frequently notes the prayer life of Jesus. Before every major crisis in his ministry Jesus spent time in prayer.

The parables for today with their surrounding materials give an occasion for the preacher to deal with the whole subject of proper praying. It is an opportunity to deal with common misconceptions of prayer. It is also an opportunity to consider the whole discipline involved in praying.

While Jesus gave a model prayer, just repeating it is not necessarily good praying. It is a guide and can help in knowing the form of prayer. The preacher may want to include consideration of the form of prayer, both in public acts of worship and private prayer.

CONTEXT

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