Luke 11:1–54

September 04, 2012

Jesus tells us how to pray, and it is not presenting God with a laundry list of what we want Him to do for us.

1. Worship of who God is: Our father who are in Heaven, hallowed by thy name.
2. It's all about you God, what your will is: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
3. Our help comes from the Lord: Give us this day our daily bread, forgive as we forgive, protect us and deliver us.
4. Our trust for our future rests with Him: Thine is the glory forever and ever.

We are to seek Him. Purposely, deliberately, and diligently seek HIM. When we do that, His promise in Luke 11:9–10 can be fulfilled. Ask—God will give it to you. Search—you will find. Knock—the door will open for you. Jeremiah 29:13 - "You will search for me. And when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me. I will let you find me says the Lord." When we search for Him it must be with a submissive heart and a repentant spirit. It does no good to just clean up the outside. We must have a heart change. Trusting and believing in our own strength is worthless. Our strength comes from the LORD.

Interesting verse found in Luke 11:46: "And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them." What an accurate description of lawyers who pursue lawsuits without merit for their own selfish gain.


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