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Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 18:1-7, 20-19:8; Luke 11:1-13
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. (Luke 11:9-10)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. It is easy to fall into the trap, isn’t it? “I asked God for it, why didn’t He answer me? Why didn’t I get what I prayed for?!?” That’s what Jesus is saying here, right? Ask, seek, knock, and all your wildest desires will come true! Or will they? It is easy to forget that there are three answers to prayer: yes, no, and wait. Sometimes, in His infinite wisdom, God the Father will make you wait a while for that which you ask.
So ask continuously, Jesus says. Seek persistently. Knock without ceasing. Come back to your Father in heaven again and again with your needs and desires. It isn’t an accident that just before these words Jesus tells His disciples to pray for daily bread. You need prayer like you need food every day. Prayer for the Christian is just as essential as the air you breathe.
The Lord your God will never fail to answer a prayer prayed in faith. He will never fail to grant those things He wants to give to you. The problem is, it takes a long time to turn the focus of prayer away from me, and what I want, and toward God and neighbor, and what they need. But your Lord is patient. He is always listening, always ready to hear your prayer. It doesn’t matter what your prayer is, He always hears those prayers prayed in faith. He’s always ready to answer.
Thanks be to God that He uses His Holy Word to shape you and teach you that for which you should pray and that which you truly need, which empties you of yourself and opens your hands to receive what He has to give, instead of grasping at what seems so close.
The blood of Jesus covers all of your sin. Your Baptism has washed you clean. The heavy lifting is done. Rest assured that God your Father hears you because of Jesus. He hears and answers you in His time with His grace and peace. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Come, my soul, with ev’ry care, Jesus loves to answer prayer; He Himself has bid thee pray, Therefore will not turn away. (Come, My Soul, with Every Care, LSB 779:1)
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By Higher Things®Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 18:1-7, 20-19:8; Luke 11:1-13
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. (Luke 11:9-10)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. It is easy to fall into the trap, isn’t it? “I asked God for it, why didn’t He answer me? Why didn’t I get what I prayed for?!?” That’s what Jesus is saying here, right? Ask, seek, knock, and all your wildest desires will come true! Or will they? It is easy to forget that there are three answers to prayer: yes, no, and wait. Sometimes, in His infinite wisdom, God the Father will make you wait a while for that which you ask.
So ask continuously, Jesus says. Seek persistently. Knock without ceasing. Come back to your Father in heaven again and again with your needs and desires. It isn’t an accident that just before these words Jesus tells His disciples to pray for daily bread. You need prayer like you need food every day. Prayer for the Christian is just as essential as the air you breathe.
The Lord your God will never fail to answer a prayer prayed in faith. He will never fail to grant those things He wants to give to you. The problem is, it takes a long time to turn the focus of prayer away from me, and what I want, and toward God and neighbor, and what they need. But your Lord is patient. He is always listening, always ready to hear your prayer. It doesn’t matter what your prayer is, He always hears those prayers prayed in faith. He’s always ready to answer.
Thanks be to God that He uses His Holy Word to shape you and teach you that for which you should pray and that which you truly need, which empties you of yourself and opens your hands to receive what He has to give, instead of grasping at what seems so close.
The blood of Jesus covers all of your sin. Your Baptism has washed you clean. The heavy lifting is done. Rest assured that God your Father hears you because of Jesus. He hears and answers you in His time with His grace and peace. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Come, my soul, with ev’ry care, Jesus loves to answer prayer; He Himself has bid thee pray, Therefore will not turn away. (Come, My Soul, with Every Care, LSB 779:1)