Scripture to Read: Luke 18:1-8
God loves us so much and too often, we forget this awesome truth. When we grasp the depth of God’s love for us, it is His love that motivates us to live for Him and to talk with Him every single day. But, when we doubt His love for us, that is when our spiritual lives become stagnant, boring, mechanical, and even lifeless. When we doubt God’s love and who He says we are, in Him, then we merely go through the motions of reading our Bible and praying and then we walk away empty, wondering why we even wasted our time. When we consider the parable of the woman who continually brought her request before the judge, this woman KNEW that the judge had to listen to her request. She never knew how the judge might answer, but she knew she could bring her request before him. When we realize that the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, that His death, burial, and resurrection have thoroughly cleansed us of all our sin and has given us full access to God the Father’s throne of grace, has made us completely pure and holy, and has given us high standing with our Heavenly Father, that is when we will find our prayer life vibrant and exciting. We will not always feel excited in prayer, but when we do pray, we know God is listening because we know who we are in Christ, which gives us the boldness and confidence we need as we fellowship with God through prayer.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about prayer that you had not considered before?
2. How will you choose to pray from this point on, knowing all that God has taught you this week?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!