Archive for January 2024

Lk. 18:1 Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart… A friend of mine tells a story about his childhood spent following his grandfather around like a shadow.  Whether pop -pop was fixing a car or…

Mt. 6:8‭-‬9aSo do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.  “Pray, then, in this way…” Sometimes, writers can be the worst speakers.  I have been guilty of this myself when asked a simple question.  Instead of giving a simple answer, I tend to think that the person…

1 Tim. 2:1‭-‬4 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all people, for kings and all who are in high authority, so that we may live a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.  This is good and acceptable and pleasing in the…

Lk. 22:44‭-‬46 And being in agony, [Jesus] prayed more intently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down on the ground.  When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, and He said to them, “Why are you sleeping?  Get up and pray that you may…

Lk. 18:11‭-‬13 The Pharisee stood and began praying to himself: “God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.”  But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even raise…