Parables on Prayer

Hello steemit friends,
I just want to share this verse from the Bible: The Parable of the Persistent Widow.
Let's keep on praying for one another. God Bless everyone and have a blessed Sunday.

18 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Luke 18:1-8
King James Version
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Thank you for including verse 8. Most people only quote up through verse 7, making the impact of the teaching that we should constantly cry out to God. Which is true...and definitely part of the point of this passage. But that last part really brings home the point that this crying out to God IS faith.

There is another passage that says essentially that anything that is not of faith is sin. And another passage that states that without faith it is impossible to please God.

We tend to get so focused on keeping all the rules that we miss the entire concept of faith - simply defined as acting like what God said is true and that we believe it. If we really believed it we would have different behavior - not so much that we wouldn't commit sins but be at peace, trust Him and cry out to Him because we believe He will do something.

This last verse encompasses all of that. Will anyone even believe Him enough to be praying? The rhetorical answer is "no" or "barely".

Amen.Thanks for stopping by