“Lord, Teach Us to Pray …� Luke 11: 1

Leonard Sweet recently wrote on Twitter: “When my mother died, I set her Bible on a table and let it open itself. Psalm 91, to my surprise. Where does your Bible open itself?�

I decided to take the fun challenge and let my Bible open by itself. It’s a small Bible because I like to carry it in my purse, so honestly it kept falling over. Finally it opened to Luke 11—Jesus’ teaching on prayer. I read it with fresh eyes. I was struck by verse 8: “I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.� Jesus prescribes boldness in our asking. How do I approach God. Am I asking for the world? Am I stepping out in faith, asking for the miraculous? Once I have aligned my heart with God’s purposes, God wants to work through His children as we pray. God wants us to ask for brokenness to be restored, slavery to end, abuse to stop, mountains to move … Today, let us align our hearts with His and be bold in our asking.

Prayer:
Father, we want Your Kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. Today, help me direct my prayers in such a way that Your Kingdom will come through me.

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