“ALWAYS Pray and NEVER Give Up “

 “ALWAYS Pray and NEVER Give Up”

 

One day Jesus told His disciples a story to show that they should ALWAYS pray and NEVER give up.   Luke 18:1

 

This is the PARABLE (story) that Jesus told His disciples: “There was a judge in a certain city, He said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people.  A widow of that city came to him REPEATEDLY, saying, “Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.  The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, but this woman is driving me crazy.  I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”

 

Then the Lord Jesus told His disciples; “LEARN a LESSON from this UNJUST judge.  Even though he was UNJUST, he carried out a JUST decision in the end.  Then the Lord asked them, “So don’t you think God will surely give JUSTICE to His Chosen People who cry out to Him DAY and NIGHT?  Will He keep putting them off?  I tell you; He will GRANT JUSTICE to them QUICKLY!”  

 

The ONE thing that prompted the UNJUST JUDGE, who did NOT FEAR God nor RESPECT people, was the PESTERING of the widow who ALWAYS presented her PETITION to him and was PERSISTENT in her mission for JUSTICE.  She DID NOT GIVE UP!  Like the widow, our PERSISTENCE in our PRAYER TIME, indicates our TRUST in the ONLY ONE who can RENDER a JUST DECISION.  He is FAITHFUL and JUST to His OWN.  He CARES about the THINGS that brings us HEARTACHE and DESPAIR.  He LISTENS to our PLEAS and ANSWERS when it is the RIGHT TIME!  And it is IMPORTANT for His Children to have FAITH and TRUST in Him to bring them the BEST RESULT.  

 

In this PARABLE Jesus taught that GOD SHOULD NOT BE PESTERED, by PRAYER, but that those who PRAY, His OWN, Should PRAY CONSISTENTLY, PERSISTENTLY, and EXPECTANTLY.  PRAYING this way will bring ANSWERS.  Maybe not as SOON as you want or expect, but they will come at JUST THE RIGHT TIME.

 

Jesus asked this question; “When the Son of Man returns, how many will He find on the earth who have FAITH?”  This question was like “FOOD for THOUGHT”. He wanted them to be FAITHFUL in PRAYER and to NOT GIVE UP, but to be CONSISTENT and TRUST in GOD for the ANSWERS.  Now, for those who are NOT the CHILDREN of GOD, there is a PROBLEM.  God does not hear your prayers, UNTIL YOU PRAY for FORGIVENESS, and a WILLINGNESS to ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST as your SAVIOR and LORD, then He will HEAR and ANSWER your PRAYERS.  

 

So, in order to be able to PRAY to GOD and have your PRAYERS ANSWERED, here are some things you MUST DO.  First, YOU MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE.  YOU MUST BELIEVE that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for YOU, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  YOU MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  YOU MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and ALWAYS PRAY and NEVER GIVE UP!!!  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!