Luke 18:1 ~ always pray and not give up

Luke 18:1

New International Version
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

New Living Translation
One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.

English Standard Version
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.



When we are looking for the Will of God.

It's important to remember our prayer answers and it's good to talk to those who love and remember answered prayers.


Jesus has promised us He will not leave nor forsake us. So we are searching to see God in every day. How do we know God is speaking to you, His child. Sometimes we will suddenly be completely reminded of the past and a memory doesn’t make total sense, yet we are profoundly reminded of the past making a memory stamp on the future. As a random example, as the sun sets we see something like a European Cypress tree in the evening twilight where Cypress trees do not grow.

A Worship Leader was sitting one evening and was suddenly thinking of someone he had befriended, he began to pray for this person. In fact, he was urgently feeling the need to pray for their connection to Jesus and felt that this was a difficult area for his friend in Christ. And as the years went by, he saw this prayer need was genuine. At the time, this seemed like an unlikely prayer need – but he heeded the Spirit of Jesus. And he was wise enough to only ask a few trusted friends to pray with him. Wise not to turn this sudden prayer request into something that would harm.

Sometimes we can have an aroma memory. And any time we feel Father God has prompted us – we feel we have communication. And feel Glorious. We have Father’s Attention – wow, wow and Wow.

Life prompting us to think of God thinking of us. Our every day is part of His Day.
We really can find God and this is good. In the radio. In the movie. For reasons of prayer prayer prayer.


This is fairly new knowledge of aromatherapy as a memory tool. The Book of Revelation tells us Father God inhales our prayers. God does not need us to Laboriously pray all our prayer thoughts. Our God is the Word of God upholding the Universe. Jesus knew what the blind men knew before they asked. God loves the conversation of being in our lives. God’s prayer life is amazingly smooth.

God tells us not to recite prayers as the heathen do. I do pray the Lord’s Prayer so well, probably, exactly as you do – sometimes I realize I’ve handed God the Lord’s Prayer as smoothly as am ice skating event. And then I do the exact opposite of my last paragraph and go back and truly listen to the Word being prayed. When we remember David’s view on Father God’s mercy and Jeremiah’s belief in God’s accuracy and ability to have the Word of God live -when we remember Samuel prayed his words would not fall and God’s Word would be the Strength of his faith. When we remember the mercy of Abraham towards others even at the pain of Isaac and himself - - - we are telling Father God, “Remember the time You…” God is Living Word – He loves the conversation. God loves to know at what warms you to God. How He is so very dear to you.

We can all pray for a good long time, but I’d guess and say the conversational pieces I have over current life, conversations, thoughts and ideas, the past, people and dogs far away – I’d bet God finds this more interesting. Even if He does seem to bless the longer prayers which are more routine. I have been praying for my eyes – Edward’s eyes have no cause to be better in his mid 50's and they are. Edward needs to have fewer headaches and does, but first, my headaches suddenly ended as I felt Father God was telling me these sinus headaches were over. And they have been this year.

I don’t know what effect my arrow prayers on the handicapped I see in life, but really, I feel we strengthen all of us when we pray for people we can see their prayer request. And I used to hand mean ol’ God the offer He could buck up to handle the awful needs of His Children. This was so depressing.


The truth is more glorious.

We are built to handle our lives. And when we nourish ourselves in God – more than usually He is going to overcome the sadness life has. It works like the Alzheimer prayer I repeat and will again. We can live ‘this is so sad’ Dad is ill now and has house slippers on and non-matching exercise clothes with pajamas. Living in a facility. Dad isn’t Dad. Or we can see the relief Dad has being with people who don’t expect him to live in a tie and set of professional clothes he doesn’t want the burden of. We can be glad Dad has a happy look and is telling us his next door neighbor turns out to be his lifelong best friend.

God has always shown us in hardship He has placed strength. We can pray for strength, we can have the audacity to pray for healing. Why would a prayer for wholeness offend God when we believe God is a Willing and Good Father. Who calls us Home to Him and life is forever more?


So I don’t know what happens to the prayers I always pray for Ambulances. I think they are the best of Prayer. The outcome is “Thy Will be Done.” With all the trust in the world that God is God and the outcome will be good. All of the 1980 prayer studies show that the prayer candidate who knew and didn’t know they were prayed for usually had an 80 something percentage improvement over the non-prayed for person. PRAY – it’s God for God’s Business – US.

I have a prayer request. I am praying for my back and Sciatica and diet. I am also praying for my son’s wonderfully loving and tremendously smart and even more appealing Husky – Jackson who was so much better from old age and then sprained his left back leg in the rocks in our garden. Please Pray for Jackson. I’ve seen and lived our cat being hit by a car in 1987, TC (Timothy Cat) living when the Vet had no hope for him but couldn’t put down such an eager, wonderful and loving cat. He found his bladder could function after we gave him time to heal and TC healed with the Mercy of Jesus. We had our dog Merit have terrible, terrible bleeding skin cancers and have remission taking him beyond what Springers usually live. Thank God.

Each of these acts of a loving Father telling us - even the sparrows who fall are known to Father God - require continuous work on the part of the pet family. I am praying for a sustainable miracle with the miracle of a life ended in SUPREME OLD AGE in Jackson’s sleep. And I see no reason to not tell our Father God every little portion of the miracle I’d love to live with my son and Jackson. Father God we really, really ask this Blessing for wonderful Jackson.

Abba, Father,

We have lifted up health and Jackson to You. Jesus told us always to keep praying with Hope.

I love to remember something You have said – to make this Living Conversation.

Jesus was covered front and back with Matthew 1 as Joseph’s Son by Gift of God. Jesus was covered front and back with Luke 3 as Mary’s Son. Jesus is soaked in the Goodness of God.
The man Jesus prayed for who had Living Water placed on his eyes was not left nor forsaken. Jesus took hold of this man again when sight was not clear yet, and Jesus sent him with direction for his life.

We ask You to cover this Prayer with Your Love and Mercy and Deeds of Healing.
Blessing all the people we met on the Cruise and were so very kind to us. 

Asking You, Father, for rain on the West Coast.

Jesus blesses and bless and bless us with His Joy and His Love. Amen Amen Amen in Jesus we get to pray. Amen.

Amen

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