WEDNESDAY- 27^th  WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –A

Gospel: Luke 11:1-4: Lord teach us to pray.

I Reading: Jonah 4:1-11: You are only upset about a castor-oil plant. Am I not to feel sorry for Nineveh, the great city?

The Great Subject of Prayer, Lk 11:1-13

This passage deals with the great subject of prayer. So we need to study time and again and learn how to pray without ceasing in life.

1. Jesus prayed (v.1)

a. The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray

b. John the Baptist had taught his disciples to pray

2. Jesus’ model prayer (v.2-4)

a. Thank God

          1) for being our Father

          2) for heaven

b. Praise His name always and don’t hate His name

c. Pray

          1) for His kingdom

          2) for daily bread

          3) for forgiveness

          4) for deliverance

3. Man’s part in prayer (v.5-10)

a. The illustration: man is to persevere and endure in prayer

b. The point: perseverance and endurance receive what is requested

c. The exhortation

          1) ask- shall be given

          2) seek- shall find

          3) knock- shall be opened

d. The answer assured

4. God’s part in prayer (v.11-13)

a. The illust.: God is not evil, but He is good-He is just like a father

b. The point: God is most willing to give- especially the Holy Spirit to dwell with man’s heart and life

Thought: Jesus Himself prayed to the Father always and asked His power and strength to continue His works and to do the Will of God.

Prayer makes us closer to God and helps us to love people with forgiveness and enables us to take up all kinds of responsibilities; even gives us lots of strength and courage to undergo sufferings or persecutions in life.

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