Breakfast Announcement
We want to do something special just for you and your family!!! The "fun bunch" Sunday school class invites you and your children to come for breakfast next Sunday October 24th. We are fixing a light breakfast, serving around 9:45, in the hopes that all the younger couples and younger adults in our church family will come. We hope to prepare a breakfast for you once a month to help you get to Sunday school and enjoy fellowship with each other.
We have been there and know it is difficult to be everywhere everyday! So, in order to show you how much we love you and understand, we want to make it a little easier once a month!
Scripture
Luke 18:1-8 (ESV)
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. [2] He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. [3] And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.' [4] For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man, [5] yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.' " [6] And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says. [7] And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? [8] I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Questions for Reflection
1. In what circumstances is persistence beneficial?
2. When was a time your persistence paid off?
3. Why should we take note of how the unjust judge responded to persistence?
4. How will God’s actions differ from those of the unjust judge?
5. What can Christians expect from God?
6. What promise does this parable offer to Christians?
7. What does it mean to be persistent in our prayers?
8. How should we respond when we do not see our prayers answered?
9. How can you guard against the temptation to give up praying when you do not see immediate results?
10. For what need or concern will you commit to praying persistently?
