December 14, 2022

Words of Encouragement, Dec. 12 2022, Ep 575

1. Believe
2. Ask
3. Persist

SCRIPTURES:

1. PRAY FOR US ~ II Thessalonians 3:1‭-‬2
"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith."

2. YOU HAVE NOT ~ James 4:2b
"You fight and war, yet you have not, because you ask not."

3. PERSISTENCE OR BEGGING? ~ Luke 11:5-10
"And He said to them, 'Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him BECAUSE HE IS HIS FRIEND, yet BECAUSE OF HIS PERSISTENCE he will rise and give him as many as he needs. “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."

4. PETER IN PRISON ~ Acts 12:5-10
"Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him."

5. DAY & NIGHT PRAYER ~ Luke 18:7‭-‬8
"And will not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"

LINKS:

A CHILD SUPERMAN ~ https://ftc.co/.../jesus-the-nietzschean-superman-and.../