Scripture: Luke 18:1-8
Journal: How is your prayer linked to your level of faith these days? What determines your faithfulness to the
practice of prayer? When the Son of
Man comes, will he find faith on earth? Will
he find it in you?
Reflection:
“Always pray and do not lose heart.” What a great admonition for the season of
Advent. Yet, it is much easier said than
done. It is so easy to allow our circumstances to control and determine the
state of our hearts, rather than our practice.
“Practice comes first in religion,” wrote Thomas Kelly, “not theory and
dogma.” In fact, what we are learning
from neuroscience these days is that what you practice, you become. Our practice—watching and waiting and
praying—must not be determined by our own perceptions, agendas, and demands,
but by an unflinching belief that if we continue to ask and seek and knock and
beg, God will, in his own time and his own way, eventually come. Then we will be able to answer his
challenging question, “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on
earth?” with a resounding YES!
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to pray always and never
lose heart. Amen.
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