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Nagging? or a Different Look at Prayer?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Repetitive Prayer

This morning we will reconsider the parable of the man who goes to his neighbor in the middle of the night to borrow bread. This parable teaches us persistence in prayer and typically is taught as prayer which motivates God by our nagging impudence. Today I would like to propose an alternate study. The lesson, as it is typically taught, goes like this... When Christmas is drawing near, our children begin to communicate their desires relative to Christmas gifts. Sometimes the list of wants might change but there are certain requests that remain as they repeat them time and time again. In this way they hope to nag us in hopes that they will get what they want.

The Proper Application of Grace

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Grace

We are under grace, and this opens to us an unmerited access to life everlasting through Jesus Christ. Jesus allows for the forgiveness of sin in us, not because we warrant it, but because of God’s mercy, and amazing grace. The more we have sinned, the greater God’s grace grows, so that through it we are forgiven. But, we are a people who are inclined to take advantage of any opportunity to advance ourselves, even when that opportunity presents itself in greed and selfishness. In this way, if we are not careful, we will look at God’s gift of grace as an opportunity to sin without lasting consequence. Paul warns us against this in his letter to the Romans, but do we pay attention to his warning in our lives today?