Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional.

The goal is to help you understand and apply scripture as you go through a New Testament

Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday, as we move from Matthew straight through

to Revelation.

In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's word with you, so let's get started.

Welcome to our study today from Luke the 11th chapter. Jesus gives beautiful instruction on prayer.

He teaches how to approach God, the importance of being persistence in prayer, and the crucial

need for faith that God will answer. He proclaims that God sends his spirit and that his answers

are always good. Jesus follows this by casting a demon out of a mute

man. At this point, the Pharisees come on the scene accusing Jesus of working with the devil. They ask him

for more signs to prove his relationship with God. Jesus strongly rebukes them and speaks of how

Nineveh repented at the call of Jonah, and Israel does not repent at the call of God's son?

Following more accusations against him, Jesus strongly condemns the Pharisees as hypocrites and as people guilty of leading others away from God.

Let's consider some takeaways from this rich chapter.

Firstly, Jesus himself demonstrates the most committed and accomplished prayer life of all time. When he speaks of how to address God,

or how often to address God, or with what confidence we should address God, we would do well to listen.

There will always be accusers like the Pharisees and hypocrites around us,

but our connection with God is the power we must have to stand against them. This requires

consistent, spiritual, and hopeful prayer. Sadly, unbelievers may never see enough to follow Jesus,

and they may attack all they've been shown. This manifests

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