My Christian walk

Image from Godtv.com What do these people have in common? 1. Mary, in the story of turning water into wine [John 2:3-5]. Jesus says, "It's not yet my time." and Marry goes ahead to tell the disciples to do as He commands them. And then Jesus turns water into wine. 2. The Greek woman whose daughter was demon-possessed [Mark 7:26-29]. Jesus tells her, "... it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs." to which she replies, "... even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." And Jesus says, "Because of that reply, your daughter is well." 3. Or King Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:5) when the prophet told him that God had said he was going to die; he turned to the wall and asked God for more years and it was done for him. All the pronounced bible characters, Jacob, the woman with a bleeding issue, and many others seem to have moved God even when He didn't seem to have set out to move that way. God responded be...

Photo by Diana Simumpande on Unsplush.com I am quite convinced that the Lord's prayer as we know it is just a portion of Jesus' complete lesson on prayer. Luke 11:1-2    ...one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." He said to them, "When you pray, say: "'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come... He continues to share with them the Lord's prayer as we (might) know it until verse 5, where my point for today is. He continues to tell them a story about a man who asks his friend for bread in the middle of the night and he's given that bread, not because of their friendship but because of his shameless audacity, his capacity to dare, to disturb his friend in the middle of the night. He also continues in verse 9 to tell us, "... ask, and it will be given to you;   seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."   I am convinced that Jesus' complete ...