Faithful Steward Ministries and FSM Women's Outreach

PRAYING HARD

You should find this to be God’s usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them.

—Richard Baxter (1615-1691), English Puritan church leader

Bible Truth Behind the Quote:
Luke 11:5-10 records Jesus’ parable about prayer in which a person knocked on a friend’s door at midnight in need of three loaves of bread, asking persistently until the request was finally granted

Ron Rhodes, 1001 Unforgettable Quotes about God, Faith, & the Bible (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2011).

CONTEXT

LUKE 11

STUDY

What is the meaning of the Parable of the Persistent Neighbor?