April 4 -- Saturday -- Bug God

Curse & Amen: Deuteronomy 26:1-27:26

Fish Is Better than Snake: Luke 10:38-11:13

God Alone Is to Be Feared: Psalm 76:1-12

A Fool Shows His Annoyance: Proverbs 12:15-17


I feel really bad about letting the Bible blog get behind, especially with the April 4th teaching. It’s a favorite of mine.

Does Luke 11 sound familiar to anybody? The prayer is Jesus’ response to the disciples when they asked Him to teach them how to pray.

Observe:

1) Forgive us our sins, as we forgive everyone who sins against us. This is huge. Forgiveness from God goes hand-in-hand with forgiving others.
2) Ask, Seek Knock: The Greek words literally translate to “keep on asking”, “keep on seeking”, and “keep on knocking”. Plus, Jesus’ parable backs that up. Jesus basically told us to pray without care about how much we think it might bug God. :)
3) The Holy Spirit is ours for the asking. We don’t have to memorize some ancient chant or ritual. We don’t have to be born in a special family. We don’t have to find some sacred charm. We simply have to ask and we get the Holy Spirit. And it’s more certain than any of you youth getting fed when you ask your parents to feed you. That’s way cool! The Holy Spirit is key to both our faith in Jesus & in empowering us to bring others to Christ. If we want to get our church on fire for the Lord we need to be experts in forgiveness & prayer, especially in praying for the Holy Spirit.