Bold Prayer

"I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs. So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you." Luke 11:8-9

Jesus encouraged his disciples to pray with boldness for those things they needed to live and do God's will. God is neither deaf nor uninterested so that we have to work hard to gain his hearing and attention. But He does delight in and respond to boldness that conveys our dependence on Him and our confidence in Him.

God is able and willing to meet our needs so that we may live and do His will each day. Let our praying then be more than a quiet, feeble tap on heaven's door that betrays a lack of confidence in the One whom we seek. With boldness ask for what you need. With boldness seek the wisdom and guidance you lack. With boldness knock confident that He will open and answer.

Father, forgive my feeble prayers that betray lack of confidence in your wisdom and generosity. Teach me to pray with boldness that is founded on confidence in your willingness to answer.

I'm praying for you.
Pastor Mark