Persistence Pays Off

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Title: Persistence Pays Off ------------------- Date: 6/11/2003
Keywords: "ask" "persist"
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Passage: Luke 11:5-10*

5. Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;

6. for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';

7. and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.'

8. "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

10. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

Questions

1. How would you quantify the level of your determination to beat a porn habit?

 

2. How often do you sincerely ask God to give you strength to resist?

 

Practical help

Maybe it's midnight or even later and you're surfing the Web and one of those unsolicited porn windows pops up. Do you wonder if God's still awake or whether He wants to be bothered?

Sounds like a ridiculous question but it's easy to start thinking that God doesn't want to be bothered. After all, you've asked Him before to help you resist, and you stumbled anyway.

Today's passage should be the bellwether for the porn struggler. In fact, take a challenge to memorize verse 8. Here it is again:

"I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs."
Remember — because of your persistence in asking God for strength — He will give you as much as you need!
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