Flourishing in Faith
Sunday | June 23, 2024
*Luke 18:1-18 / CSB*
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Second Thessalonians 1:3 / NLT, “Dear brothers and sisters, we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing.”
1.
Luke 18:1 / CSB, “Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.”
proseúchomai - to offer prayers; prostrate
Matthew 26:41 / ESV, “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is
weak.”
John 16:33 / ESV, “I have said these things to you, that in me
you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart, I have overcome the world.
2.
Luke 18:2-8a / CSB, “There was a judge in a certain town who
didn’t fear God or respect people. 3 And a widow in that town
kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my
adversary.’ 4 “For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to
himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect people, 5 yet
because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice,
so that she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’”
6 Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
7 Will not God grant justice to his elect who cry out to him day
and night? Will he delay helping them? 8 I tell you that he will
swiftly grant them justice…”
Romans 12:12 / CSB, “Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be
persistent in prayer.”
*Ephesians 6:18 / NLT, *“Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every
occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all
believers everywhere.”
proskarteréō - to be consistent; to
persevere and not give up
3.
Luke 18:8b / CSB, “…Nevertheless, when the Son of Man
comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Psalm 92:12-15 / ESV, “The righteous flourish like the palm tree
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 They are planted in the
house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They
still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,
15 to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is
no unrighteousness in him.”
My next steps
Read: Second Luke 18
Review: Matthew 26:41; Romans 12:12
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