Sermon: Luke 11:1-13
July 25th, 2010 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 CommentsI have posted today’s sermon on my sermon blog. It’s based on Luke 11:1-13 and entitled “Keep Praying”!
Here’s a portion of it:
Several years ago a friend of mine and I went to a weekend Blue Grass Concert in North Wilkesboro, NC. After the Friday night festivities we stopped at a Mexican restaurant on the way back to the cabin we were staying in and noticed that — at a table nearby — there was a woman and a man holding hands across the table, talking quietly, gazing into each other’s eyes. They were obviously in love. My friend and I noticed what was going on at that table – and both of us reached for our cell phones at the same time and said: “Excuse me. I have to call my wife.” I’ll never forget thinking about what was motivating the calls. It was that picture of a deep, satisfying, relating conversation. It made us think: That’s what I want to participate in with my wife. I want to talk to her. I want to call home.
Jesus’ followers might have seen something in the way Jesus related to his Father, and said: “Teach us to pray like that.”
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