Corporate Prayer …in the 21 st century. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that...

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Corporate Prayer …in the 21 st century

Transcript of Corporate Prayer …in the 21 st century. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that...

Page 1: Corporate Prayer …in the 21 st century. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1.

Corporate Prayer

…in the 21st century

Page 2: Corporate Prayer …in the 21 st century. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1.

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Luke 18:1

Page 3: Corporate Prayer …in the 21 st century. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1.

“It always seems

impossible until it's done.”

Nelson Mandela

Page 4: Corporate Prayer …in the 21 st century. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1.

Luke 18:2-5He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

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“Many of life's failures are

people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.”

Thomas A. Edison

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And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge

says.

Luke 18:6

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“When you get to the end of your rope.

Tie a knot and hang on.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who

cry out to him day and night?

Will he keep putting them

off?

Luke 18:7

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Mahatma Gandhi

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the

world's problems.”

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I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

Luke 18:8

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Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

James 1:2-5