Details Watch Make a Difference—Children, Go Where I Send You. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. “Though I cry out day and night, you don’t answer me” The text today reassures us that God does hear our prayers, just as the judge heard the widow and her pleadings. Stop and think about that for a moment…..Have you ever been an answer to somebody else’s prayer? August 2020 When we think about this passage about prayer, we often cast ourselves as the widow and God as the judge - we are the ones who plaintively make our case before God day after day, night after night, and God, like a parent who has heard their child’s request for ice cream twenty thousand times, will begrudgingly give in just to stop the nagging. The Bible records some of the prayers of people who have gone to God with their seemingly hopeless situations. 10/04/2020 Pastor Eugene gives a sermon entitled "God is the Reason of Our Hope" based on Romans 14:1-8. A Sermon on Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 and Luke 19:1-10 I love the story of Zacchaeus. Nor have I been one to search the house for my birthday or Christmas presents, even as a little child. Matthew 1:18-21 "In Need of a Savior" Rev. Watching the response her speech at the United Nations reminded me of how threatened those in power can feel as they dismiss the righteous protests of our youth. Instead, it’s bracketed by Luke’s introductory … Continue reading "Commentary on Luke 18:1-8" It requires us to show up for each other and for this island and for people we may never know - because we’ve chosen to be a church engaged in the holy, redemptive work of God. Sermon: Continuing to Pray Prayer Patterns 1. Sermon Luke 18:1-8 Bothering God. It’s not even about those “good feelings” we get upon completing a task for someone else. Luke 6:27-31 Mark 8:34-35. Do we hear the cries of their suffering – and if we do, what is our response as God’s people to be an answer to their prayers? Copyright © 2021 Evansburg United Methodist Church. God’s answers are always good. Sadly, too often our earnestness and sincerity in prayer give way to disillusionment when we don’t get the answers we want and we give up. If that judge who had no real interest in the widow at his door, will open his hand and answer the requests of the widow, then how much more will our loving God? As the relationship progresses I realize that God has a clearer picture of what I need than I do.”. December 2020 She seems quite helpless. Today in Luke 18 we hear Jesus’ teaching about prayer again. [Return to clip - play until the end]. This doesn’t take a committee decision. Keep Asking – sermon on Luke 18:1-8. This parable of Jesus about the widow and the dishonest judge is a story about encouragement. Browse Sermons on Luke 8:26-39. It begins with the introduction of the judge who neither fears God nor respects people. It requires us, as Ben shared a couple of weeks ago, to save each other’s lives each and every day - or at the very least be honest about the fact that we have other things to do. About being the church - because there will always be people who are more capable and more efficient at most things we try our hand at...but that’s not the point. The collect and readings for the Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 24C, may be found here. Pastor : Ed Denham. Tommy Sweeley. June 21, 2020 Isaiah 58:9b-12 - Repairing the Breach. Finally here’s a quote from author, Philip Yancey, ‘Persistent prayer keeps on bringing God and me together … Persistent prayer changes me by helping me see the world and my life, through God’s eyes. And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. Matthew 25:14-30 "Enter the Joy" Rev. The world labels him a sinner. Join us in welcoming Mike and Marla Evans to Claude UMC. Even though the judge wants nothing to do with this woman, she doesn’t give up. Don’t give up praying just because the times are hard’. Except when the Razorbacks are playing. 18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. But such a reading ignores the fact that we have two very specific characters here in the story – the widow and the judge. Sam McGlothlin For the Week 2 of our January Sermon Series, "One Wild and Precious Life." Beware the storyteller who tells you the ending first. November 8, 2020 Matthew 5:1-12 NRSV "The Promise" Rev. It is God, our creator, who has a deep and intimate concern with everything that happens in our lives, and has promised to answer our prayers. The reality here is that being an answer to prayer isn’t just about doing good work. October 2016 Jeb Archey. March 2017 God’s faithfulness, God’s mercy, God’s unfailing love are all there for us to read. By: Rev. In the face of every difficulty we would not lose heart altogether, but persistently keep on going to God even though we have become discouraged. It is my hope and prayer that we wrestle with this question and answer honestly where we believe God is inviting us to be an answer to somebody’s prayer - and that as we begin to hear the cries of those all around us, that we step into this holy and redemptive work so that we might be the church - emboldened by the Holy Spirit to love and serve our neighbors near and far together. ‘Keep on praying!’ in light of the relationship that we have with God as beloved children. This is the case with much of our praying. You’ve done it before, right? Jesus said something similar to this following the parable about the man who persistently knocked on his neighbor’s door at midnight. Each person would have represented something very particular to the crowd of 1. He said, “Which of you, if his son asks for bread will give you him a stone? It received what it most needed: God’s loving presence and the strength, the resilience and fortitude it needed to survive and even flourish in a world that was hostile to say the least. Series: Sermons from St. Luke UMC. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 (1) Romans 8:18 (1) Ephesians 2:8 (1) Matthew 24:13 (1) Psalm 91 (1) Matthew 6 (1) Luke 4:10 (1) 2 Timothy 1:7. God who is gracious and kind will lovingly answer our prayers. It requires us to make the space and intention to listen...and to respond. Feb 23, 2014. Sam McGlothlin. Luke 18:1-8 The Squeaky Wheel (Kegel) SW-Admin 2017-03-27T17:27:29-07:00. And survive it has right down to this present time. October 2017 October 2019 April 2019 April 2018 You’ve looked at your life and looked at your short fallings. It’s not about the moral and ethical responsibility we have to our neighbors. They were to maintain harmonious relations and listen to disputes among members of the covenanted community. 10/11/2020 Pastor Eugene gives a sermon entitled "God Restores Our Brokenness" based on Luke 7:36-50. Take a moment and listen to her story about leading a youth group mission trip. And it will continue to survive and flourish if we continue to be like the widow persistent in our prayers to God. One issue in our praying is that we don’t come to God in helplessness and with an intensity like the widow. Sometimes we may doubt, we may be angry, we may be upset, we may question “why?” but God is already listening to us and creating the answers. “In times of trouble I pray to the Lord; all night long I lift my hands. There’s a wonderful story that Kenda Creasy Dean shares – and if you happen to listen to Ben’s Podcast (Reports from the Spiritual Frontier) – you may recall this moment from their interview. Hymns for Luke 18 from Hymnary.org, an authoritative index of hymns and hymnals. The early church which first heard it may have been praying for many things. And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Earlier in Luke’s Gospel, one of the disciples asked Jesus, “Lord teach us to pray”. Sermon by Rev. There is most likely something more to the background of this – perhaps like us one of the disciples had become frustrated with praying because it seemed that God didn’t hear or want to answer his prayers. We call today the Lord ’ s PEACE – God ’ s prayer as a model prayer. Fears God nor cared what people thought suffering of others cases, from the biggest to hurts... Out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons children ’ s an analogy for how God answers of. Brother she has no standing in the knowledge that God does hear our.. 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