Luke 11:5-13: Prayer
Friday, October 24, 2025
Prayer is at the center of human petition. Cries of anguish rise from the human throat. Cries of pain rise from the human heart. In today’s Noontime Jesus teaches us why we should petition the Father. And he teaches us how. Jesus reminds us that prayer is always answered. And he promises that we will all have answers for our questions when we seek.
We ask for change – Jesus is the change we seek.
We ask for peace – Jesus the peace we crave.
We ask for mercy – Jesus is the mercy that heals.
We ask for an end to sorrow – Jesus is new life that restores.
Ask and you will receive – we are impatient with God’s time and space.
Seek and you will find – we want to be in control rather then become one with God’s timelessness.
Knock and the door will be opened to you – we want to know all the answers before we step forward in faith.
How much more will the Father in heaven give? God gives us life always and endlessly.
Our human eyes want to see God, and so we do – each day in the many small goodnesses that happen in and to us.
Our human hearts want to experience God, and so we do – each day in the multitude of prayers we offer and receive.
Our human hands want to touch God, and so we do – each day in the many small acts of compassion and healing that we perform.
May we be in constant prayer. May we live in mercy. May we know peace.
A re-post from September 29, 2011.
Image from: https://community.thriveglobal.com/hands-to-receive-while-clinching-fists-to-believe-the-power-of-prayer/
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