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Relationship with Jesus requirers persistence
Luke 18:4-7 NIV
PRAYER FOCUS:
MISSIONS: Pray for Gina Rasmusson, missionary to India. We are writing Gina encouraging notes today.
COMMUNITY: Pray for people in your world that are struggling relationally.
CHURCH: Pray for opportunity and provision for Corner Church to be a valuable part of more communities, connecting people with Christ and with each other.
Matthew 16:15-16 NIV
First Dialogue Question:
How do you respond to a spoiled child?
Second Dialogue Question:
How do you work through this paradox?
I would like it if life spoiled me a little.
Being spoiled has negative effects.
Third Dialogue Question:
What do people get by being a Christian?
Matthew 15:1-28 NIV
Fourth Dialogue Question:
Why do you think God doesn’t grant every request?
Luke 18:1-8 NIV
Final Dialogue Question:
How has persistence or the lack of persistence played into your relationship with God?
What do you need to be more persistent about in your relationship with Jesus?
Take It Deeper Questions:
Read Luke 18:1-8
What did you and your siblings do in order to get what you wanted from your parents? Examples: sulk, cry, bribe, persist, forces, wit, etc. What worked best?
Did you employ different tactics than your siblings?
What method did this woman use as she approached the judge?
How is God like and unlike the judge?
When it comes to prayer, are you more likely to give up or hang tough? Why?
What do you need to be persistent in praying for?