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God Hears Me — one lamp still burning in a dark room, somebody awake and talking to God

The friend who knocks at midnightLuke 11:5-13Length: Standard

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this show me about God?

    • Jesus says that if human fathers give good things, how much more will God. What is God like?

  2. What does it show me about people — and about me?

    • The man in the story gets up because his friend will not go away. Does that mean God is reluctant, or is Jesus making a different point?

  3. What will I obey this week?

    • What will you ask God for every day this week, even if nothing happens on day one?

  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who has stopped knocking? What could you tell them?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Jesus, you said a man will get up at midnight for a friend who will not stop knocking, and that God is far better than that man. Help me keep knocking.