Dear Reader,
This is an intriguing story Jesus tells and he wants us to ‘bump up’ against the idea that God is an unjust judge and to pray persistently. I mentioned a couple of ideas to help you with the spiritual discipline of regular daily prayer in the Notices: set up a ‘prayer corner’ in your room with a candle, Bible and Cross etc. Make time in the morning first thing (an orchestra doesn’t tune their instruments after the concert) but I forgot to mention keeping a Prayer Journal. Writing down your requests to God and then the answers to them is a great way of persisting in prayer as Jesus recommends. Over time you can look back and thank Him as you see answers unfold in beautiful ways…
Coming up, may I invite you and your family to our All Souls Service? It’s a beautiful way of remembering those who’ve gone before us, with candlelight, naming and prayers. Why not invite a neighbour or a friend?
Date: Sunday 2 November
Time: 7pm
If you’d like to have your loved one remembered by name, enter their name on the Sheet on the table by the church door, or email me: vicar@stmarysmarston.org
God bless,
Andrew+
Luke 18:1–8 NIV
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He 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!’ ”
And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 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? 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?”
