Luke 11:1, 5-10

If you can print this out and make notes, do!!

• Draw a squiggly line under each occurrence of the words ask, asks, seek, seeks, knock, knocks


• Put a P over the word pray, along with any synonyms.


• Underline the word persistence.

 ¹"One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

⁵Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, ⁶because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'

 ⁷"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' ⁸I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness^[a] he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

 ⁹"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Luke 11:1, 5-10

What did you learn about prayer from this passage?

How persistent should we be? Explain your answer.

What is the promise we have in this passage?

What support do you find in this passage for the practice of intercession - praying on behalf of others?

Are you asking? Are you seeking? Are you knocking? Or are you just sitting and hoping? What difference will your answer make?

Taken from The Essentials of Effective Prayer by Kay Arthur and David and BJ Lawson, week 4, pages 49-51