Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of Luke)
我夜间的歌曲《路加福音》
Text: Luke 11: 5-8
THE PARABLE OF A FRIEND WHO CAME AT MIDNIGHT
1. Praying well can be learned.
a. We need to know what to pray about.
b. We need to practice praying much more.
2. Encouragement to Pray.
a. The Lord Jesus sought to encourage His Disciples to pray.
b. He spoke to them using a Parable.
3. A short story about True Friendship.
a. There were Two Good Friends.
b. There was another Friend who had come to visit.
c. The problem was that there was nothing to give to the Visiting-Friend to eat.
i. It was customary to offer refreshments to a visitor.
ii. Especially when the Visitor has come from a long journey.
d. The Host-Friend
i. He went to his Good Friend.
ii. He explained his circumstances to his Good Friend.
e. The Sleeping Friend’s initial response:
“And he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not
trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children
are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’?
I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him
because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence
he will rise and give him as many as he needs.”Luke 11:7-8
i. “Do not trouble me”
ii. “The door is now shut”
iii. “My children are with me in bed”
iv. “I cannot rise and give to you”
f. Did he finally rise up to give the bread requested?
i. Yes!
ii. If friendship does not prevail.
iii. Persistence will win the day (Luke 11:8).
WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS PARABLE?
1. The Lord Jesus was teaching His Disciples to persevere in prayer.
2. Many expect instant answers to prayers.
a. But there may not be instant answers.
b. What is needed is be persistent in our prayer efforts.
i. Persistence in learning.
ii. Persistence in practising prayer.
iii. Persistence when the Lord does not answer prayers swiftly.
经文：路加福音 11：5-8
朋友半夜到来的比喻
1. 我们可以学习如何好好地祷告
a. 我们须要知道所祈求的是什么
b. 我们须要多多练习祷告
2. 受鼓励继续祷告
a. 主耶稣设法鼓励祂的门徒祷告
b. 祂用比喻教导他们
3. 一个关于真挚友谊的小故事
a. 在比喻中，有两个好朋友
b. 有另一位朋友来拜访
c. 问题是接待的朋友没有东西给拜访的朋友吃
i. 为访客提供茶点是惯常的
ii. 尤其是当访客来自老远的地方
d. 接待的朋友
i. 他去找另一个好朋友
ii. 他向他的好朋友解释了情况
e. 沉睡的朋友的初始反应
“那人在里面回答说：‘不要搅扰我，门已经关闭，
孩子们也同我在床上了，我不能起来给你。’
我告诉你们：虽不因他是朋友起来给他，
但因他情词迫切地直求，就必起来照他所需用的给他。”《路加福音 11：7-8》