Christ Equips us with his promises and his enabling for a new day

The promises that Jesus made were not of a temporary nature. They address very type of situation into which his first disciples or we ourselves could be placed.

In Luke 11: 1-13 we read several promises which Christ made. Let us remember that that all that Christ says is true. “In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” (Colossians 2: 2-3)

Whatever Jesus says is central, permanent, liberating, and profoundly comforting to the eye of faith.

What of the promises in Luke 11?

The Lord’s Prayer gives five requests that the Father will honour:

(1) His authority be established.
(2) His Kingdom will come.
(3) He will give us our”daily bread”: Food, clothing, shelter, accommodation, health, work, provision, education for our children, relationships.
(4) He will forgive our sins.
(5) He will protect us from being enslaved by temptation.

The Father will surely answer the prayers of the desperate. We very easily think that our own situation is desperate, and that God will not or cannot answer. Sometimes we fear rejection by the Father, but Jesus said that the Father will always answer us.

The Father will give to all who ask for the types of things which his Word indicates we should pray for.

The Father will give Holy Spirit Anointing, enabling or empowering to all who continue to ask him.

Lindsay Johnstone

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