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When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, he gave them the “Lords prayer”. Luke 11:2 thru 4. Everyone who reads this is so impressed with it, that they stop reading right there. It’s a neat and tidy little formula that fits right into the box that we keep God in. Problem is, this was not the point Jesus wanted us to get.

Jesus told us numerous times in the bible that if we want/need something from God, healing, miracle etc.., to pray and be persistent. He told us to literally hound God for what we need until he gives it to us. He even told us parables to show us how we are supposed to pray and get a miracle or answer to prayer.

What he wanted us to get, were the examples he gave directly afterward. If you read, you will see that Jesus gave several different examples to drive the point home to us. He’s saying: “I am an eye witness to heaven! I know the Father personally! If you want something from him, this is how to do it!"

Read: Luke 18:1 thru 8 and Luke 11:5 thru 10. (These are very short, read them)

Luke 11:5 Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;
Luke 11:6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him';
Luke 11:7 and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.'
Luke 11:8 "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Luke 11:9 "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Luke 11:10 "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

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Luke 18:1 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,
Luke 18:2 saying, "In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.
Luke 18:3 "There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my opponent.'
Luke 18:4 "For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,
Luke 18:5 yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'"
Luke 18:6 And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge *said;
Luke 18:7 now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?
Luke 18:8 "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"

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You see, now is not the time to say "Help me God". It is the time to say: "HELP ME GOD", "HELP ME GOD", "HELP ME GOD".

God does listen and he will give you the desires of your heart!

Matthew 18:19 "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

Sometimes we have big problems and sometimes we have small problems, but what we forget sometimes is that they are “all” small problems to God. Nothing is too great or too small for him to deal with.

Mark 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

Excerpts taken from the Power of Faith Ministries Website - "Receive a Miracle" View the entire article at http://powerofaith.com/miracle.htm