Luke 11: 1-13 "The Lord's Prayer"
A prayer, in the form of a collect, based on a bible reading for today.
A collect based on Luke 11: 1-13 (Click here to read the passage)
Jesus, you encourage us to pray with untiring importunity,
To show shameless audacity in bringing to you our deepest needs.
Persistence strips away pretence and shallowness, leaving only those desires which grow from the root of your sacred love.
And we discover that our prayers become answered in their asking, and that our will becomes thy will.
Amen.
The phrase “shameless audacity” is from the NIV Bible, and “importunity” is from the King James Bible (and several others). “Persistence” is the most common translation.
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