LEGAL PRAYER!!

"Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me". Luke 18:5 (1-8). My friend, I know you are so frustrated about not getting answer to your prayer. "I've been there and done it". You feel like "your prayer letter to God has returned and unopened", right? Are you feeling like " is there anybody else up there you can speak to? I mean- God hasn't granted the request, but BUT He hasn't closed the door either! In Luke chapter 18, Jesus tells us a story about a widow's persistent prayer. Now let me tell you what prayer is not. Praying is not trying to manipulate God into giving you what you want. Rather, prayer is asserting earthly permission for heavenly interference. And that permission is granted based on our legal position and rights as a child of God. We should know the rights that God has granted to us through His Word. Notice, twice in this passage , we read that the widow bothered the Judge because of her "legal" rights. Her appealing to him is not because she wanted something but she had a "legal" standing to do so. Hey, I can relate to this persistence in a request. Just like my children asking for somethings incessantly or our dog eyeing our dinner tables leftovers. The Judge couldn't send her away because her persistence was backed up by her legal rights. Bro: if you are being held in bondage by an illegitimate force in your life, you have the legal rights to cry out to God. You can pray for deliverance by appealing to Him based on your covenantal rights. Then, prayer becomes a legal meeting when you and your God come together in accordance with the Word and covenantal agreement. It becomes an act of holding God accountable to what He hold Himself accountable to: HIS WORD! Buddy, get more out of your prayer life rather than sending Him an email or kneemail of your shopping list! Y'all hear me...Yeah..yeah...GOOOOOOD.