Today, I am reading and commenting on  Luke 17-18.

I know that I need to improve my prayer life: I do not pray as much as I should, nor the way that I should.  Overall, I struggle with prayer.  So, passages such as Jesus’ story about the widow and the unjust judge strike home for me.  In this case, it reminded me of the importance of continuing to pray for the people around us and for God to pour out His Spirit upon this nation and the world.  There are many bad things going on today.  We will not fix them by petitioning the government, political activism, or commercial boycotts.  No, the only way we will bring about change is by praying persistently and serving others as God directs us.  I want to point out that the story of the blind beggar receiving his sight at the end of today’s passage provides an example of persistent prayer. So, let us pray persistently for God to pour out His Spirit upon the people of our land, including ourselves.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.