Luke 11:8-9, “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. And I say to you, ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.” One of Jesus’s disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Jesus answered and said in Luke 11:2-4, When you pray say, “Father, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us and lead us not into temptation.” Jesus then gives an example of going to a friend at midnight asking him for three loaves because a friend had come to him from a journey and he had nothing to feed him. But his friend said, “do not bother me, the door is closed and me and my children are in bed, and he told him he would not give him anything” Verse 8 is important to reread. Jesus said, “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.” Persistence is described as “the ability to keep going with a behavior to reach a goal, even when the task is difficult or takes a long time.” Is this how you approach prayer? Is your way of praying to God persistent? How important is what you are asking of God to you? These verses show us how to pray. The man went to his friend to ask for loaves. He knew where he could go. I think had the friend just immediately got up and gave him the loaves, the man probably would have thanked him but wouldn’t have understood the importance of the request. It was midnight. The man knew his friend would give him what he asked. But when his friend didn’t immediately answer the door, the importance of the request became known. It wasn’t because this was his friend, it was because his friend kept knocking.