WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?

Luke 18:1-43

Key Verse: 18:41

* THE ATTITUDE OF PRAYER (18:1-30)

1. What was Jesus' point in telling the parable of the persistent widow?

2. How is the judge in the parable described? What kind of man was he? What kind of justice could people ordinarily expect from such a man?

3. What was the widow's prayer topic? What was the unjust judge's response to her request? Why did he change his mind? What did he finally do for her?

4. In comparison to this judge, what is God like, and what will he do about the earnest prayers of his chosen ones?

5. What does Jesus want to teach his disciples through this parable? What are the prayer topics which Jesus teaches us here? (8) What does it mean to pray for "justice"? (8,14) What is the relationship between faith and prayer? (8b; 1 Jn 5:14)

6. Look at 9-14. What does Jesus teach us about prayer through this parable? Whose prayer topic does God hear and answer? How and for what should we pray?

7. What can we learn about the right attitude of prayer from the children and those who brought them, and from Jesus in verses 15-17?

8. What was the rich ruler's question to Jesus? How did Jesus answer him? What did Jesus tell the man to do? Why did he not have a clear prayer topic, even though he came to Jesus? What did Jesus teach his disciples, and what hope did he give them?

* WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU? (31-43)

9. Where was Jesus going? What did he try to teach his disciples again? When had he told them these things previously? (9:22,44) Why were they so spiritually blind?