Margo's Bible Verses July 13th

On this date, July 13th, Margo was reading in Luke 18:1-8 titled, "A Parable About Prayer" and in Colossians 1:1-6 titled "Paul Thanks God for the Colossians".

Margo underlined Luke 18:1:
"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up."

This is a parable about an "unjust judge" "who neither feared God nor cared about men." This judge was pestered over and over by a woman who wouldn't quit asking for justice "against" her "adversary". The judge finally acquiesced and granted her request.

Margo underlined the last few sentences in the commentary on the Luke passage:
"Constant prayer means keeping our requests constantly before God as we live for Him day by day, always believing he will answer. When we thus live by faith, we are not to give up. God may delay answering, but his delays always have good reasons, and we must not confuse them with neglect. As we persist in prayer we grow in character, faith, and hope."

Margo also underlined a couple sentences in the commentary on the passage in Colossians:
The last part of Colossians 1 verse 6 reads:
"...All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth."

Here's what Margo underlined in the commentary:

"...God's word is not just for our information, it is for our transformation!...New believers have a changed purpose, direction, attitude, and behavior. They no longer seek to serve themselves, but to serve God...."