Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
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*God’s Attitude Toward Prayer* \\ by Bill Hybels \\ /Text:/ Luke 18:1-8 \\ /Topic:/ How God feels when we pray to him \\ /Big Idea:/ We are children of God, who always have access to him in prayer.
\\ /Keywords:/ Blessings; Children of God; God, goodness of; God, love of; God, righteousness of; Hope; Judgment, divine; Parables of Christ; Prayer; Prayer, persistence in \\ \\ \\ \\ *A persistent widow seeks justice.*
* At the time of Christ, widows were social outcasts.
* This widow sought protection from a “villain.”
* The judge had no fear of God or respect for people.
* The judge refuses the widow’s request for justice.
* Undaunted, the widow pesters the judge until he grants her request.
* Many people think the moral of the story is “it pays to pester.”
* Many Christians think we are like the widows and God is like the judge.
*We are not like powerless widows.*
* Jesus explains the meaning of the story.
* We have hope because we are heirs of Christ.
* /Illustration:/ Following his father’s example, Hybels gives his kids permission to call anytime on a private line.
* We can talk to our Father any time.
* Unlike the judge in the story, God is willing to bless us.
*God wants to hear our prayers.*
* God is interested in our prayers because he is interested in us.
* God is able to answer our prayers.
* God invites us to pray to him.
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