25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." 26 And he answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27 She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." 28 Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.
Then last night, our small group began our journey through A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World, by Paul Miller. So far, he is emphasizing prayer as a simple relationship with the Father that we often complicate by focusing on the act of praying rather than the person of God.
Then this morning, I ran across this from Mark Dever, which seems to combine these two in an interesting way.
Prayer focuses us on our dependence on God. Once, when Martin Luther’s puppy happened to be at the table, he looked for a morsel from his master. As Luther watched his dog begging, the dog’s mouth open and eyes motionless, Luther said, “Oh, if I could only pray the way this dog watches the meat! All his thoughts are concentrated on the piece of meat. Otherwise he has no thought, wish, or hope” (Luther’s Tabletalk, May 18, 1532).
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