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THE WIDOW and THE JUDGE ! : One night after I had taught on prayer a lady said to me, "What about the woman who went to the unjust judge ? She just kept going back and pestering him until finally he gave in. Isn't that what Jesus wants us to do ? First of all, My Father is not and just judge ! In (Mark 4:24), Jesus said, "Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you--- and more [besides] will be given to you who hear." The amplified Bible. When you hear something explained a certain way and you accept it, then each time you read it, hear it, or think about it, you will receive it the same way. The Spirit of God spoke to me and said, "Study The Word of God like you have never heard it before." In other words, Turn off your religious head when you study the Bible ! Sometimes you must turn it off to receive the truth. For instance, when you first look at the parable of the unjust judge, which that lady was referring to, it is easy to think that the widow just pestering the judge until he gave in to her requests. Some translations indicate this, but we must realize that some areas of this translation all the results of men trying to logically reason out a meaning. It is their opinion, so they included it, if this parable means what it seems to say on the surface, then Jesus was speaking contrary to what He taught in (Matthew 6:7), when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do. AN ATTITUDE OF PRAYER: Let's look at this passage of Scripture, so often misinterpreted and misleading to many in them praying: "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint (Luke 18:1). The amplified Bible says, " . . . And not turn coward." We are always to pray. Obviously, He doesn't mean for us to crawl around on our knees, praying all the time; but you can be in an attitude of prayer continually. Here is what the Spirit of God revealed to me as I meditated and considered this scripture prayerfully: "if you have a need this morning and you prayed over it, believing that you received when you prayed, then tomorrow when some of the need arises, don't faint and give up because the first prayer has not been manifested. Men ought always to pray and not faint, or turn coward and give up. They ought to pray about each need as it arises. Now in (Luke 18:2) Jesus begins the parable: There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them ? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ? (Luke 18:2--8)