The parable of the friend at midnight demonstrates the need to pray without giving up. It is about how a man reluctantly agrees to help his friend due to his persistent demands rather than because they are friends. Visit us at bibilium.com, a wholesome Christian blog that will inspire you with thought-provoking devotionals and helpful resources and activities for every family member.

2. One day, Jesus was teaching His disciples about prayer. He told them this story to
encourage them not be afraid to ask God persistently what they needed.

3. One night, a friend arrived at a man’s house. He was on a journey and needed
somewhere to stay. The man looked to see if he had any bread to feed his
unexpected guest but he had none. His visitor was tired and hungry.

4. He decided to go and wake up a friend who was living nearby to see if he would
lend him three loaves of bread. It was midnight when the man went to borrow
some bread from his friend. He knew his friend would already be in bed, but the
man’s visitor needed something to eat.

5. He went to his friend’s house and knocked loudly on the door and shouted,
“Friend, can you please lend me three loaves of bread. A visitor has just arrived
and I have no food to give him."

6. His friend woke up when he heard the man shouting out for bread. “Do not bother
me,” he shouted back, “the door is already locked, and my children are with me in
bed; I cannot get up and give you anything. I just cannot help you this time”

7. The man did not stop. He kept on calling to his friend. “Please, I need three loaves
of bread for my visitor,” he shouted. “I will not go away until you give me.”

8. His friend did not want to get up. The door was locked and all his family were
asleep. However, he got up and gave him three loaves of bread not because he
was his friend, but because of the man's sheer persistence. The man knocking at
the door was pleased when he received what he needed.

9. "But I will tell you this," Jesus explained, "So, it is with prayer. Keep on asking
and you will keep on getting. Keep on looking and you will keep on finding. Keep
on knocking and the door will be opened."

10. “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who
knocks it will be opened.”

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