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Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 9“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Matthew 7:7-11 (NIV)
“Keep on asking... Keep on looking... Keep on knocking.” Matthew 7:7 (NLT)
WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN PRAYER?
1. To ________________ and it will be given to you.
“You do not have, because you do not ask God.” James 4:2 (NIV)
* We must be sure to ask.
“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.” John 15:7 (NIV) * We must remain connected to Christ.
“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.” 1 John 15:14-15 (NIV)
* We must ask according to God’s will.
“When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” James 4:3 (NIV)
* We must ask with the right motives.
2. To ________________________ and you will find.
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)
3. To _____________________ and the door will be opened.
“Don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who plead with him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly!” Luke 18:7-8 (NLT) |