Posts with the category “ask”

 "Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him... that I may know him and the power of his resurrection." We've spent four days rebuilding your confidence in prayer. Today I want to bring you back to that prayer yo...  Read More

 "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" We've spent three days talking about persistent prayer, God's perfect judgment, and how He protects us from what would harm us. Today we arrive at the verse that ties it all together and gives us incredible confidence in prayer.Jesus say...  Read More

“Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?” We’ve spent two days talking about persistent prayer and how God works in us while we wait. Today I want to show you why God sometimes says no to what we desperately want. And the reason might surprise you.Jesus uses two simple illustrations that every parent understands....  Read More

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened." Yesterday we talked about how prayer can feel pointless when we don’t see the answers we expect. Today I want to show you something in the original language that completely changes how we read thi...  Read More

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened." Let's be honest for a moment. Some of us have stopped asking God for things. Not because we don't believe He exists, but because we're not sure He's listening. Or worse, we're not sure He cares th...  Read More