Memory Verse: Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Answers to prayers are gifts from heaven...personal presentations from our Heavenly Father to His children.
We are invited to ask. To knock. To seek. There is nothing mysterious about this call to prayer. How tender and close is our walk with our Heavenly Father.
What do you need?
As for it.
But what if we ask and do not receive? Does this result from a lack of faith or a misunderstanding about prayer?
Not always.
Another important factor must be considered --- the Father's will: "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us" (1 John 6:14). So, the Father's will must be taken into account. He knows what is best for us and sometimes we ask for things that would be harmful if received. In those cases, the Father's wisdom requires withholding the answer.
How then shall we pray?
Ask. Knock. Seek. And leave the results with our Father. Ask big. Knock expectantly. Seek with anticipation. But never demand. Allow all prayer to be offered with the clear understanding that you will be happy with the Father's will.
The four hardest words to prayer are these? THY WILL BE DONE. Nevertheless, they should be the expression of every yielded heart. Our Father knows how to give GOOD GIFTS to His children.
If ye then, being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Answers to prayers are gifts from heaven...personal presentations from our Heavenly Father to His children.
We are invited to ask. To knock. To seek. There is nothing mysterious about this call to prayer. How tender and close is our walk with our Heavenly Father.
What do you need?
As for it.
But what if we ask and do not receive? Does this result from a lack of faith or a misunderstanding about prayer?
Not always.
Another important factor must be considered --- the Father's will: "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us" (1 John 6:14). So, the Father's will must be taken into account. He knows what is best for us and sometimes we ask for things that would be harmful if received. In those cases, the Father's wisdom requires withholding the answer.
How then shall we pray?
Ask. Knock. Seek. And leave the results with our Father. Ask big. Knock expectantly. Seek with anticipation. But never demand. Allow all prayer to be offered with the clear understanding that you will be happy with the Father's will.
The four hardest words to prayer are these? THY WILL BE DONE. Nevertheless, they should be the expression of every yielded heart. Our Father knows how to give GOOD GIFTS to His children.
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