Jesus taught this to not the (vv.1-2)
The Starting Point:
that God has said to all that I
If I don’t have what I need, God is
…for His divine power has granted to us everything (all things [BLT], [LITV]) pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. Through these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust. – 2 Peter 1:3-4 (NASB)
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. – Psalms 84:11 (NASB95)
(vv.5-8)
Point: If I can get from a reluctant how much more help can I get from my
Shamelessness: anaideia – audacity, shamelessness, insolence. Recklessness or disregard of consideration by the one making the request (CWSBD)
He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
– Psalms 121:3-4 (NASB95)
…your Father knows what you need before you ask him – Matthew 6:8 (ESV)
(God) And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
– Isaiah 65:24 (KJV)
Jesus wants to deal first with our
The reason I don’t have a vibrant
is because I believe that God is like the
Thoughts on how to get prayers answered (vv.9-10)
God calls us to an faith not a faith
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? – Matthew 6:26 (NIV)
God and that He is not
Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; – Colossians 4:2 (ASV)
After asking and start the answer
Knock on until something
They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, after being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; and passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. – Acts 16:6-8 (NASB)
Side note: God gave while Paul was
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and pleading with him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us. – Acts 16:9 (NASB)
Like the bird, (Ask) God has provided
Like the bird, (Seek) I have to
Like the bird, (Knock) I have to keep going
(vv.11-13)
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
– Genesis 1:27 (NASB)
The Point: If we who have a sin nature want to our children, then “” does God with no sin nature want to His children
If you, then, though you are evil (poneros – evil in nature [CWSBD]) () 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 7:11 (NIV)