24
Sep

Can I Really Ask, Seek, Knock?

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Matthew 7:7–11

Why is life so easy and prayer so hard?

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(1) The God who wants you to pray with bodacious faith and expectation

  • Matthew 7:7–8
  • He can do it – Ephesians 3:20
  • He wants you to do it – Hebrews 11:6
  • He promises to do it – Jeremiah 33:3

 (2) The God whose heart is full of compassion, goodness, and generosity

  • Matthew 7:9–11
  • He’s not like us – Luke 18:1
  • He always hears you – 1 John 5:14

God will never refuse our prayers; and God will never mock our prayers. – William Barclay