Another Reason to Pray

We need God’s help and he gives it to those who ask for it.*

Ask and it will be given to you (Luke 11:10).

*Patricia St. John, Prayer is an Adventure, p.16.

ASK

Ask
Seek
Knock

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7 bold mine).

James 4:2

I stood waiting, wondering why the elevator wasn’t stopping on our floor. . . I had forgotten to push the button that asks it to stop.

You do not have, because you do not ask (James 4:2).

Do you ask?

You do not have, because you do not ask (James 4:20).

You do have, because you do ask (from John 14:14).

 

Ask and you will receive

We’ve seen lives changed by God through prayer. Yet I feel this was written to me: “Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full (John 16:24),”

What God would do if only we’d ask?

Because We Ask

According to the Bible, we have because we ask or we have not because we ask not.

Let us not fail the world and disappoint God by failing to pray!*

*A.W. Tozer Mornings With Tozer, October 21.

Remember to Pray

I stood waiting for the elevator, my mind preoccupied. It didn’t come until I remembered to push the button that calls it.

There’s a prayer lesson here. God has said, “You do not have because you do not ask (James 4:2).”

 

 

What Moves the Hand of God? Part 4

What moves God to hear our prayers?

His desire to answer us and our asking —“Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come (Jeremiah 33:3).”*

*adapted from Sylvia Gunter, Living In His Presence, p.118.

Remember to Ask

We wanted to have our car’s oil changed today, but when I called the garage I learned the first available appointment is next week.

If I had called last week, they could have done it today.

A simple prayer, like a simple phone call, changes everything.

Remember to pray.

Talk With God

Here’s what happens when you talk things over with God: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7).