“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." - Matthew 7:7-8 Continuing in the subject of prayer...all three verbs in verse seven - Ask, Seek, Knock - are not only commands but they are in the present tense. We are told to ask and keep on asking, we are to seek and keep on seeking and we are to knock and keep on knocking. There is also within this verse a suggested progression in prayer. The very words...ask, seek, and knock...suggest an ever increasing intensity in prayer. Meditation: when you go to the Lord in prayer, always remember that God will answer prayer according to His will and in His time. Anonymous once wrote: “I asked for strength that I might achieve; he made me weak that I might obey. I asked for health that I might do great things: he gave grace that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy; he did not give them so that I might be wise. I asked for power that I might have the praise of men; I was given weakness that I might feel a need of God. I asked for all things that I might enjoy life; I was given life, that I might enjoy all things. I received very few of the things I asked for; but I received all the things I had hoped for.” Praise the Lord!!
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