![]() Whatsoever it is, and in whatever situation you may find yourself, make sure to ask. It doesn’t mean that God is unaware of your needs, but He wants that you fulfil your responsibility of asking, of craving, of desiring. This is important to note from the above passage. b) You must ask before you can receive it. And as you come before God asking in accordance to His Word, you’ll have your petition granted. Because in it you’ll find the promises of God meant for you. ![]() This is why you must make the Bible your friend – read and meditate on it day and night God told Joshua. So, the knowledge of the promises of God upon your life cannot be overemphasized. And what you don’t ask for, won’t be given to you – it’s in the verse we just read (ask and it shall be given to you)ĭaniel understood by books when the end of the Babylonian captivity should be. Because if you don’t know what belongs to you, you won’t ask for them. ![]() You need to know the promises meant for you before you can possess them. So, knowledge of all God’s promises is important as you go to God to ask.Īccording as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. If you are a child whose father kept some meal for you in the oven before she left the house, you will likely be crying for hunger until she returns, except you know that there’s food in the oven for you. For you to enjoy the benefits of the cross (death and resurrection of Jesus Christ), you must know those benefits. Most times, we languish in lack because we don’t even know the things that are meant for our life and godliness. ![]() For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them.” Isaiah 34:16. “ Search from the book of the LORD, and read: Not one of these shall fail Not one shall lack her mate. To ask means that you need or want something.Ī few things to note about asking: a) You must know and understand the promises meant for you. In several passages of the scriptures, God enjoins us to ask for whatsoever we need. The word translated as Ask in Matthew 7:7 is the Greek word aiteo, which means to ask, to crave, to beg, to desire or to demand. In this post, we shall consider the first sentence of Matthew 7 verse 7 which says, “Ask, and it shall be given you.” 1. Some people have referred to these as the three levels of prayers when considered with regards to intensity, whereby asking is the least level and knocking is the highest level. The passages we read above clearly shows that there are three aspects employed in tabling our requests unto God. Let’s quickly read these few verses and then analyse the three important aspects outlined in those verses.ħ Ask, and it shall be given you seek, and ye shall find knock, and it shall be opened unto you:Ĩ For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.ĩ Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?ġ0 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?ġ1 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? THE THREE ASPECTS OF A.S.K (Ask. Jesus used Matthew 7 verses 7-11 to assure us of the certainty of answered prayers. The teaching against unbelief, depicting God as a loving and caring Father was part of this great discourse. From Matthew chapter 5 to the end of chapter 7. During this teaching, our Lord Jesus took out time to address quite a number of issues that have formed the basis of how we live as Christians today. The teaching of Matthew 7 verses 7 through 11 is part of the greatest discourse of Jesus Christ called The Sermon on the Mount. ![]()
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