Leviticus 6:12

And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.

 

 

Matthew 7:7-8

 

Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking

 

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

 

Some quotes on prayer.

 

"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God."
- St. John Damascene

 

"It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without heart." 
- Mahatma Gandhi

 

"Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God's thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him." 
- St. Augustine

 

"Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of Containing God's gift of himself." 
- Mother Theresa

 

"Do not make prayer a monologue...make it a conversation."
- Author Unknown

 

"Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and tumult of a thousand men." 
- Kahlil Gibran

 

"God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer."

- Mother Teresa

 

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

 

 

1. Ask and it will be given.

 

Ask 

verb
say something in order to obtain an answer or some information.


Why ask?

 

Matthew 7:9-11

Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

 

 

Scriptures on asking (prayer).

 

Mark 11:24  ESV 

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours

 

Matthew 21:22 ESV 

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

 

James 4:3 ESV 

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

 

John 15:7 ESV 

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

 

John 14: 13-14ESV 

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

 

John 16:24 ESV 

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.


Example from scripture on Asking.

 

1 Samuel 1:10-11

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD and wept in anguish. Then she made a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.”


 

2. Seek and you will find. 

 

seek

verb

1. attempt to find (something)."they came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds"

 

 

Scriptures on seeking

 

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

 

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

 

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me,

And those who seek me diligently will find me.

 

Jeremiah 29:13

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

 

Deuteronomy 4:29

But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

 

Psalms 34:10

The young lions lack and suffer hunger;

But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.

 

Example from scripture on seeking

 

Luke 15:8-9

 

“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’

 

Prayer:

 

 

3. Knock and the door shall be opened. 

 

Knock

 

verb


strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door."he strolled over and knocked on a door marked Enquiries"

Scripture on knocking.


Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.


Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

 

Acts 12:16

Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

 

2 Corinthians 2:12

 

Triumph in Christ

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

 

Acts 5:19-20

But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.”

 

Example from scripture on knocking.




Luke 18:2-7

saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”

Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?