Episode 13: Ask and It Shall Be Given

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Hello and welcome back to our career let's pray ministries. I hope you all had a great day today. I hope you all were able to extend a hand of love, grace, mercy, and favor today to someone. Today we're going to talk about ask and it shall be given. Matthew 7, 7 through 8 states, Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and ye shall find. Knock and it shall be open unto you. For everyone who asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth. And to him that knocketh it shall be open. Amen. These words from Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior emphasizes persistence, faith, and relationship with God. Ask. This is a prayer. It shows dependency on God and humility. Seek, this implies action. It's not passive, it means pursuing God's will, wisdom, and presence. Knock. This reflects persistency. Even when the door doesn't open immediately, you continue in faith, walking by faith. The progression, ask, seek, knock shows increasing intensity and intentionality. God invites not just occasionally requests, occasional requests, but a lifestyle of pursuit. Jeremiah 29 and 13 says, And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all of your heart. God responds to wholehearted pursuits, amen. James 1 and 5 states, If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, and it shall be given of him. Amen. God gives wisdom generously without condemnation. Luke 11, 9 through 10 states, a parallel teaching reinforcing persistency in prayer. And one more, Hebrews 11 and 6 states, He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Amen. That means faith plus diligency equals divine response. I know there's a many a days that I have sought the Lord and He has heard my cry. There's been many days I sought the Lord and He wiped my tears away. So anything that you're needing from the Lord, ask, believe. Hold on to your hope and your faith, and it shall be given in God's due season. Sometimes we need to think about what we ask in prayer, right? What are we truly asking God for right now and the why we're asking for it? Are we seeking God for Himself or just the answers that we want Him to give to us? In what areas have we stopped knocking too soon because we got tired of waiting for the door to be open? And I'm telling you, you've been knocking and you've been banging. And sometimes we get tired and we just walk away, not knowing that next knock could have been God opening the door. We need to focus on being patient and waiting on the Lord's good timing. Because God's answers are good answers, and he doesn't overlook any one of our prayers. He always is there. He might not respond like we want him to, but he is there. And we have to trust in the Lord's timing, even when the answers are delayed. Amen. Let us go to the Lord in prayer. Heavenly Father, we come to you right now before you, in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, asking you to lift up this person under the sound of my voice who may be asking, seeking, and knocking. Heavenly Father, you see their heart. You know every question, every burden, every longing they carry right now. In your words, you said in Matthew 7, 7 through 8 that when we ask, we receive, when we seek, we find, and when we knock, doors will be open. So today, Heavenly Father, I stand in agreement with your promise. Release your wisdom according to your word in James 1 and 5. Give generously and without reapproach. Heavenly Father, I ask for their strength to be strengthened. Where you say where we are weak, you will make us strong. Honey Father, strengthen their faith so they will not grow weary in seeking you. They won't grow weary and knocking. They won't grow weary in asking. When answers seem delay, Heavenly Father, remind them that you are working behind the scenes. Help them to see, trust not only your answers, Heavenly Father, but your timing. As they seek you right now, and oh God, let them find not just solutions, but your presence, your love, your compassion, your grace, and your mercy. Draw them closer to you, O God, as your word says in Jeremiah 29 and 13. Then when we seek you with all of our heart, we will find you. Holy Father, open up the doors right now and close the wrong ones that they are facing in their life right now. Protect them from distractions, deception, and discouragement, Holy Father. Give them discernment to recognize your voice above all others. Let every knock be met with divine response. Let every prayer be heard in heaven. Heavenly Father, open up the heavens and pour out your blessings, pour out your response and pour out your grace. Right now, in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, oh God, I'm asking for you to let their testimony be one of breakthrough, provision, and undeniable guidance from you, Heavenly Father. Fill them with peace that surpasses all understanding. Replace fear with confidence, replace doubt with faith, replace waiting with expectation. Holy Father, remind them that you are near, that you are listening, and that you are faithful. We declare right now, we declare and decree right now that the answers are coming our way. Direction is being revealed right now, and the doors are opening according to your perfect will, Honey Father. We thank you, oh God. We praise you right now and we exalt your holy name. It's in your adolescent Son, Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen. Amen. I pray that you continue to seek the Lord. I pray that you continue to abide in the Lord, and I pray you continue to look on the bright side, continue to tell yourself everything is going to be all right because I have God on my side. There's been a million battles I had to face, but I knew that I will overcome and I knew I could get through them because God has been on my side since he formed me in my mother's womb. And I give God glory for always being with us. He has not answered all of my prayers as of yet, but I know that they're coming. I know I continue to pray for him, and I know that in his due season, he will give that response. So I hold on to faith, I hold on to hope, I hold on to my trust in him, and I hold on to my faith. And I'm telling you to do the same thing today. Continue to ask the Lord, seek the Lord, and knock, knock, knock until he opens that door. So I hope you all have a blessed continuance of your day. And I pray that you continue to smell, rejoice, and know that God is on your side and you are not alone. The Lord loves you, and I love you with the love of the Lord. Continue to have a blessed day. Smell and rejoice until we meet again tomorrow. Love, love, love as God has loved you. Have a blessed day. For this deals, I care. Let's pray ministries.