Confident Prayer
MATTHEW 7:7-11
- Be purposeful about Asking, Seeking, Knocking
a.There must be a reverence and a recognition of who God is.
The late Ravi Zacharias said…“Every time you get on your knees and pray to God,’Holy’ keeps the respect and reverence while ‘Father’ brings Him close & intimate”.
b. God will never give us that which is contrary to his will and glory.
John 14:13-14 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
James 4:1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are at war within you?[b] 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
2.God gives us what is good and needed.
Matthew 7:11 If you then, who are 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!
3.A Perfect Father