“What a Friend” - Luke 11:5-13
April 30, 2023
Jim Stratton
April 30, 2023

Luke 11:5-13 - And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? 8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

God Is a Better

  He Is Not

By You
  He Is Not Or By His Own Concerns
  He Is the Of Those Who Seek Him
  He Gives Better Gifts Because With Every Gift, He Gives
      Sharing His By Sharing Our Lives

Make the Call, Take the Steps

  Ask,

, Knock
Hosea 5:15 - I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
Isaiah 55:6 - Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near
Isaiah 65:1 - I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that was not called by my name.
Jeremiah 29:13 - You will seek me and find me, when you seek 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 search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
      There Is
      There Is
      There Is and
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!