Sunday Mornings

Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.  Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread? Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish? As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask.  Matthew 7:7‭-‬11 CEV. By God's grace we will conclude the series today with this profound infinite and magnificent display of  love and benevolence by God in the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:7-11. In these 5 verses we can find perhaps the most assuring invitation from God to pray. May God grant us insight as we dive in and take a brief study. Amen. Action and Reaction: 3 times Our LORD invites us to pray in this bible text (Ask, Seek/Search, Knock). This is...

So this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, we pray that your name will always be kept holy.  We pray that your kingdom will come— that what you want will be done here on earth, the same as in heaven. Give us the food we need for today. Forgive our sins, just as we have forgiven those who did wrong to us. Don’t let us be tempted, but save us from the Evil One.’ Matthew 6:9‭-‬13 ERV As Jesus continues teaching us about prayers, he gives us a blue print, a model that our prayers should look like. May God grant us insight as we study briefly the different sections of the prayer in order to guide us in the other times we pray. So this is how you should pray: Our Father in Heaven: Relationship and communication enhance each other. Communication enhances a better relationship and you communicate better with someone whom you have a [closer] relationship with. This beginning phrase in the model prayer creates that environment. It soothes and brings to cognisance the relationshi...