Jesus Teaching On Prayer

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.    

– Matthew 7:7 

But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!

– John 15:7

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Today we receive the teachings and promises of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in prayer. His words speak to our attitude to prayer, our focus when we pray, how often we should pray, and much more.

As you read His word, meditate on the words and ask God to grant you understanding. To help you understand better, kindly watch this Bible Teaching titled Prayer Starter-Pack 
 

The book of Luke 11:1-13

Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

² Jesus said, “This is how you should pray:

“Father, may your name be kept holy.
    May your Kingdom come soon.
³ Give us each day the food we need,
⁴ and forgive us our sins,
    as we forgive those who sin against us.
And don’t let us yield to temptation.”

⁵ Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him, ⁶ ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’ ⁷ And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can’t help you.’ ⁸ But I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.

⁹ “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ “You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? ¹² Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! ¹³ So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

More promises of God about Prayer

Ps.50:14,15.

– Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”

Jeremiah 33:3  

–  Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come. 

Matthew 21:22

– You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”    

Mark 11:24

– I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.      

James 1:5,6

– If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.

1 John 3:22

– And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.      

1 John 5:14,15

– And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.

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