Upon what conditions are we promised needed blessings?
Answer
"Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you: for
everyone that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened." Matt. 7:7,8.
NOTES - 'Prayer is not the overcoming of God's reluctance; it is the taking hold of God's
willingness!' "Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend." Prayer does not change God; but it
does change us and our relation to God. It places us in the channel of blessings, and in that frame of mind
in which God can consistently and safely grant our requests.
"How shall we pray so as to be heard and to receive help? For one thing, there must be a real
desire in our hearts. Forms of words do not make prayer: we must want something, and must realize our
dependence upon God for it."-J. R. Miller, D.D.
What does God's character preclude Him from doing?
How closely are righteousness and life thus united?
What testimony did Nicodemus bear concerning Him?
What instruction suggests the giving of thanks for daily food?
How are the rise and work of this power described?
How was the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary by the Romans then foretold?
What Christian grace are we exhorted to exercise in our expectant longing for this event?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle