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.
In receiving the Son what do we have in Him?
With what, therefore, is the faith of Jesus joined?
What blessed experience follows upon the acceptance of Christ as our righteousness?
What kind of church would He thus be able to present to Himself?
To what insults was Christ subjected at the house of the high priest?
What influence has this hope upon the life?
How much did this promise comprehend?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle