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 do the heavens declare?
How does grace, as the ground of justification, exclude righteousness by works?
Does it matter what one believes, so long as he is sincere?
How should the youth he taught to regard the aged?
After she became queen of Persia, how did Esther show her integrity to God?
What complaint is made against Sunday trains and Sunday newspapers?
For whose sake did Christ say the period of papal persecution would be shortened?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle