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An invitation to ask in prayerAn invitation to ask in prayer

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; those who seek find; and to those who knock, the door will be opened. (Luke 11:9-10)

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The Big Ask SandwichSafeguarded between two parables of Jesus:1. Our persistent prayers“Shameless audacity” (NIV)“Shameless persistence” (NLT)e.g. Persistent widow/unjust judge (Luke 18), Jesus said, “pray and never give up”.2.God’s goodnessFather God knows how to give good gifts.

Relationship, Not Demands‘The Circle Maker’- Mark Batterson

Blank Cheque? Terms & Conditions Apply:• Be right with GodIf you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (John 15:7)

• Ask in God’s willIf we ask anything according to his will, he hears us…. And we know that we have what we asked of him.(1 John 5:14-15)

• Ask with faithBut when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. (James 1:6)

• Ask with pure motivesWhen you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. (James 4:3)

Blank Cheque? Terms & Conditions Apply:• Be right with GodIf you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (John 15:7)

Blank Cheque? Terms & Conditions Apply:• Ask in God’s willIf we ask anything according to his will, he hears us…. And we know that we have what we asked of him.(1 John 5:14-15)

Blank Cheque? Terms & Conditions Apply:• Ask with faithBut when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. (James 1:6)

Blank Cheque? Terms & Conditions Apply:• Ask with pure motivesWhen you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. (James 4:3)