7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! (Matthew 7)
One of Satan's favorite weapons is discouragement. He wants us to give up - to give up on living as a follower of Christ, to give up on the salvation of the lost, to give up on prayer. Of course, the first two follow on the heels of the third: if he can get us to stop talking with and listening to God, we will be out of touch with God's directions and the influence He wants to make on those with whom we interact. So Jesus says keep on asking; seek a deeper relationship with God; don't stop knocking. You're not a pest; you're persistent. God is not AWOL; He's all-wise. Let's frustrate Satan today: keep asking, seeking, knocking.
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