Central Truth

Prayer involves asking, seeking, knocking. Jesus taught His disciples how to pray and it is now left for us as Christians to follow His example by being prayerful and making prayer our habit/hobby.

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Reflections

God is the giver of good gifts. Christians everywhere pretty much know the Lord's prayer and many of Jesus' teachingings focus on prayer. We need to capture the truth of this chapter and the importance of prayer in our Christian living. I am sure, if prayer was not important in Jesus' ministry, He would not have taken time to teach His disciples how to pray.

In teaching His disciples about prayer, Jesus used three powerful verbs: ask, look, knock. Irrespective of our class, status, ethnicity, gender we have a promise to remember and a duty to perform as chiildren of the Almighty God. We as believers, have direct access to our Heavenly Father (GOD). Just as our earthly parents expect us to ask before we can get anything, God is reminding us in this important teaching on prayer to ask, seek and knock.

There are promises that are guaranteed with this passage: if we care/remember to keep on asking, keep on looking and keep on knocking, then we shall receive, find, and doors will be opened (Luke 11:9).

Prayer is an act of supplication to God. However, during prayer, we as Christians should remember the importance of thanksgiving, worship, adoration and asking forgiveness for all our sins and shortcomings from God. We serve a supernatural, miracle-working God who desires to bless us--His children--and to answer our prayers according to His will.
   
Faith moves the hand of God, it is by faith that we receive, find, and open doors. Fellow Christians, Jesus taught his disciples how to pray and promised us  in His word (the BIBLE) that "For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened" (Luke 11:10). There is therefore no excuse for us as Christians not to pray until we get result. Pray, Pray , Pray until every insummontable mountain is moved, impossibilities becomes possibilities, curses turn to blessings, difficulties turn to opportunities , sadness turns to joy. There is no limit to what God can do in our lives only if we care to pray.

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Discussion Questions

1. Can you recite the Lord's prayer?

2. Is there a limit on how many times Christians can pray to God?

3. Can Christians get greedy by asking, seeking, knocking? (Luke 11: 9,10; James 4:1-3)

4. What are some prayer habits that Christians exhibit?

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