ASK, SEEK, KNOCK

            Text: Matthew 7:7-8 Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

⁸ For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

ASK

            Matthew 7:9-11 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

¹⁰ Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

¹¹ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

(Daily needs)

            Matthew 6:28-32 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

²⁹ And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

³⁰ Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

³² (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

            To ask implies that there is a need and the belief that God hears our prayers. This requires faith.

            Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

SEEK

             Matthew 6:32-33 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek, for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

            33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

`           Colossians 3:1-4 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

² Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

³ For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

⁴ When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Eternal rewards).

KNOCK

(Knocking implies perseverance.)

Don't give up

            Luke 18:1-8 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

² Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

³ And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

⁴ And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

⁵ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

            John 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

Announcements

June 7, Work day.  

 June 23 rodeo, tickets by June 1, $12:00 ea.

Wednesday, Bible discussion. Family

 Bible study available (Foundations of Faith).

Lunch after Service.

 Remember the brown box, building fund, bicycle, and sewing machine jar.

Cans and food donation.