{"id":4067,"date":"2024-02-15T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T09:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2025-01-07T16:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T16:33:06","slug":"what-jesus-said-about-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/what-jesus-said-about-asking\/","title":{"rendered":"What Jesus Said About Asking."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4067-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/What-Jesus-Said-About-Asking.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/What-Jesus-Said-About-Asking.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/What-Jesus-Said-About-Asking.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words, they will be heard. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need <strong>before you ask Him. Matthew 6:5-8.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask,<\/strong> and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:\u00a0For everyone that asks will receive, and he that seeks will find, and to him, that knocks it shall be opened unto him.\u00a0Or what man is there of you, whom if his son would ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father Who is in heaven give good things to <strong>them that ask Him?<\/strong> <strong>Matthew 7: 7-11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about <strong>anything you ask<\/strong> for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.\u201d<strong> Matthew 18:18-20.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruly I tell you,\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cif you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, \u2018Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,\u2019 it will happen. If you believe, you will <strong>receive whatever you ask<\/strong> for in prayer.\u201d <strong>Matthew 21:21-22.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I say to you, <strong>ask<\/strong>, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.\u00a0For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened.\u00a0If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or, if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father <strong>give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him<\/strong>!\u201d<strong> Luke 11:v 9-13.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave faith in God,\u201d Jesus said to them. \u201cTruly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, \u2018Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,\u2019 and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, <strong>whatever you ask for in prayer<\/strong>, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.\u201d<strong>Mark 11:22-25.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father.\u00a0 And <strong>whatsoever you shall ask in My name,<\/strong> that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. <strong>If you shall ask anything in My name,<\/strong> I will do it.<strong> John 14:12-14.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without Me you can do nothing.\u00a0 If a man abides not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.\u00a0 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, <strong>you shall ask what you will<\/strong>, and it shall be done unto you.\u00a0 Herein is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be My disciples. <strong>John 15:5-8.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. 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