{"id":4927,"date":"2024-12-01T16:44:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2024-12-01T16:44:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:44:25","slug":"asking-seeking-and-knocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/asking-seeking-and-knocking\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking, Seeking And Knocking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4928 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MATT-7-V-7-8.png\" alt=\"Matt 7 V 7 8\" width=\"552\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MATT-7-V-7-8.png 552w, https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MATT-7-V-7-8-300x364.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4927-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ASSURANCE-OF-ANSWERED-PRAYER.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ASSURANCE-OF-ANSWERED-PRAYER.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ASSURANCE-OF-ANSWERED-PRAYER.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Ask, and it shall be given you;<\/strong> 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 them that ask Him? <strong>Matthew 7 vs 7-11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSo I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you;<\/strong> 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 give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!\u201d <strong>Luke 11 v 9-13.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask, 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, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel-themes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4927\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}