For
taking your time to study remain blessed
April
Saturday 13th
TOPIC: ASK WHAT I SHALL GIVE THEE
TEXT:
Jeremiah 29: 11-12
Key
verse: “In Gibeon the LORD appeared to
Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 1
Kings 3:5
God is a prayer-answering God and
He invites people to pray to Him. Asking and receiving is a good relationship
God wants to establish with men. He wants to establish with you, a relationship
of “asking and receiving.” In Psalm 65:2 the Bible says, “O
Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come.” That
is the testimony of people. People know God as God that hears prayers, and they
say that unto Him shall all flesh come. Every member of the family should learn
to come to God – the father should come to Him, the mother should come to Him,
the children should come to Him, because He is the God that hears prayers.
Every member of the Church should know God as the one that hears prayers. The
Church is serving the God that hears prayers, and to Him all of us should come.
Prayer is a privilege. For God to
say, “Ask
what I shall give thee,” it is a great privilege! It is an opportunity
to ask, and God is the one that invited you to ask. It is a great privilege and
a demonstration of God’s grace. God wants to flow out to you in His goodness
and kindness, therefore, He said: “Come
and ask; I want to show forth My kindness and goodness to your life.”
Prayer is a manifestation of His
mercy. He knows we can do nothing on our own. He knows that without Him we can
achieve nothing. He knows we cannot get there on our own. He knows that we cannot
win the battle on our own. He knows that we cannot save our souls. He knows we
cannot get what we are looking for by our own power. That is why, in mercy, He
invites us to come and pray; to come and call unto Him; to come and ask Him –
to ask Him because He wants to bless us and “give us an expected end” (Jeremiah 29:11). Prayer is the
means of receiving God’s blessing. Through prayers, we receive from God,
promises, power and privileges.
Thought
for the day: Pray your way through into the storehouse of God’s blessing.
Song for
the day: I want to pray (3x) … Lord teach me how to pray
Bible
reading for the day: 1 Samuel 13-14; Luke 14:1-24
#Horemow.
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