“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.
Keep on seeking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives.
Everyone who seeks, finds.
And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Matthew 7:7-8 New Living Translation
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First, we ask. We put our request into words. We speak them aloud or in the stillness of our heart. We address them to God in prayer. Because “everyone who asks, receives.” It’s a promise.
Stay joined together with me and follow my teachings.
If you do this, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be given to you.
John 15:7 Easy-to-Read Version
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Then we seek. Using our eyes, we look around. Using our minds, we think; we search the Bible. We don’t give up, because ” Everyone who seeks, finds.” It’s a promise.
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously,
and he will give you everything you need.
Matthew 6:33 New Living Translation
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Finally, we knock. We take action. We move our feet, lift our hand and knock. And keep on knocking. Because ” to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” It’s a promise.
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and over-burdened, and I will give you rest!”
Matthew 11:28 J.B. Phillips New Testament
And without faith it is impossible to please him.
The man who approaches God must have faith in two things,
first that God exists and secondly that it is worth a man’s while to try to find God.
Hebrews 11:6 J.B. Phillips New Testament
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“No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it.
Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened.”
C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
