The wisdom to live wisely and godly requires a dedication to prayer. Jesus emphasized this by returning to the issue as He continued His discourse.
He gave three commands that are to be regularly practiced in praying. Ask, and keep on asking. Seek, and keep on seeking. Knock, and keep on knocking. He gave the promise of all prayers being answered as God gives what is good and right and best to each of His children. We don't always get what we want, when we want, but we are promised our prayers are always answered even when they seem delayed.
His teaching about how to pray emphasized the need to be persistent. We must first come to God for salvation, beginning life as a child of God asking, seeking, and knocking as the Spirit brings conviction on our hearts as sinners. That new life then continues with that same fervency and intensity and constancy in prayer.
To fail to pray as instructed is very serious for it not only means we forfeit the promises of answered prayers, but we are in active disobedience.
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“ Great Sermon! ” Dear Pastor Rugh, I have been greatly blessed by your sermons and am deeply grateful to the Lord for guiding me to your ministry via the internet. Thank you for this particularly convicting teaching which has compelled me to pray more and to rely on Christ's strength rather than my own. May our mighty and merciful God bless you, your family and your entire congregation who are blessed to have a pastor who truly loves the Lord and His precious Word. Yours in Jesus Christ.
In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
