Title: Seek, Find, and Knock
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Text Matthew 7:7-11
One of the most precious privileges of those who believe in God is to pray. we live in the world
If you pray to God when you lack something, when you are in trouble, God gives you what you ask for.
He is the one who rescues us from the pit.
And through these prayer answers, we can always confirm the existence of God in our lives.
And you can enjoy joy and happiness through answers to prayers. That is, the joy and happiness of the saints
It comes from prayer.
Therefore, in today's text, the Lord speaks. ‘Ask, seek, and knock’, which means to pray.
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The meaning of “ask” is that a beggar who is in desperate need of food because of poverty seeks relief.
to pray earnestly, as requested,
The meaning of “seek” is to search for something like a person who has lost a very valuable treasure to find it
to do,
Knock means to enter a closed gate to avoid someone who is pursuing you to kill you.
It means to pray earnestly as if knocking on a door.
In other words, prayer is not a silent and blunt blow to the air, as if it may or may not be answered,
It means to pray with earnestness that if you do not answer your prayers, you will soon die.
In the Bible, there are people who received answers and experienced miracles because they prayed like this.
Look at Jacob. He leads an army of 400 and rescues him from his brother Esau, who is trying to kill him.
Wrestling with the angel for help, praying through the night. The angel said, "Now that the day is dawning, I
I'll have to go,' so let's hold on and pray, saying, "If you don't bless me, you'll never go"
In the end, Jacob is not only delivered from death, but also blessed to be transformed into Israel.
See also Hannah. When I was despised and shamed for not having children, I went crazy like a drunken woman in the temple.
I pray this earnestly. Seeing this, the priest Eli misunderstood, "Woman, stop drinking now."
I prayed so earnestly. Then she also received an answer from God and gave birth to a son named Samuel.
it will be
See also Elijah. There was no rain for three years and six months, and the whole land of Israel suffered from famine.
When in distress, he puts his face on his lap and prays earnestly. Then a downpour of rain fell
In an instant, the drought and famine went away.
See also the Syrophonic woman. When my daughter was possessed by a vicious demon and was suffering, she came to Jesus and rescued my daughter.
I beg you to hit me. But Jesus said, "It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs."
steadfastly decline. Nevertheless, the woman said, "Lord, even dogs fall from their master's table.
do not eat? Give me, like a dog, even some crumbs.” And finally, Jesus
After receiving compliments from her, "Woman, your faith is great," she healed her daughter's disease.
Also see Badimeo the Blind Beggar. When he heard that Jesus was passing by, his voice was lifted.
Shout out. “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” But around, "Hey,
Hey. noisy. Be quiet. Can't Jesus recognize a beggar like you?" They mocked and persecuted him.
is. However, as I kept shouting without bending over, my eyes were finally opened and my life as a beggar was changed.
is.
Also in Luke 11 we find the parable of Jesus. To a poor man a friend in the middle of the night
I came. But he had nothing to serve in the middle of the night, so he ran to his neighbor's rich friend and had three loaves of bread.
I'm just begging you to borrow it. But a rich friend says. “Hey, what time is it?
They're all in bed, so I'll see you tomorrow." But he kept knocking on the door persistently.
Goo said, "Oh, it's noisy. I can't sleep at all. Hey, here are three loaves of bread, so take them."
that it did.
And in Luke 18, the parable of Jesus is found. A poor widow did an injustice
So I ran to the judge and told the situation. But this judge only liked money, so he was poor.
I don't listen to the widow. Nevertheless, this widow did not give up and continued to serve the judge.
I will pursue you and cling to you persistently, and in the end the unjust judge will be too troublesome and tormented, so the widow's
that the wish was granted. In other words, we must hold on to our prayers persistently until we receive answers.
"Oh," he led him to a small closet, and said, "This is where bread comes from.
He prayed for money, so he fed, clothed, and put the 3,000 orphans to bed.
When I was the head of the Yoido Full Gospel Youth Mission, I also prayed like this a lot.
is. “God, give me the money I need to feed 50 young people every week.
But one day, when I went to buy lunch for the youth on a Sunday, I looked in my pocket, and what was it?
It was torn by a sharp knife, and my wallet was gone. 'Hey, this is a big deal. what should i do
Gee!' and with a burning heart, I ran up to the Women's Mission. And at that time, I was at the Women’s Missionary Church.
Since the church meal tickets are not for sale, if you are not a member of the church service, you can obtain or buy them.
I didn't, but I did it once. Then, fortunately, he told us that he would sell food tickets cheaply.
"How much do you need?" he asked. "For now, I need about 50 sheets," he said.
After that, he showed the torn pockets and said, "As you can see today, my wallet was stolen, so let's take credit.
“When I said that, the person in charge smiled and said, “Take it with you.”
I was so happy to be able to use a meal ticket that we couldn't possibly use, so I went to the restaurant.
I'm coming, what's this? Our young people were eating packed lunches from where they were born. "This too
What the hell is going on?", a young man explains. Many of us here, all of a sudden, go to the restaurant.
I haven't eaten since I came in, so a butler asked, "What the hell happened?"
When I was talking about George Jong, I was told that the butler had brought a bunch of packed lunches from somewhere. And "
This lunch box is eaten by church school teachers, and there are so many leftovers these days, so we will eat this in the future.
Come on." From that time on, we had the lunch box and meal voucher that the butler brought.
Many young people were able to solve their weekly meal problems. That's when I realized. 'Hey
Ha, if you pray, our God will do the work!'
And at that time, there was a hairdresser in our youth family. Believing in Jesus for the first time
Because of my job as a hairdresser, I could hardly keep the Sunday worship service. Moreover, not the owner, but the hire
Because of my current position, I could not attend church on Sundays when there were the most guests.
But this sister continues to pray. "God. Please make sure to keep the Sunday worship service!"
But at the time, we heard her prayer and thought it was a bit impossible. then
de what is this? Shortly thereafter, the sister was selected as a hairdresser at Midopa Department Store.
Not only did I worship, but I also did evangelism and was able to spend the whole day at church. of course see
The capital is more numerous than before.
But this time, Sister Lee prays again like this. "God. Not only Sunday worship, but Saturday
Please make sure that you can also attend the local worship service for me." We listened to that prayer and said, "Blood-"
I laughed. Because I haven't heard of a hairdresser who has a day off on Saturdays and even on Sundays.
Door. But again, what is this? It's been a while since I've prayed, but this time I went to MBC hairdresser
It became Tak, and I was able to keep Sundays and conduct local worship on Saturdays. Of course, the pay was higher.
I did.
In other words, you can see from the side that what seems impossible because of prayer becomes possible because God works.
You have become your mother-in-law.
Ladies and gentlemen, praying and asking God is not an act of shame. rather, God
It is an act of acknowledgment. Think about it. He who believes that there is no God does not even pray to God.
is. But we pray to God because He lives.
And to pray is to acknowledge the power of God, and to believe that God is omnipotent.
will be Think about it. If God doesn't have the skills to answer our prayers, why pray?
are you?
Praying also means acknowledging that God is merciful and good. think about it
Look. When did we ever lend money to God? Didn't you get it from God every day?
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And yet, if we continue to ask God for money, He will lend without asking for interest.
But don't we pray to him because he is a merciful giver?
Everyone. Asking God, seeking and knocking. In other words, praying means that you have that much faith.
because it is That is, to pray for something from God is to show faith in God.
It is something that pleases God. So save, seek, knock.
If you need money, take the time to pray for it. And pray for more if possible
Donate a lot and do a lot of good deeds.
And if you are weak, take the time to pray for health. So work hard with a healthy body
Attend the apostasy and do much of the Lord's work.
If you need a good job or business, take the time to pray and work harder when the answer comes true.
Believe in God and work harder to nourish the body of the church and serve the saints.
The Lord has promised. 'Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you.
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God speaks to us sadly. 'Why don't you ask me? am i dead
Am I an incompetent God? Am I a merciless God?'
Everyone. please. Please ask God, seek, and knock, so you receive good things
overflow with joy and happiness. And confess, 'My cup overflows!'
The Bible says 'Until now you have asked for nothing in my name, but ask
Then you will receive, and your joy may be full” (John 16:24).
'If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it' (John 14:14).
'God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think' (Eph.
3:20) Amen!