LIVING THE WORDS OF JESUS-Radical Prayer

The Radical Life

Living the Words of Jesus

Radical Prayer

Matthew 7:7-12

A radically different Way to Pray

1.Radical Prayer is

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  Matthew 7:7

It intensifies from , to to

2.Radical Prayer is

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:8

3.Radical Prayer rests in the Father’s

“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Matthew 7:9-11

The Crucial Question:

Will I trust God’s even when I don’t understand His ?

4.Radical prayer radical

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12

What Hinders Answered Prayer

1.Remaining

If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Matthew 7:11

2.My

You do not have because you do not ask God.  James 4:2

3.My

If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened Psalm 66:18

4.My

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4:3

5. My

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Mark 11:25

6. My

All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:5-7