“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”

MATTHEW 7:7-11

PONDER THIS
Often, we are so full of care and worry because we’ve not truly learned how to pray. By prayer and supplication, we are to ask God for everything we need.

Pray about anything. Don’t divide your life up into the secular and the sacred. Don’t believe there are certain things you can pray about and certain things you can’t pray about because God’s not interested in those things. Can you imagine Jesus living that way? To a Christian, all things are sacred. Every day is a holy day.

You may respond, “What about the little things? I just pray about the big things.” Can you imagine anything that’s big to God? Or can you imagine anything too small for God to be interested in? Yes, pray about the big things. Yes, pray when your child is sick, but pray for the small things too. God is a God who is over all. God knows your needs. Even in wrong and shameful things, God already knows you want a wrong thing. Tell Him you want a wrong thing and ask Him to change your heart. Pray about all things.

What things are hardest for you to talk about with God?
What are some things you neglect to bring to God in prayer?
PRACTICE THIS
Talk to God and bring Him all the things that are on your mind.