Have you had your JOY JUICE today? You don’t have any? Well….all you have to do is ASK!
In Matthew
7: 7-8 Jesus teaches: “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.”
Keep in mind
that Jesus didn’t say ask….just once! Though our God is powerful enough to answer
our prayers immediately, He often chooses to wait. He desires for us to pursue
a deeper relationship with Him and trust that He knows what is best for us. He
wants us to grow spiritually by humbling ourselves before Him and seeking only
what is in His plan. Instead of praying selfishly,
our hearts should be so attuned to His will that we will be satisfied with however He chooses to answer our
prayers.
So often
people give up after they’ve asked God a few times for something. They decide that either God isn’t listening
or that they are not worthy of having their prayer answered. They may not realize that they are asking
outside the will of God. Jesus says to ASK, SEEK, and KNOCK….in other words,
persist in going before God in prayer.
Don’t give up! Continue to ask, but include in your prayers a request
for wisdom and understanding….and a peaceful JOY that comes in a closer walk
with Him.
Let's keep asking, seeking and knocking on the door of
God’s heart requesting that He pour out buckets full of His JOY into each of our lives!
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