Doctrine: Jesus wants you to pray because by asking, you will receive good things from your heavenly Father, to His glory.
AN ILLUSTRATION OF RECEIVING BY ASKING (11.11-12) 1. The Father-Son Relationship Is in View. 2. The Son's Requests Are Modest and Reasonable. 3. A Father Will Neither Deny His Son's Requests, Nor Substitute Bad Things for Good.
A PROMISE OF RECEIVING BY ASKING (11.13) 1. Premise: Even Sinful Fathers Give Good Gifts to Their Own Children. 2. Conclusion: Your Heavenly Father Will Be Even More Generous. 3. The Holy Spirit Is the Greatest Gift of All. 4. Answered Prayer Will Tend to God's Everlasting Praise.
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Pastor D. Scott Meadows has been an elder at the Calvary Baptist Church (Reformed) of Exeter, New Hampshire, since 1991. Pastor Meadows holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in Christian theology. He left his engineering career for pastoral...