Ask of Me

Text for Sermon: Acts 1:12-14, 21-26; Matthew 7:7-11

Matthew 7:7-11 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are 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!

This is the greatest invitation in the world.  Not just one invitation but six invitations with seven promises.

God tells us to ask of Him.  No, actually, God commands us to ask of Him.

God has issued an immutable and eternal decree, ask of me.  It is the simplest command.  It can be done by anyone, any age, anywhere, anytime.  We are to pray, and God answers, by giving only good things.