The Law of Prayer

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"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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

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Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, ⁵

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or a snake when he asks for a fish?

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If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.

(Matthew 7: 7-11)

What promises does Jesus make in the above verses on Prayer?

In one phrase, the promise of the infallibility of Prayer. Awesome! Very few promises in Scripture have been guaranteed as Prayer. Few promises are misunderstood as Prayer. Even good Christians may be tempted to rationalize or dilute the promise on Prayer.

Prayer is a spiritual law like the law of the Beatitudes. If you want the type of happiness promised by Jesus in the Beatitudes, live the Beatitudes. Similarly, if you want the type of answers to prayers promised by Jesus, apply the laws of Prayer.