{"id":3012,"date":"2018-10-24T12:57:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T17:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2018-10-24T13:02:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:02:37","slug":"ask-seek-knock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/24\/ask-seek-knock\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Seek Knock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pray means to ask\u2026and that\u2019s what we should, do. Pray without ceasing\u2026<\/h6>\n
But the second part is to seek and knock\u2026that means, you, have to do something\u2026it\u2019s great to ask, but we also have to put action to our prayers\u2026<\/h6>\n
There was a conversation I heard recently and the person said they were praying and asking God to help them to get out of debt. Another person told them the story about the rowboat, the motorboat, and the helicopter<\/em>\u2026<\/h6>\n
A man was on a roof because of a flood the waters were getting higher and higher. The man prayed, \u201cGod save me.\u201d So a rowboat came by, but the man said, \u201cIts ok God is going to save me.\u201d<\/h6>\n
Then a motorboat came by. \u201cThe man said, \u201cIts ok God is going to save me.\u201d<\/h6>\n
The water was climbing and was up to the roof\u2026 \u201cGod save me.\u201d<\/h6>\n
So a helicopter came by, the man shouted, \u201cIts ok, God is going to save me.\u201d<\/h6>\n
The man drowns. He gets to heaven and says \u201cGod why didn\u2019t you save me?\u201d God said, \u201cI sent a rowboat, a motorboat and a helicopter!\u201d<\/h6>\n
So the guy I heard telling this story, said the guy that wanted to get out of debt said, \u201cThat story is not biblical!\u201d<\/h6>\n
This guy is surely going to drown, get to heaven and God is going to say\u2026 \u201cI answered your prayer but you said it wasn\u2019t biblical; you should have listened to the story?\u201d<\/h6>\n
Is being in debt biblical?<\/h6>\n
We are constantly learning life lessons. Some lessons are more severe than others. We want to have a stress-free life; have lots of money and \u201cstuff.\u201d We want the best ministry, the biggest church, and the best home. We want the smartest, brightest and most attractive kids. We want to be praised and be famous and liked by everyone\u2026we want all of our prayers to be answered now, not later\u2026is it biblical?<\/h6>\n
Jesus did say he came to give us life, an abundant life. He came to give us peace and joy and love and hope and faith. But not so we could flaunt it or be prideful! It\u2019s not about being poor or rich\u2026in debt or debt-free! It\u2019s all about the heart!<\/h6>\n
Pride is sin, so is greed and lust and coveting\u2026<\/h6>\n
I believe that the sin of coveting is what drives people into debt. We want the best, biggest, shiniest, most expensive, name brand what-cha-ma-call-its we can get and if we don\u2019t have the cash we go into debt!!!<\/h6>\n
There\u2019s nothing wrong about getting a loan or using a charge card as long as you can pay the bill when it comes. But when it becomes obsessive and you owe more than you could ever repay then you\u2019re in a deep pit!<\/h6>\n
If we followed the biblical then we wouldn\u2019t be in the despair of debt to begin with. I\u2019m not saying this to cause condemnation. I\u2019m saying this to make a point! We are human and we fail miserably many times but when we ask, then seek and knock for an answer and God sends the answer, then we are foolish and blind if we don\u2019t pay attention and do what needs to be done.<\/h6>\n
So\u2026<\/h6>\n
God has sent a rowboat; a motorboat; and a helicopter, today. Don\u2019t delay, it may not be biblical but it\u2019s the smart thing to do! Get in and get to safety!<\/h6>\n
When Jesus is the in the boat you have nothing to fear but you do have to have faith!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill October 24, 2018<\/h6>\n
John 10:9-13 The Message (MSG) <\/em><\/strong>Jesus told this simple story, but they had no idea what he was talking about. So he tried again. \u201cI\u2019ll be explicit, then. I am the Gate for the sheep. All those others are up to no good\u2014sheep stealers, every one of them. But the sheep didn\u2019t listen to them. I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for\u2014will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u201cI am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He\u2019s only in it for the money. The sheep don\u2019t matter to him.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Mark 4:38-40<\/em> Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) <\/em><\/strong>Jesus was inside the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The followers went and woke him. They said, \u201cTeacher, don\u2019t you care about us? We are going to drown!\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
Jesus stood up and gave a command to the wind and the water. He said, \u201cQuiet! Be still!\u201d Then the wind stopped, and the lake became calm.<\/em><\/h6>\n
He said to his followers, \u201cWhy are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
Matthew 7:7-12<\/em> New International Version (NIV) <\/em><\/strong>\u201c<\/em>Ask <\/em><\/strong>and it will be given to you; <\/em>seek<\/em><\/strong> and you will find; <\/em>knock<\/em><\/strong> and the door will be opened to you.<\/em> For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
\u201cWhich of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?<\/em> Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.<\/em><\/h6>\n
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Pray means to ask\u2026and that\u2019s what we should, do. Pray without ceasing\u2026 But the second part is to seek and knock\u2026that means, you, have to do something\u2026it\u2019s great to ask, but we also have to put action to our prayers\u2026 There was a conversation I heard recently and the person said they were praying and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-MA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3012"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3017,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions\/3017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}