In the beautiful communion we have with The LORD, called “prayer,” something deeply intimate occurs between the believer and his Maker.  Prayer is asking and receiving; it is talking on a one to One basis with the Sovereign Creator of the universe.  When we pray – we make our requests known  unto Him in faith. 

MATTHEW 7:7

 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

On the surface, the above verse is very simple.  But is it simple?  No.  Therein lies the danger.  On the surface, the Scripture is very simple, so simple in fact, that we are in danger of not recognizing Its immensity.  The LORD instructs (it is an imperative statement or command) believers to ask, then seek, and then knock. 

ASK – SEEK – KNOCK – THESE THREE WORDS COVER THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF PRAYER

Prayer is asking and receiving.  When you know the will of God regarding a need, spiritual or material, you can ask and receive.   This is prayer according to the revealed will of God. 

1 JOHN 5:14-15

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us:
¹⁵ And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

Prayer is seeking and finding.  When you do not know the will of God regarding a need, material or spiritual, then you are to seek His will regarding this need until you find it!  This is prayer for the unrevealed will of God in a specific need. 

COLOSSIANS 3:1

 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 

JEREMIAH 29:12-13

¹² Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you.
¹³ And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.  

Prayer is knocking and opening.  When you know the will of God, yet find a closed door, you are to knock, and keep on knocking until God opens the door.  This is tenacious prayer – prayer for mountain moving faith.  Knocking prayer continues and perseveres until the impossible becomes the possible.  This is miracle-working prayer. 

MATTHEW 17:14-21

¹⁴ And when they were come to the multitude, there came to Him a certain man, kneeling down to Him, and saying,
¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
¹⁶ And I brought him to Thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
¹⁷ Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to Me.
¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
²⁰ And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
²¹ Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

All things are possible when you ask, seek, knock . . .