Stepping Stones For Victorious Christ Centered Living #7 A-S-K
Levels of Relating To God Having a conversation with God is, perhaps, one of the most important things you or I can learn. And when you are talking about walking on "Stepping Stones For Christ Centered Living," this is especially true: For this requires we cooperate with God's grace to develop our relationship with God. Many folks say the verses below are key for helping us pray, and this certainly has merit; however, nowhere in Matthew 7:7-11 does the Lord say He is talking about prayer. Please consider this: Elsewhere, in Jesus teachings, you will find that, when Jesus is teaching about prayer, you will actually see that He is using the word "prayer" to signal that He is wanting to teach about prayer. See Matthew 6:5-14, and Luke 18:1-8 as examples. I don't want to push this point of view so stringently; however, I do want us to think about the possibility this passage, maybe including prayer, is about levels of relating to God. Or, to be more specific