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Text: Luke 11: 9-13

ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP PRAYING

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened
to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who
seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

Luke 11:9-10

1. Praying may be described in three ways:

a. To ask

i. This may be in the form of a verbal request.

ii. God may answer our prayer request.

b. To seek

i. Sometimes, we are required to do our part.

ii. We may have to seek answers.

iii. We are to pray even as we seek.

iv. We may find what we seek after.

c. To knock

i. Sometimes, doors may be closed.

ii. We may have to knock on doors.

iii. Prayer is to be uttered even as we knock.

iv. Doors may be opened to us.

2. Encouragement to deepen our understanding of God as Father.

a. The Illustration of a son asking his father.

i. If he asks for bread, would his father give him a stone? (Luke 11:11a)

ii. If he asks for a fish, would he give him a serpent? (Luke 11:11b)

iii. If he asks for an egg, would he give him a scorpion? (Luke 11:11c)

b. God as our Father in Heaven.

i. Human beings, compared to God, are evil.

ii. But, notwithstanding this fact, a father would give goods gifts to his children (Luke 11:13a).

iii. God is our Heavenly Father.

iv. He will not only give us good gifts, He will give us the best of gifts- The Holy Spirit! (Luke 11:13b)

经文：路加福音 11：9-13

受鼓励继续祷告

“我又告诉你们：你们祈求，就给你们；
寻找，就寻见；叩门，就给你们开门。
因为凡祈求的，就得着；寻找的，就寻见；叩门的，
就给他开门。”

《路加福音 11：9-10》

1. 可以用三种方式来描述祷告:

a. 祈求

i. 这可以是口头上的请求

ii. 上帝也许会应允我们的祈求

b. 寻找

i. 有时，我们需要尽自己的一份力

ii. 我们也许要寻求答案

iii. 我们要一边寻求，一边祷告

iv. 我们也许会找到我们所寻求的

c. 叩门

i. 有时，门可能已关闭了

ii. 我们须要叩门

iii. 要一边叩门，一边祷告

iv. 也许门会向我们敞开

2. 受鼓励加深我们称上帝为天父的理解

a.儿子向父亲求饼的描述

i. 如果儿子求饼，父亲会给他一块石头吗？《路加福音 11：11a》

ii. 如果他要一条鱼，他会给他一条蛇吗？ 《路加福音 11：11b》

iii. 如果他求鸡蛋，他会给<他蝎子吗？《路加福音 11:11c》

b. 上帝是我们在天上的父

i. 与上帝相比，人类是富罪恶的

ii. 尽管如此，做父亲的还是会送好东西给儿女

iii. 上帝是我们的天父

iv. 祂不仅会给我们好东西，祂还会赐给我们最好的礼物—圣灵！ 《路加福音 11：13b》