Matthew 7

Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking

(7)"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek,and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
(8)"For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
(9)"Or what man is there among you who, if his sonasks for bread, will give him a stone?
(10)"Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
(11)"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your childern, how much more will your father who is in heaven give things to those who ask Him!

Matthew 7

DONT JUDGE OTHERS 7:1-5

God did not call believers in christ to judge other people!
There is only one judge, and that is God. Christians have been called to love other people.Tragically, there are some Christians whose lives are characterized by smallness of heart, judgementalism, condemnation, and criticism of others. Our hearts are to be so filled with God's love for others that we literally "fall in love" with them. The mark of every christian is to be a strong and noble love for others.

JOY IN THE FOLLOWSHIP OF GOD

PSALM 63

GOD,YOU ARE MY GOD;EARLY WILL I SEEK YOU;MY SOUL THIRSTS FOR YOU;MY FLESH LONGS FOR YOU IN A DRY AND THIRSTY LAND WHERE THERE IS NO WATER.SO I HAVE LOOKED FOR YOU IN THE SANCTUARY,TO SEE YOUR POWER AND YOUR GLORY.BECAUSE YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE;MY LIPS SHALL PRAISE YOU.THUS I WILL BLESS YOU WHILE I LIVE;I WILL LIFT UP MY HANDS IN YOUR NAME "JESUS".MY SOUL SHALL BE SATISFIED AS WITH MARROW AND FATNESS,AND MY MOUTH SHALL PRIASE YOU WITH JOYFUL LIPS.WHEN I REMEBER YOU ON MY BED,I MEDITATE ON YOU IN THE NIGHT WATCHES.BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN MY HELP,THEREFORE IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS I WILL REJOYCE.MY SOUL FOLLOWS CLOSE BEHIND YOU;YOU RIGHT HAND UPHOLDS ME.BUT THOES WHO SEEKS MY LIFE,TO DESTROY IT,SHALL GO INTO THE POWER PARTS OF THE EARTH.THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD;THEY SHALL BE A PORTION FOR JACKALS.BUT THE KING SHALL REJOYCE IN GOD;EVERYONE WHO SWEARS BY HIM SHALL GLOY;BUT THE MOUTH OF THOES WHO SPEAK LIES SHALL BE STOPPED.

ECCLESIASTES 3:8

EVERYTHiNG HAS iTS TiME:

A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what was planted;
A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to brake down,
And time to build up;
a time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.