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Have we ASKED all things ?

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We have heard:
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you. -Matthew 7:7

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you. -Luke 11:9

What actually the Lord is trying to tell us to ask ? What actually the Lord is trying to tell us what will be given to us ?

Beloved ones, have we ASKED Him all things ?

Beloved ones, this is also what we have heard:

“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely GIVE us all things?”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:32‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

And that, we heard that the Lord said through apostle Paul, that He with Him also freely GIVE us all things !

What ALL THINGS that our Lord has freely given ?

“NOW ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD , who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has GIVEN us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.”
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5:18-19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved ones, ALL THINGS that our Lord has freely given are NOW ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ.

And our Lord has GIVEN us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Will we be able to be SUFFICIENT for the ministry of reconciliation that the Lord has GIVEN us ?

And this is what we have heard:

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, ALWAYS having
ALL SUFFICIENCY in ALL THINGS, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: “He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.”
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭9:8-11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved ones, the reason that we always having all sufficiency in ALL THINGS, that we may HAVE AN ABUNDANCE FOR EVERY GOOD WORK.

And that we able to always have all sufficiency in ALL THINGS, because God is ABLE to make all grace abound toward us.

Let us delights in His grace, that He makes to abound toward us.

For we heard:
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Let us walk in good works, which God prepared beforehand.

What God has prepared beforehand ?

God is ABLE to make all grace abound toward us, to walk in good works. Amen.

To God the Father be thanksgiving through Christ. Amen
 
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