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… want, how much more will a heavenly father who loves you and knows what you need give you what you need. Pray with persistence. The ask principle also means pray with boldness. Ephesians 3.12 says, in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. When we come before God, we're not to hem and haw or, you know, kick our feet in the dirt and say, oh God, I'm so sorry I'm coming to you, but I really need this. No, we approach His throne boldly, not in our strength, but in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I like the way Eugene Peterson paraphrases that verse. He said, don't bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This isn't a cat and mouse hide and seek game we're in. Tell God what you need. The other night I was having dinner with my grandchildren and I asked my granddaughter in the first grade, I said, what are you learning in school right now. She said, well, I'm learning the difference between needs and wants. I said, well, that's interesting. What's the difference between needs and wants? She said, well, needs are the things you really have to have, like air and food. Wants are the things you wish you had, like toys. God promises to give you your needs, but he doesn't promise to give you all of your wants. …
… was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. Well, let me begin with a short quiz. Let me ask you, apart from the fact that all of these individuals are dead, what do each of them have in common? Winston Churchill, John Lennon, Bill Barker and Michael Jackson. long pause, understandable, each of them, to one degree or another, was hoping that by earthly means they would be enabled to have a part in creating a world of harmony and of hope and of peace. Lenin, imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do, nothing to kill or die for, and no religions to. Somewhere along there, he's dreaming of a place, an imaginary place, where people live their lives in peace. That was in 1971. In the same year, Bill Barker, whose name won't be known to most of us, came up. He was an ad agent in Los Angeles. …
… according to his eternal purpose, which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now unto him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. …