Prayer is Asking

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:” (Mt. 7:7)

John R. Rice wrote a book called “Prayer is Asking”. Asking seems to be the one thing that the Lord definitely wants us to continue doing. If you will loook closely at this passage, you will notice an anagram in these verses (vs. 7,8). Not only does our Lord come out and tell us to ask outright, but He gives us a hidden message also; let’s examine these verses closely:

Ask, and it shall be given you;
Seek and ye shall find;
Knock and it shall be opened unto you:

For everyone that Asketh recieveth;
And he that Seeketh findeth;
And to him that Knocketh it shall be opened.

An anagram within an anagram!

Do you see what I mean? Definitely, the Lord is admonishing us to ask;
Then He promises us that He will answer;

Those that ask, will receive; if we don’t as, we do not receive.
They that seek shall find; when we really seek after the Lord, and the answer to our enigma, we will find it;
And those that knock, it shall be opened unto them. No knocking, no open door.

Ask before you can receive;
Seek before you will ever find;
Knock before the door is opened.

Ask, This is general prayer;
seek, This is eager or fervent prayer; Praying with intensity;
knock, and knock, and knock until He opens the door. This diligent, persistent prayer that “moves mountains”; it is the way to get answers to our prayers.


“Ye have not because ye ask not”