Why Ask | Prayer Changes Everything Week 2 | Pastor Chad Fagundes

Matthew 6:9-13 NIV: “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. Pray for God’s name to be hallowed.
2. Pray for God’s Kingdom to come.
3. Pray for God’s will to be done on the earth.
4. Pray for Our daily needs.
5. Pray for forgiveness.
6. Pray for protection in trials.

Matthew 6:31-33 NIV: So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Matthew 7:7-12 NIV: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Ask – connected to something I do not have.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Seek – connected to something that has been lost or undiscovered.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Knock – connected to something that is closed.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. It Who God Is: (MULTILINE)

• • Asking in prayer reminds us of God’s nature—His generosity, His care, and His power. When we ask, we come to know Him not just as Creator, but as Father, Provider, Healer, and Shepherd. Our requests become a doorway to discovering more of His character.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. It Gives Us and (MULTILINE)

• • Prayer isn’t just about speaking; it’s also about listening. When we ask, we open ourselves to receive clarity, wisdom, and direction from God. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. It Our Faith (MULTILINE)

• • Asking requires belief that someone is listening—and capable of responding. Prayer moves us from passivity to expectation. It engages our trust and aligns our hearts with God’s will, building our confidence in His faithfulness as we wait for Him to move.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

• • Matthew 7:12 NIV: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. Ask with (MULTILINE)

James 4:3 NIV: When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

James 4:6 NIV: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. Be Committed to (MULTILINE)

1 Samuel 3:10 NIV: “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. Be to “No” or “Not Yet” (MULTILINE)

2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. (MULTILINE)

Job 1:20-22 BSB: Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.” In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Job 2:9-10 BSB: Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!” “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. or (MULTILINE)

• • Worldly Christian(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

• • Undisciplined(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

• • Matthew 26:40 BSB: “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. You need in your Soul (MULTILINE)

2 Corinthians 6:17-18 NIV: Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)