This coming Sunday we are returning to our winter sermon series entitled ‘Promise Box Passages’ as we explore some of the most common scriptures that are taken out of context. This week we will consider Matthew 7:7-8, “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.” Many associate this verse as a pattern or formula that one can follow in order to receive their desired answer to prayer, but as we take a closer look, we will see that it is a call for our relationships with others to be rooted in generous grace instead of judgement.
