February 24: Psalm 34:15; Psalm 34:17; Psalm 81:10; Ezekiel 36:37; Matthew 7:7–8; Luke 18:1; John 16:24; John 16:26–27; James 1:5; James 4:2; 1 John 5:14–15; 1 Samuel 3:18; Job 2:10; Psalm 119:75; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 12:1; Malachi 3:3; Matthew 10:25; Hebrews 5:8; Hebrews 12:6; 1 Peter 4:13; Revelation 7:14 - a podcast by Crossway

“Thus says the LordGod: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them.”

You do not have, because you do not ask.—“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”—And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.—If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.—Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.—And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.—The eyes of theLordare toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. TheLordhears and delivers them out of all their troubles.—“In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me…. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.”

Psalm 34:15(Listen)

15   The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
    and his ears toward their cry.

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Psalm 34:17(Listen)

17   When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears
    and delivers them out of all their troubles.

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Psalm 81:10(Listen)

10   I am the LORD your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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Ezekiel 36:37(Listen)

37 “Thus says the Lord GOD: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock.

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Matthew 7:7–8(Listen)

Ask, and It Will Be Given

7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

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Luke 18:1(Listen)

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

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John 16:24(Listen)

24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

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John 16:26–27(Listen)

26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.¹

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James 1:5(Listen)

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

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James 4:2(Listen)

2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

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1 John 5:14–15(Listen)

14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

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“Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”

I know, OLord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.—But now, OLord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.—“It is theLord. Let him do what seems good to him.”

Righteous are you, OLord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you.—He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.—“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”—“It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master.”—Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.—But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.—“These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

1 Samuel 3:18(Listen)

18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him.”

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Job 2:10(Listen)

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”¹In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

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Psalm 119:75(Listen)

75   I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous,
    and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

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Isaiah 64:8(Listen)

8   But now, O LORD, you are our Father;
    we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    we are all the work of your hand.

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Jeremiah 12:1(Listen)

Jeremiah’s Complaint

12   Righteous are you, O LORD,
    when I complain to you;
    yet I would plead my case before you.
  Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
    Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

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Malachi 3:3(Listen)

3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD.¹

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Matthew 10:25(Listen)

25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign¹those of his household.

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Hebrews 5:8(Listen)

8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

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Hebrews 12:6(Listen)

6   For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and chastises every son whom he receives.”

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1 Peter 4:13(Listen)

13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

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Revelation 7:14(Listen)

14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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