Matthew 7:7-11

how to be what we need to be, satan trembles when he sees the weakest Christian on their knees, serious prayer glorifies God, we need to pray so we can be connected to the power of God, it is necessary to live in the world in a godly fashion, ask because God is a giving God, ask, knock, seeking shows our need; we are poverty stricken, why ask, seek, knock? (1) we need help, (2) we are powerless within ourselves, results of asking, seeking, knocking--receive, findeth, opened, Christ's prayers set the parimeters of what we should pray for, we need to want the same things Jesus wants, God wants to give us good gifts, He is good all the time, what to pray for--Phil. 4:8 true, honorable, lovely, good repute things worthy of praise, we should pray for the things in the beatitudes