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A New Start, Part 2 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series:  The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 7:7-11
15 October 2017

Deep Sheet Questions:  Sermon Study Questions
1.  Although Jesus’ words of promise here are directed to the Christian, what should this teaching communicate to the non-Christian? (Romans 10:13)
2.  In what ways have you seen prayer as a “duty” or a “key”?
3.  How does Jesus tie together prayer and God’s fatherhood in the Sermon on the Mount
What are the implications for how we should conceive of prayer? (Matthew 6:5-13)
4.  What is the comparison that Jesus makes at the end of this passage, and what does he want to highlight about our heavenly Father? (Matthew 6:25-34; Luke 11:13; Ephesians 5:1)
5. What does it mean to say that God gives out of what he has already given? (Romans 8:32; Titus 3:6; 2 Peter 1:3; Ephesians 1:3)
6.  What are some implications of this passage for parenting?