Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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It is said that men don’t like to ask for directions… why is that? Because we think we always know where we are going? I don’t think thats why… and thats where we are going today. 

 

What is the biggest difference in a life that is rich in beauty, full of surprises, great stories, rewarding and full of life…. and one that is just I don’t know maybe just meh… 

 

its pretty simple actually and before I give you the answer I want you to promise me you will take time to realize how profound it is… even though at first you will think… “really Garth, that is what you think makes the difference?” 

 

 

 

Mark 11:24

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

1 John 5:15

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.

James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, 

 

James 4:2 you do not have because you do not ask.

What’s the secret? Prayer? NOPE, but that helps…

its simply learning how to ask… and lets be honest that is a problem for a lot of men.

This verse in James does not say “you do not have because you are not smart enough, 

Because you married the wrong person

Because you don’t have enough money

Because you are to old, not connected, don’t have the right friends, have a checkered background, are the wrong color have the wrong upbringing…

NOPE NOPE NOPE you do not have because you do not ask.

There are people out there today who have a bad job… simply because they did not ask for a better job. They tried once and it didn’t happen so they quit asking… and I don’t just mean asking God, I mean asking anyone and everyone.

Remember the woman who in Luke 18 kept knocking on the door, kept asking, kept asking… that was the only prerequisite. Her prayer wasn’t answered until she got enough faith, the right spouse, read enough of the bible, live a perfect enough life… she got what she wanted because she did not give up asking. 

Ask for a promotion, ask for a better job, ask for your spouse to be sweeter, ask Jesus to give you more answered prayers in your life, ask your friend how to be a better parent, ask your neighbor how to invest, ask the guy at the music store how to play drums…ask the women at the counter for the best price on that watch… just be willing to ask. Ask for stuff, ask for wisdom, ask for help, ask for directions…. just learn to ask. 

And if it is a no, you have a story, and if they say yes, you have an even better story.

Ask and it shall be given to you