““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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”
Matthew 7:7-11 NKJV
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“The present imperatives, “keep on asking,””keep on seeking,”and “keep on knocking” indicate that prayer is not a semi-passive ritual in which we occasionally share our concerns with God. Prayer requires stamina and persistence. It is those who keep on asking that receive and those who keep on seeking who find. God opens the door to those who keep on knocking.”
Robert Mounce-page 65 in the NIB Commentary on Matthew