April 19, 2026  

THE SERMON

What Are You Looking For In Life?

Matthew 7:7–12 (NASB95)

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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

⁹“Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?

¹⁰“Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

¹¹“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 what is good to those who ask Him!

¹²“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

 1. Go To God The Father First

Matthew 7:7–11 (NASB95)

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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

⁹“Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?

¹⁰“Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

¹¹“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 what is good to those who ask Him!

 2. Go To Others With Godly Empathy

Matthew 7:12 (NASB95)

¹²“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

 3. Go To Christ For Eternal Life

Matthew 7:13–14 (NASB95)

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

¹⁴“For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

John 14:6 (NASB95)

⁶Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.