This document summarizes a passage from Luke 11:5-10 about prayer and persistence. It teaches that through keeping on asking, seeking, and knocking, one will receive what they ask for from God. The passage tells a story about going to a friend's house late at night to borrow bread when an unexpected guest arrives. Though initially refused, the friend will get up and give what is needed if the person keeps knocking persistently. The document applies this lesson by saying increase requires struggles, hindrances, and pain but comes through persistence in prayer.

1. Luke 11:5-10
• Then, teaching them more about
prayer, he used this story: “Suppose
you went to a friend’s house at
midnight, wanting to borrow three
loaves of bread. You say to him, ‘A
friend of mine has just arrived for a
visit, and I have nothing for him to
eat.’

2. Luke 11:5-10
• And suppose he calls out from his
bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is
locked for the night, and my family and I
are all in bed. I can’t help you.’ But I tell
you this, though he won’t do it for
friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking
long enough, he will get up and give you
whatever you need because of your
shameless persistence.

3. Luke 11:5-10
• “And so I tell you, keep on asking,
and you will receive what you ask for.
Keep on seeking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will
be opened to you. For everyone who
asks, receives. Everyone who seeks,
finds. And to everyone who knocks,
the door will be opened.

4. The Price For Increase
1. Not without struggles.
• Luke 11:5-6 “Suppose you went to a
friend’s house at midnight, wanting to
borrow three loaves of bread. You say to
him, ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for
a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’
• Increase starts from within.
• 1 Kings 17:15 So she did as Elijah said, and
she and Elijah and her son continued to eat
for many days.

5. The Price For Increase
2. Not without hindrances.
• Luke 11:7 And suppose he calls out from his
bedroom, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is
locked for the night, an my family and I are all
in bed. I can’t help you.’
• Increase comes from beyond.
• Genesis 26:12 When Isaac planted his crops
that year, he harvested a hundred time more
grain than he planted, for the Lord bless him.

6. The Price For Increase
3. Not without pain.
• Luke 11:9 But I tell you this, though he
won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you
keep knocking long enough, he will get
up and give you whatever you need
because of your shameless persistence.
• Increase result of new wineskin.
• Proverbs 14:4 Without oxen a stable
stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a
large harvest.