Push #2

00:00Episode 189: Push #2

Hello, my friend, welcome to our episode 189. Today, June 24, 2026, the topic of today is: push number two.

00:12A weird name for a Bible study

Push number two, that's such a weird way to name an episode, you know, for Bible study. We read today from Matthew chapter 7 verse 8, ERV. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Please, Lord, guide us through this study. Amen. Thank you, Jeho, for the Scripture on the screen.

00:33Matthew 7:8: whoever continues to ask will receive

"Yes, whoever continues to ask will receive. Whoever continues to look will find. And whoever continues to knock will have the door opened for them." Aha! Last week we talked about the importance of the persistent prayer. Today you will learn about the meaning of that.

00:58Whoever means anyone

What is the promise? Whoever. What is the meaning of that word? Whoever means anyone. Anyone who what? Anyone who does three things. Ask the Lord God, look for the solution, and knock at the right place. And this is a cycle.

01:23The promise is for those who continue

The promise is if you continue to do that.

01:29Why do people quit?

The problem is why people quit. Why is it that people don't push harder? Well, in my opinion, they don't want it too much. They don't want it too bad. Because when you are hungry, you look for food.

01:48When you want it, you keep searching

When you are looking for employment, you will continue searching and looking for it until you find it. And if you are looking for love, eventually you will find the right person. And it's a cycle. The promise is if you ask, you will receive. If you look, you will find. If you knock, you will have the door open.

02:12Do you believe what God says?

The Lord God is promising you that. Do you believe what the Lord God says to you? Do you? Well, do it then. Do what he's saying.

02:22To ask: go to the person with authority

But the thing is, what is the meaning of to ask? Asking what, my friend? To ask is to go to the person with authority. So here is the problem we have talked before. People don't go to the Lord God in prayer asking for a miracle, a favor, grace, provision, healing, whatever. They don't go to him. They go to their uncle, to their mothers, to their friends, to their pastors. Please pray for me. Why do you have to go through a human being? And even worse for those who are asking to saints they call Mary, Peter, Joseph, James, St. Cleophas. Really?

03:11Go to the right person: the Lord God

Go to the right person, which is the Lord God.

03:15Humbly present your request, again and again

And you humbly are going to communicate and present your request. And you know that this is a never-ending cycle. You go and ask. You go and ask. You go and ask. The Lord Jesus told us in one occasion the story of this particular widow who was so persistent in asking to the evil judge in town, "Grant me justice." And this guy was so tired of her that finally he said, "Whatever. Give her whatever she wants. I just can't stand her anymore."

03:51Go and talk to the right person

The point is persistence. But you need to go to talk to the right person. Imagine, my friend, you are asking the Lord God for something and He is leading you to talk to somebody. So why do you not go and ask this person? Why do you not go? Go.

04:11What it means to go

Let me show you what is the meaning of going. Okay? Ready? Going is this. It is the action of walking. The action of going. And when you are going, you are going to talk to the right person, the person in authority. And you need to know how to maneuver, how to deal with all the people that are on your way to the real authority.

04:47Don't fight with everyone on the way

Some people sometimes they fight with everybody in the process. The guy that is at the gate, the receptionist, the supervisor. I mean, he is fighting with everybody expecting that the leader, the person in authority will say yes. It is not going to happen. Because every single level have reported how nasty you were.

05:14Be humble and communicate

You need to be humble and you need to communicate to present your request the proper way. You must speak. Wow! You must speak. Oh my goodness!

05:30Not everything is done through an app

And you thought everything is going to be done through an app. You thought that everything is going to be handled through text messaging and emails. Chat online. No, my friend. There are things that you can expedite through websites and chats and apps and text and email but eventually you must speak and communicate.

05:58It begins on your knees with the Lord

And everything begins when you do that with the good Lord. Well the Lord knows. People don't even want to be on their knees asking God for a miracle. He knows. I already told him. Wow!

06:14"I already told Him"

You already told God. So you already gave an order. And you expect that the king of the universe is going to say, "Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot. Let me rush. Hey, angels, let's go. We need to please this guy." You're dreaming. You're crazy. You're insane. You don't understand anything about authority, processes, procedures, nothing. People that don't get it, they will never prosper. They will never move to the next level in life.

06:50To find, you need to search

But what is to find? In order to find, you need to search. People are asking, "Lord, I want employment. I want employment. I want a business. I want a person to love." Well, you need to go searching. And again, the same thing. Let me go. Searching. Searching meaning: "La, la, la, la, la, la, la..." You walk around and you iron your shirt, and you comb your hair, and you brush your teeth, and you try to look like a boy. Did you get it?

07:30Do your part in the process

You do your part in the process. You are believing God will give you a miracle. What you do, your part, is healing what you need. What you need to search for doctors. You need to search for alternative medicine. You need to search for insurances. Whatever you need to search for, go and do it yourself. God is not going to come down and say, "Oh, I'm sorry, my child. I forgot that you don't like to do your own researches. I'll do it for you." And the Lord is in the computer researching for you. You are nuts.

08:06To knock: respectfully ask to enter

And what is the meaning of knocking? The thing is this, you go to the right place and you respectfully and intelligently ask for permission to enter. Good afternoon. My name is Such and Such and I would like to ask if I can come in and speak with Such and Such.

08:29Knocking on the right door

It's love. So you go to the house of the person you want to date. So you say, "Excuse me, good afternoon. My name is Such and Such. And I would like to know if Such and Such is here and I would like to come inside and speak with him, with her, whatever your case is."

08:46The Lord God is the authority

And every scenario is all about understanding in your heart. Hey, the Lord God is the authority. Your job is to continue trusting in Him. And you do your part researching and knocking doors, waiting for the answer.

09:04Matthew 6: what really matters

You know that Matthew 6, which is before this chapter 7, hello, is all about what really matters in life. To have food, to have something to drink, to have something to wear. Basically shelter and being taken care of, basic needs. Matthew 6 speaks about all this before Matthew 7.

09:25It's all a faith issue

You know what was the problem in Matthew 6? It's all a faith issue. Maybe that is your problem. Are you listening to me? Okay, I'm going to get a little bit closer to the camera. Maybe that is your problem. It's a faith issue. Maybe you don't have enough faith.

09:51You don't have enough faith for anything

Maybe you think that just by wishing something, God is going to grant you that. You don't have enough faith to pray. You don't have enough faith to open the Bible and read and try to understand. You don't have enough faith to give a little contribution to a ministry. You don't have enough faith to go to a church. You don't have enough faith to say, maybe the Lord will help me. You don't have enough faith for anything. Maybe you doubt if the light is going to turn on when you push the button. You don't have faith for anything, my friend. And you are here with me studying the Bible, reading the Scripture with me. Boy, that's a problem.

10:36The priority: doing what God wants

What is the priority, my friend, the kingdom of God? Doing what He wants you to do. But I want this. I need this. I need that. Well, what if you focus on what the Lord says to you that you should do? What if you start from the beginning on your knees? Come on.

10:57Start on your knees today

On your knees today, as soon as we finish here, you will be on your knees and you will bow. And you say, "Lord God, I am understanding this. This is an issue of faith, okay? So I'm going to act by faith, by being on my knees. And I'm going to grab my Bible and I'm going to ask you to talk to me somewhere. Tell me something. If this is for real, tell me, because this is what you want me to do, right? This is your priority. Your word is your priority in my life. And from there you take it and you will feel how the Lord will lead you to the next step. Ask.

11:37Ask: "Lord, give me Your will in my heart"

Ask the Lord. This is what you say, "Lord, give me Your will in my heart." No, but you don't want to say that prayer. "Lord, give me my new phone. Lord, give me the money for this and that. Lord, heal me. Give me." What you should pray is, "Lord, give me Your will in my heart."

12:09Search: "Show me the way"

And then when you search, when you are trying to find, you say, "Lord, show me the way to do what You say I must do." You see how you are going to be aligning your life, your heart, your mind, your will to God's will. Show me what is what you want me to do. Now, show me how is that I should do what you are telling me to do.

12:39Knock: "Guide me"

And when you are knocking, you say, "Lord, guide me to ask whomever to help me begin to do what You say I must do. What is what I need to do, Lord? Lead me. Lead me." It's all about your humility and that might be your problem.

12:59Wake up, my friend

I'm happy that you came to hear what I have to say today on behalf of the Lord God. Maybe you feel that I am too hard on you. Maybe you need it. But if I say those things, it's not to mock you or to insult you or to make you feel uncomfortable. It's because I need you to wake up, my friend. Wake up. The reality is this. There is one God in heaven waiting for you to be humble enough. And everything begins when you give your heart to the Lord God.

13:35A little humor: the sad door

So one day there is a group of doors in a hardware store and they are just talking. All the doors are saying, "Where have you been? What is your plan? Where are you going to go?" One of the doors says, "Well, I want to be a front door in a nice house." "What about you?" "I'll be okay being just a door in a bedroom or whatever." "Oh, that's nice." But there was one door that was kind of sad, you know? All the doors are looking at this door and they ask, "Hey, little door, why do you look so sad?" And the door says, "You know, all my life people have been saying that they go through me that I am the wrong door." "The wrong door? Yeah." They say, "Well, you choose the wrong door and it's always me." So I decided that I'm going to go to school because I don't want to be wrong. I want to be right. I want to become smarter, so I'm going to school. That's dumb, huh? All right. Okay. Let's forget about that. It didn't work well. What do you call a door that's always wrong? A mis-door. Okay. That's enough for today. Oh, no? You want more? Okay, one more. Okay. Do you know that doors never argue? They just shut down. That was good.

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Transcribed from the video and lightly corrected. Spoken words are kept as Dr. Gian said them.