EP. 93 – Ask, Seek, and Knock.

[Intro]

Welcome to the third season of the podcast to learn English. And now we officially have all the transcripts, every day!

Find the transcripts on our telegram group, they will be added daily over there. The link is in the description, or you can find it in my instagram bio.

So here's how it's going to work: every day of the week, from Monday to friday, we will read a part of a book, and from there we'll learn a little bit, and talk about it. On the weekends, that's when I will release the longer interviews - and if they're in English, of course the transcripts will also be available;

Sounds good?

So let's start:

"7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.…"
[Matthew Chapter 7 Verse 7-8]

Of course… the opener of this series has to be the Bible, and it has to be Matthew Chapter 7 Verse 7, because it tells everything you need to know about receiving all that the universe has to offer… and I'm really going to say "the Universe" here, because I know many of you are not very religious. Of course, I am talking about God here, haha. But if you don't believe in God, or the Bible, just listen to what I have to say anyways.

So this verse says:

Ask, and it will be given to you;

And I think a lot of people stop here. This is where "wishful thinking" stems from. I "believe" or "I have faith", but it ends there. But… if it ended there, this verse from the bible would stop there, wouldn't it? But it doesn't. It says:

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you."

So it's not only ASK… there's also the SEEK, and there's also the KNOCK.

This podcast is a great example of this. When I started… I really wished, and had faith that it would work and have a great audience. But… there's also the need to do the work. There was the need to seek - and to knock. There was the need to start with the first episode that had 0 listeners…

And I know this could be applied to everyone who is listening right now… we all have those things in our lives that simply aren't the way we want them to be. And quite often we just have "faith" it will work out… but do we seek? And do we knock?

Maybe it's our jobs - the ones we often don't like as much. Are we planning the next step? Of course - start with faith; Have faith… but then seek and knock.

Seek the next job that you're looking for… and knock the door and ask for it.

Maybe it's our finances! And this doesn't mean changing our jobs. It means simply understanding your budget, and knowing the sacrifices you have to make to meet your goals - again, that's the seek and knock part.

Maybe it's our relationships. We have faith they will improve. But are we doing the seeking and knocking? Well, I think by now you know what I mean by that.

And here's what the Bible says about those that ask, seek and knock. "For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.…"

Isn't that perfect? This is the inevitability of "the good". I really believe that ONCE YOU BELIEVE - that is, have faith - once you ask, seek, and knock - it truly is given to you. This is all that I have truly felt in my life. Asking God for something - and then believing it would be given to me, but not only that: acting in such a way that showed that I deserved it. This is faith.

So… yeah. That's what I wanted to start Season 03 of the podcast with. I think it sets the tone for the rest of this week really well. Have faith - believe in the Universe, if you don't believe in God - but not only ask... seek and knock as well. And the inevitability of success will come to you, because - let's just read it again to really put this into your minds this week - "For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.… "

That's it for today. I hope you enjoy this podcast and this new format. Please, tell me in our Telegram group or send me a dm to tell me if you liked this new format, and I can't wait to hear from you!

See you tomorrow, because now the podcast is DAILY. And as always, thank you for listening!