Matthew 7:7  Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Actually, in the realm of Christianity,  we don’t get what WE paid for. Rather, we get what HE paid for!  Ecclesiastes 3:13  And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.  Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe!  When Jesus went to Calvary, He paid the sin debt for whosoever will.  He also paid for access to the throne of God for you and me.  The veil in the temple was rent top to bottom, showing us that God himself did it!  Now we can come to Him in prayer and ask of the Lord those  things we desire of Him. We are told we have not because we ask not.  We ask sometimes and have not because we ask amiss,  or in other words, we ask contrary to His will!  There are some things I refuse to “CHEAP OUT” on.  Tools are one of them!  Our Lord refused to cheap out on His bride!  He cares like no other.  Think about the price that was paid that you and I could enjoy peace, joy, and have the love of God shed abroad in our hearts.  Our Lord deemed His church worth it! 
May God help us today, to realize that because He was willing to pay such a price for us, we certainly should be willing to dedicate our lives to Him!  Romans 12:1-2  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  Reasonable, after what He has done for us?  You better believe it!  Pastor