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\u201cSuppose one of you goes to a friend in the middle of the night and says, \u201cLet me borrow three loaves of bread. A friend of mine has dropped in, and I don\u2019t have a thing for him to eat.\u201d And suppose your friend answers, \u201cDon\u2019t bother me! The door is bolted, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you something.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe may not get up and give you the bread, just because you are his friend. But he will get up and give you as much as you need, simply because you are not ashamed to keep on asking. <\/p>\n

\tSo I tell you to ask and you will receive, search and you will find, knock and the door will be opened for you. Everyone who asks will receive, everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for everyone who knocks. Which one of you fathers would give your hungry child a snake if the child asked for a fish? Which one of you would give your child a scorpion if the child asked for an egg? As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks.\u201d (Luke 11:5-13)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tMy children don\u2019t need a pony. I don\u2019t need a Cadillac. But God always gives us what we need. Our trouble comes in not always being able to distinguish clearly between our needs and our wants. In the time of Jesus, people usually slept together in one room in one bed. They did this, not because they liked the togetherness, but because their houses were small and cramped, often with only one room.<\/p>\n

\tTherefore, it took a lot of effort for a man to rise in the middle of the night, crawl over his entire family, and find his way to his front door in the dark. On top of that, three loaves of bread for someone else\u2019s guest in the middle of the night wasn\u2019t even a reasonable request! But even so silly an appeal could get results if one were persistent enough. It was hard to sleep with someone pounding on the door.<\/p>\n

\tSometimes we give in to our children just because we get tired of listening to them whine. But God is never in bed, he\u2019s never broke, he\u2019s never had a bad day at work. He\u2019s happy to give, because he loves us. Since even grumpy neighbors and tired parents will respond to our requests, how much more then will our Father in heaven take care of giving us what we really need!<\/p>\n

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