Asking
Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. ~ 2 Chronicles 14:11 (NLT)
Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks. ~ Matthew 7:8 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
God responds to our requests that come out of faith.
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, thank you for listening. I'm not so good at listening so I'm not very good at asking out of faith. I ask you for things but they're often the wrong things. Help me to tune into your voice. I'm going to keep asking for more of the things which fit with your agenda. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
