Asking
The 10th Day of Christmas
Help us, Lord our God, because we rely on you... ~ 2 Chronicles 14:11 (CEB)
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 will respond to your requests.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for listening. Sometimes I am reluctant to ask you for things. I feel that my requests are insignificant or that they're off base. Both are probably true. Help me to tune into you so that I'm asking for all the right stuff. And help me to trust in your wisdom and mercy so that I'm no longer fretting over the possibility of offending you. I'm going to trust that you genuinely want to hear from me even when I don't know what I'm talking about. 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)
