Ask!
The 12th Sunday after Pentecost
All you people: Trust in him at all times!
Pour out your hearts before him!
God is our refuge! ~ Psalm 62:8 (CEB)
This is the confidence that we have in our relationship with God: If we ask for anything in agreement with his will, he listens to us. ~ 1 John 5:14 (CEB)
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Ask away! God is generous and gives whatever we request that is consistent with his agenda.
PRAYER
I am thankful, God, for your generosity. I get frustrated with my asking, though, because I'm sure that I ask for stupid things that are inconsistent with your will. Give me the wisdom to see what I should be requesting and the stamina to continue to turn to you alone for solutions. In retrospect, I'm grateful that you haven't given me everything I've requested. 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)
