(Matthew 7.7-11) Ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For
each one that asks receives, and the one
that seeks finds; and to the one
knocking, it will be opened. Or what man of you is there, if his
son should ask a loaf of him, not a stone will he give him, will
he?
And if he should ask
a fish, not a snake will he give him, will
he? Therefore, if you, being evil, know to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father, the One in Heaven
give good things to
those that ask Him?
(Luke 11:-5-13) "Who out of you shall have a
friend, and will come to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend
me three loaves. For a friend of mine arrived to me from a
journey, and I do not have what I may set before him.' And
answering from within that one may say, 'Do not cause me
troubles. The door has already been shut, and my children are in
bed with me. I cannot rise up to give to you.' I say to
you, Even if rising up he will not give to him because he is a friend,
yet because of his shameless insisting, rising up he will give him as
many as he needs. And I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to
you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to
you. For everyone asking receives, and the one seeking finds, and
to the one knocking, it will be opened. And what father of you,
if the son asks for bread, will he give him a stone? And if a
fish, will he give him a snake instead of a fish? And if he
should ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? Then if you being
evil know to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father
out of Heaven will give the Holy Spirit to the ones asking Him."
(James 1.5-8) But if any of you lacks wisdom,
let him ask from God, the One giving to all bountifully and not
reproaching, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in
faith, doubting nothing. For the one doubting is like a wave of
the sea, being driven by wind and being tossed; for do not let that man
suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a
double-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
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