Luke 11
5 And he said to them, “Which of you who has a
friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three
loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have
nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the
door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give
you anything’? 8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him
anything because
he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him whatever he
needs. 9 And I tell you, ask,
and it
will be given to you; seek,
and you will find; knock,
and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks
finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a
serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a
scorpion? 13 If you then, who
are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the
heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Persistently
asking and expecting,
Cary