Imagine...

Imagine…

Imagine what would happen if you went to a friend

in the middle of the night and said,

"Friend, lend me three loaves of bread. 

An old friend traveling through just showed up,

and I don't have a thing on hand." 

The friend answers from his bed, "Don't bother me. 

The door's locked; my children are all down for the night;

 I can't get up to give you anything." 

But let me tell you, even if he won't get up because he is a friend,

if you stand your ground, knocking and waking all the neighbors,

he'll finally get up and get you whatever you need.

Here's what I'm saying:

Ask and you'll get;

Seek and you'll find;

Knock and the door will open.

Don't bargain with God.  Be direct.  Ask for what you need. 

This is not a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we're in. 

If your little boy asks for a serving of fish,

do you scare him with a live snake on his plate?

 If your little girl asks for an egg, do you trick her with a spider? 

As bad as you are, you wouldn’t think of such a thing –

you're at least decent to your own children. 

Don't you think the Father who conceived you in love

 will give the Holy Spirit if you ask Him?

~Luke 11:5-13 [The Message]

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In His time, in His time,

He makes all things beautiful in His time.

Lord, please show me every day

as You’re teaching me Your way,

that you do just what You say,

in Your time.

In Your time, in Your time,

You make all things beautiful in Your time.

Lord, my life to You I bring,

May each song I have to sing

Be to you a lovely thing

In Your time.

The Faith We Sing, No. 2203