9"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
I am going to put this passage in modern day terms, If your son and or daughter asks you for a cup of water will you give it to him/her. I doesn't hurt to ask but when you ask you need to be prepared that the answer might be no. If you ask you heavenly father for something the answer nine times out of ten will be yes. Now if it is yes it may not be in your time that he gives it to you. It might be the time you need it the most not when you want it the most. Let me give you an example. I am in college and I asked my landlord if he would allow internet hook-up in my room, he said yes, BUT it didn't happen right away. It happened when I needed it the most and that is when my school work got intense. My landlord didn't know that, BUT God did and he prompted my landlord to hook-up the internet. Believe me I wanted it right away, that wasn't God's plan.
God Bless!!!
James
All Glory be to my Lord Jesus Christ
What About Trials,
When asking about trials. Our normal reaction is anger, frustration etc. Afterall we are a stubbern creation of the father in heaven. However what does the B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instuctions Before Leaving Earth) say when it talks about Trials.
34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
18"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be[d]bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[e] loosed in heaven.
JESUS was very passionate about this, he thought it was important and so do I because it prevents division within the organzation, work place and the body/church. It also gives life to UNITY.
34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
When you wake up you start to rush and worry. Do I have this or that? I am late for work. Part of the reason I believe it says not to worry about tomorrow is because you might be trying to finish work today and the day is not going right for you, so your work builds up and you start thinking I have this to do and that to do. A new day means you wake up and problems that happened the day before when you were worrying about what to get done the day after didn't need to happen because if you woke up in a positive attitude you would need to worry in the first place. You need to take it a day at a time. If something doesn't get done one day it will get done another day. It is not a life or death situation. When your at work and a call comes in that a family member is in the hospital and they are on their death bed, don't worry explain the situation to you supervisor and he/she should let you take care of your family.
Do we give thanks on Thanksgiving ONLY.
No the Bible which stands for BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH SAYS.
6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Notice the BOLD and UNDERLINE part of the passage in the above text. See how it says BUT IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER AND PETITION WITH WHAT OH YEAH THANKSGIVING. We don't just thank God on Thanksgiving. We thank God all the time.