However, to avail oneself of God's beneficence, Christ's instructions ring clear, thus:
"Ask, and it will given to you; seek, and you will find: knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks and it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!" (Matt. 7:7-11, Ibid.)
Clear and conveniently easy, a lot have appropriated these instructions of Christ for themselves. People sought out God in their prayers. Religious counselors would even say matter-of-factly, "Pray. It works" or "Prayer can move mountains." Nut not receiving what they prayed for, there are those who begin to doubt and start asking questions. "Why was I not answered? Why did I not receive my request?" wails a disappointed parent or youngster.
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