Ask for the Holy Spirit-for that is all we need
“You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.” ---Jesus The Christ The greatest teacher of wisdom in history is Jesus, who became the Christ. In this passage, at the culmination of the teaching regarding the prayer we call the Lord's Prayer, he makes an irrevocable promise that brings hope and daily strength to those who take His promise "to heart" and claim it in prayer. He is saying that if but ask the Father for His Holy Spirit, He will give it to us, much like when your children ask you for what can sustain them...albeit--we are sinful--we will still do what we can to help our own children. That is the way the Father views us, as His own children. So, because what we truly and undeniably need in this life is H