“You ask and you don’t receive because YOU ASK A MISS”. When I read these words, I can’t help but remember one of my old school friend who had rich parents just like me! Glory to Jesus! My parents chose to take me to elite schools from kindergarten through to college. If you know where I’m going then you’ll understand when I say that kids who attend expensive schools don’t just mingle with anyone! Their parents are always cautious who their children’s friends are, both at home &in school. My case was not different. We became friends partly because we were both kids of rich and wealthy parents. Our families knew each. But although we were close friends, we had few differences. Our upbringing differed but strangely enough we hardly differed! Unlike me, her parents had spoilt her with expensive childhood. They were so well off that my friend never took the school meals. There a family driver assigned to always bring her meals on daily basis despite the fact that it was a boarding school. Yet with all this she hardly boasted. The funny thing is that she had a strong personality that always amazed me👊! HER #CONFIDENCE! Whenever her lunch pack was brought, she’d come looking for me from the Dining Hall, make me abandon my food then follow her to her table. She’d then ask me to eat with her since she had asked her parents to always pack the meals enough for two of us. GENEROSITY was in her natural character but I never fully knew why she’d insist we eat her food instead of the one provided at school. I remember there was one time I felt pushed to knock some sense into her. So as usual when we were eating our meals at her special table which was brought by her dad, I gathered enough courage and asked her, “why did your parents bring you to a boarding school if they didn’t approve the meals provided here in this school? Her answer was swift, simple yet with much CONFIDENCE!” Slowly chewing her food, she swallowed the portion that was in her mouth then replied in high confidence! “My dad is rich. He’s wealthy! He has everything! I ask what I want and it is provided with no withholdings!” I felt rather embarrassed for I had just received a good senses knock! I finished my meal in all quietness and from that day I vowed never to ask unsophisticated questions again! In fact, from that day, I was the one who’d suggest our menu of the day, which of course always lingered around mince meat, white rice, if you know where I’m going! *You ask and you don’t receive because YOU ASK AMISS! You ask for your own pleasures!* With the above illustrated narrating about my friend, let’s remind ourselves that God promises in His Word if we ask anything in Jesus Name, we will surely receive. What a wonderful true God we serve! He keeps His Word! But the reason as to why some of us don’t receive whatever we pray for is because we refuse to *think beyond the two alphabetized word called #ME !* You PRAY and after receiving your answer, you forget to be generous with others..Yet God was generous with you in the first place! My old school friend made it clear that SHE KNOWS her dad is rich and she is confident that when she decided to #ASK ANYTHING from him, her dad was able to provide for her daughter and even EXTRA MORE for her daughter’s friend without withholdings! Child of The Living God, your Father in HEAVEN is Rich!. He’s Wealthier than the wealthiest people you know! His Worth ranks spontaneously unopposed! His WEALTH is splendid! He ALONE has access to BOTH body &soul AND there’s over 18 billion souls! Ask Him what you want KNOWING HE KNOWS YOU HAVE a community, you have friends in need, knowing you can bless your brethren, or bring change to neighbourhood. Better still have faith in Jesus. Ask Him for nations so that you can share to many nations when you receive from HIM! Ask God what you want. Your Heavenly Father KNOWS you need “them things!” Ask and you will receive in Jesus Name! #AMEN