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b'When I was in fifth grade, I made a unique request of my mom. For my\\nbirthday, I wanted a homemade cake with homemade icing. Specifically, I\\nasked for frosting made of peanut butter and jelly. Once in a while, my\\nmother would whip up a cake for dessert and, if she didn\\u2019t have a can of\\nstore-bought frosting, she would mix some of her homemade jelly with peanut\\nbutter from the kitchen cabinet to ice the cake. It always satisfied my\\nbrothers and me. So, why not ask for it for my birthday? I\\u2019m sure Mama\\nwould have purchased icing if I\\u2019d wanted it. But I desired the homemade\\nconcoction. On my birthday, we sliced into the three-layer golden cake\\nlathered in Mama\\u2019s peanut-butter-and-jelly goodness. Mama probably used an\\nentire jar of her homemade blackberry jelly to create what I\\u2019d requested.\\nAnd my siblings, grandparents, and I all dug in with gusto. Surely, I could\\nhave marked my birthday without the special cake I\\u2019d craved. But I believe\\nMama wanted to delight me at my celebration, and I think she delighted in\\ngiving me what I desired. Similarly, God is a good Father who loves to give\\ngood gifts to His children. For those who\\u2019ve trusted in His Son, Jesus, for\\nthe forgiveness of our sins, we have the privilege of approaching God with\\nall our requests. Of course, God won\\u2019t grant us every specific thing we ask\\nfor, yet God tells us we can ask for what we want, trusting that He is a\\ngenerous giver. If I had not requested the peanut-butter-and-jelly cake\\nfrom Mama, I probably wouldn\\u2019t have gotten it that year. But I asked, and\\nshe provided. Similarly, we can come to our heavenly Father and present all\\nof our requests. \\u2022 Allison Wilson Lee \\u2022 God has created so many good\\nthings\\u2014like tasty food! He loves it when we enjoy His good gifts, and He\\ninvites us to be honest about our desires. Have you ever wanted something\\nbut felt hesitant to ask for it? Do you have any longings that feel too big\\nor too small to bring to God? \\u2022 As we grow in relationship with God through\\nJesus, we desire more and more of what God desires\\u2014for His kingdom to come,\\nfor His will to be done, for His righteousness, peace, and joy to spread\\nthrough every nook and cranny of creation! God invites us to pray for all\\nthese things along with our other desires. If you want to dig deeper, read\\nMatthew 6:9-10 and Romans 14:17. In every situation\\u2026present your requests\\nto God. Philippians 4:6b (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nMatt.7.7-Matt.7.11|Phil.4.6|Heb.4.16'