[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":22},["ShallowReactive",2],{"library-daily-strength-for-daily-needs-0221":3},{"id":4,"date":4,"session":5,"title":6,"blocks":7},"0221","","February 21",[8,11,14,17,20],{"type":9,"text":10},"scripture","If ye then, being evil, know bow to give good gifts unto your children, bow much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good gifts to them that ask Him?--MATT. vii. 11.",{"type":12,"text":13},"verse","For His great love has compassed\nOur nature, and our need\nWe know not; but He knoweth,\nAnd He will bless indeed.\nTherefore, O heavenly Father,\nGive what is best to me;\nAnd take the wants unanswered,\nAs offerings made to Thee.",{"type":15,"text":16},"attribution","ANON.",{"type":18,"text":19},"paragraph","Whatsoever we ask which is not for our good, He will keep it back from us. And surely in this there is no less of love than in the granting what we desire as we ought. Will not the same love which prompts you to give a good, prompt you to keep back an evil, thing? If, in our blindness, not knowing what to ask, we pray for things which would turn in our hands to sorrow and death, will not our Father, out of His very love, deny us? How awful would be our lot, if our wishes should straightway pass into realities; if we were endowed with a power to bring about all that we desire; if the inclinations of our will were followed by fulfilment of our hasty wishes, and sudden longings were always granted. One day we shall bless Him, not more for what He has granted than for what He has denied.",{"type":15,"text":21},"H. E. MANNING.",1790042085853]