⁴ Jesus hem sei: “Hu long iufala wea garem wanfala fren bae go long hem long midolnaet and sei, ‘Fren, plis iu givim mi thrifala bred, bikos wanfala fren bilong mi hem just arrive from farawe ples bat mi no garem eni samting for givim long hem’? Then man long haos hem sei, ‘Iu no mekem mi hard waka moa. Door hem lok finis, and mi witim olketa smol pikinini bilong mi sleep nao; mi kanduit getap and givim iu eni samting.’ Hem tru, nomata disfala man hem fren bilong hem, bat datwan bae no mekem hem getap and givim samting wea man hia laekem. Samting wea bae mekem hem duim diswan nao hem wei wea man hia no fraet for gohed ask.” Then Jesus explainim wei wea disfala tokpiksa hem fitim wei for prea taem hem sei: “Dastawe mi talem iufala, Gohed for askem samting, and iufala bae kasem datwan; gohed for lukaotem samting, and iufala bae faendem datwan; gohed for noknok, and hem bae open for iufala. From evriwan wea askem samting bae kasem datwan, and evriwan wea lukaotem samting bae faendem datwan, and evriwan wea noknok bae door open for hem.”—Luke 11:5-10.

6. Long taem bilong Jesus, hao nao pipol ting long wei for welkamim olketa visitor?

⁶ Jesus showim iumi hao iumi shud no fraet for gohed askem samting long Jehovah, and hem showim iumi tu why iumi shud duim datwan. For minim gud diswan, iumi shud luksavve long tingting bilong pipol wea lisin long tokpiksa bilong Jesus saed long wei for welkamim olketa visitor. Staka story insaed Bible showim hao long bifor, wei for lukaftarem olketa visitor hem barava important, main wan nao olketa servant bilong God. (Genesis 18:2-5; Hebrews 13:2) Hem bigfala shame sapos man no welkamim olketa visitor. (Luke 7:36-38, 44-46) Iumi storyim moa tokpiksa bilong Jesus, and tingim hao fasin for welkamim man hem barava important long datfala taem.

7. Why nao man insaed tokpiksa bilong Jesus no feel shame for wekapem fren bilong hem?

⁷ Wanfala fren hem kam for visitim datfala man long midolnaet. Man hia hem laek for givim kaikai long visitor bilong hem bat hem “no garem eni samting for givim long hem.” Bae hem feel nogud tumas sapos hem no givim eni samting! Hem mas traem best for faendem samfala bred, nomata hem leit tumas olsem. So hem go long wanfala fren bilong hem and no fraet for wekapem hem. Hem singaot olsem: “Fren, plis iu givim mi thrifala bred.” Hem gohed for ask go kasem taem fren bilong hem givim datwan. Taem hem kasem datwan nao hem just feel olsem hem savve lukaftarem gud visitor bilong hem.

Bigfala Need—Ask Staka Taem

8. Wanem nao bae muvim iumi for gohed prea for holy spirit?

⁸ Wanem nao disfala tokpiksa showimaot abaotem why iumi mas no givap for prea? Datfala man gohed for ask for bred bikos long tingting bilong hem, hem kanduit lukaftarem gud visitor bilong hem sapos hem no garem eni bred. (Isaiah 58:5-7) Hem mas garem bred bifor hem savve duim responsibility bilong hem long wei wea fitim. Olsem tu, from iumi olketa tru Christian luksavve iumi barava needim spirit bilong God for duim ministry bilong iumi , iumi gohed for prea long God and ask for datfala spirit. (Zechariah 4:6) Sapos nomoa, bae iumi no savve duim datwan. (Matthew 26:41) Waswe, iu lukim important point wea iumi savve lanem from disfala tokpiksa? Sapos iumi ting long spirit bilong God olsem samting wea iumi barava needim, bae iumi gohed for ask for datwan evritaem.

9, 10. (a) Storyim wanfala example wea showimaot why iumi need for gohed ask for holy spirit bilong God. (b) Wanem kwestin nao iumi shud askem iumiseleva, and why nao olsem?

⁹ Wanfala example for diswan hem sapos wanfala member long famili bilong iu hem sik long midolnaet. Waswe, bae iu wekapem wanfala doctor sapos hem smol sik nomoa? Bae iu no duim datwan. Bat sapos hem kasem heart attak, bae iu no shame for tekem hem go long doctor. Why nao olsem? Bikos man hia needim help kwiktaem. Iu luksavve hem barava needim help bilong doctor. Sapos iu no ask for help maet hem dae. Long sem wei, olketa tru Christian barava needim help. Tru nao, Satan hem raraon olsem “wanfala lion wea singaot strong” and laek for kaikaim iumi. (1 Peter 5:8) Iumi barava needim spirit bilong God for stap laef long spiritual wei. Sapos iumi no ask for help bilong God, datwan savve barava putim spiritual laef bilong iumi long danger. Dastawe iumi mas no fraet for gohed askem God for holy spirit bilong hem. (Ephesians 3:14-16) Hem nomoa only wei for gohed strong go “kasem end.”—Matthew 10:22; 24:13.