Asking for an electrician

Luke 11:5-6 NKJV

Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

Luke 11:11-12 NKJV

If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Wednesday 27/2/2019:
I had been praying for a way to call an electrician to repair a faulty backyard light, both yesterday on the long train journey home as well as this morning while driving home after my morning walk at the Rakan Muda Sports Complex.

Then just after I arrived for breakfast at Golden Castle, an acquaintance called Yip, one of the three "Great Wall Band" brothers who performed at my daughter's wedding dinner four years ago, came over to my table to say hello.

I was surprised by that gesture because the brothers usually appear rather quiet and somewhat taciturn at other times.

For a while I wondered whether Yip needed a favour from me, but he didn't. We just exchanged pleasantries, asked about each other, what we're doing etc

Then it occurred to me that he might know an electrician who can come to my house to fix the broken light.

So I asked him if he knew any electrician in town because the one I know is always busy and it's hard for me to get him.

He managed to get a phone number for me from another friend of his

Just now I called the electrician at lunch  after visiting my mother in Ipoh, and he agreed to come over in a day or two.

He told me he is busy today, took down my address and said he'll call me back when he's free. I told him that I'm not in a hurry, that he can calk me back tomorrow.

Hopefully he can get it done soon.

Update, Thursday morning 28/2, the electrician, who introduced himself as Ah Seong, called and subsequently came over to replace the broken light.

The Lord provides again. Thanks be to God through Our Lord Yesu the Anointed One.

The Lord's Prayer according to St Luke

Luke 11:1-4 RBV

In Luke 11:3 the disciples were taught to say, "Give us day by day our daily bread" in contrast to Matthew's account, Matt 6:11, "Give us this day our daily bread"

-->  We can ask Our Father In Heaven to provide for our daily needs everyday, in contrast to asking for "this day" or today as recorded in Matthew.

Also in Luke 11: 4b, the disciples were taught to say, "And do not lead us into temptation (this word  πειρασμόν is also translated as "trials" or "testing" in James 1:12 and 1Peter 4:12)

Some translations, including the Revised Berkeley version that I'm reading this morning, adds "but deliver us from the evil one".

--> We can pray for deliverance from Satan, the Devil himself, not just from some evil circumstances, set-backs or difficulties.

So the next time we say the Lord's prayer in our own quiet time, we can pray,

    Give us each day our daily bread

And also

    Deliver us from the Evil One.

Thanksgiving: public toilets at Kampar Railway Station

I had to use the public toilets about 25 minutes before the train arrives, quite reluctantly because it's narrow, dirty and smelly.

Prayed for God's providence as I walked down the corridors leading to the toilet, particularly about finding a space to put my heavy backpack in the damp, narrow cubicle.

Well, I wondered if my prayer would make any difference at all!

On entering the toilet there was a notice pasted on the door of the WC saying "ROSAK. Sila Guna tandas OKU . . ."

At first I was thinking it might be the will of the Lord that I should use the toilet on board the train, which again I'm not too keen about.

Then as I passed by the OKU toilet I noticed that it was clean, dry and very spacious indeed. I could put my bag down safely in a clean place.

Praise the Lord. He has indeed ordered circumstances for me even before I stepped into Kampar Railway Station this morning.

In everything give thanks to our Father in Heaven, throughout Our Lord Iesou the Anointed One.