{"id":5907,"date":"2016-08-16T03:48:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/asking-for-it\/"},"modified":"2016-08-16T03:48:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:48:11","slug":"asking-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/asking-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"ASKING\n  FOR IT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>Topics:<\/b> Comfort; Complaining; Convenience; Hardship; Laziness; Suffering<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>References:<\/b> 2 Timothy 2:3; Hebrews 6:11\u201315<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>Comment cards given to the staff members at Bridger Wilderness Area in Wyoming in 1996 included the following:<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go uphill.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spiderwebs. Please spray the wilderness to rid the areas of these pests.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please pave the trails so they can be snowplowed during the winter.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairlifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful views without having to hike to them.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please eradicate these annoying animals.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A small deer came into my camp and stole my jar of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed?<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reflectors need to be placed on trees every fifty feet so people can hike at night with flashlights.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Escalators would help on steep uphill sections.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A McDonald\u2019s would be nice at the trailhead.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The places where trails do not exist are not well marked.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal'>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Too many rocks in the mountains.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>\u2014Mike Neifert, <i>Light and Life<\/i> (February 1997)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topics: Comfort; Complaining; Convenience; Hardship; Laziness; Suffering References: 2 Timothy 2:3; Hebrews 6:11\u201315 Comment cards given to the staff members at Bridger Wilderness Area in Wyoming in 1996 included the following: \u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands. \u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trails need to be reconstructed. 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