Athonite legend has it that the Virgin Mary traveled to Athos with St. John the Evangelist and liked it so much that she asked Jesus for it to be her garden.
He asked to be buried in a way that reflected some aspects of Islamic tradition, including in a white sheet he said he left in a bag on the first floor of the school, but he also asked Jesus for eternal life.
I, too, asked Jesus for forgiveness, and although I'd probably not done much wrong aside from stealing some Penny Racers from Plymouth Woolworths, I threw myself into it with missionary zeal.
The cantata is closed by "" (Jesu, take to Yourself Your members), the third four-part chorale, asking Jesus for further support in the new year.
To be born again is not the same thing as just being Christian: it is a binding contract in which you take Jesus as your "personal Lord and Savior", a vague term that means that you ask Jesus for guidance in the most mundane of matters.
The one person we did meet out and about, actually, was Brother Ricky Segers, whom we found deep into a nightly ritual he's kept up for three years, of kneeling in front of a tiny souvenir American flag he's planted on the Capitol grounds to ask Jesus for more "godly" leaders in this country.
In following the biblical pattern, they argue, Christians today should also ask Jesus for this baptism which results in greater power for ministry and witness.
Brian asks Jesus for proof he is Jesus Christ, so Jesus proves he is, by turning everyone's dinner into sundaes and, on Peter's request, makes Lois' breasts enlarge to massive proportions.
With Saints Peter, James, and John, Andrew asked Jesus on the Mount of Olives for signs of the earth's end, which inspired the eschatological discourse in Mark 13.
In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), Peter and Andrew whose Greek name means "manly"—were called from their fishing by Jesus to follow him, promising that he would make them "fishers of men". With Saints Peter, James, and John, Andrew asked Jesus on the Mount of Olives for signs of the earth's end, which inspired the eschatological discourse in Mark 13.
Every week for several years, I asked Jesus into my heart again and again.
