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(1 John 3:21–4:6; Mark 14:43–15:1) If you need help, ask. You asked, you say, it’s not given. But how is it given to others? The Lord has no partiality, so as to give to one and not give to another without any reason. He is ready to give to everyone, being generous. If he does not give to another, the reason is not in Him, but in the one asking for help. Among these reasons there may be others that we cannot even guess. But there are reasons known to everyone, visible to everyone. One of these – and isn’t it the most important? - points out St. John lacks boldness, and the lack of boldness results from the condemnation of the heart or conscience. “Beloved,” he says, “if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence in God, and whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight” (1 John 3:21-22). There is nothing to add to these words. Everything is clear by itself. What kind of master would help an unfaithful servant, a spendthrift and a libertine? And the Lord seems to be kind to us when we do not want to please Him and do His commandments, when perhaps we take up prayer here, when extreme need has arrived?! You might be interested in: