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         No question is too great or too small. No question is wrong. I am willing to answer any and all questions. The key is to ask the right person, and to be willing to receive the answer when you get it. Be willing to believe the answer; that is the key. That is the primary sign and difference between a legitimate question and a doubt.
         Any question can be a legitimate question, as long as you are hungry, eager, and open to the answer, and when you receive that answer, you let the answer replace the question. That's what makes your question legitimate--when you have a sincere hunger for the answer, and you receive it with open-mindedness and faith.
         But when you ask a question over and over and over, and you refuse to receive and believe the answer given in My written Word, or My living Word, or the word of counsel and wisdom from your shepherds, then your question is no longer legitimate. It has lost its legitimacy, because you have not shown yourself open and hungry and full of faith to receive the answer.
         Even if the Enemy puts doubts in your mind, they can become legitimate questions if they cause you to search My Word for the truth and for the answers; or if they cause you to look to Me, to pray and ask Me to speak to you with My living Words, to give you the answers; or if they cause you to go to your shepherds, to seek counsel and prayer and ask your questions, so that you might receive the answers. So fear not to ask your questions, but be wise and prayerful. Be sure that you are asking the right people, and be desperate to make sure you are open to the answers. (ML #3088)



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