Colossians 2:6-8 NRSVUE - 6  As you therefore have received

Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to walk in him,  7  rooted and built

up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught,

abounding in thanksgiving.

8  Watch out that no one takes you captive through philosophy and

empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the

elemental principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 

Luke 11:1-13 NRSVUE - He was praying in a certain place, and

after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,

teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”  2  So he said to

them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be revered as

holy.     May your kingdom come. 3   Give us each day our daily

bread. 4   And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive

everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.”

5  And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you

go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three

loaves of bread,  6  for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have

nothing to set before him.’  7  And he answers from within, ‘Do not

bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are

with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’  8  I tell

you, even though he will not get up and give him anything out of

friendship, at least because of his persistence he will get up and

give him whatever he needs. 9  “So I say to you, Ask, and it will

be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door

will be opened for you.  10  For everyone who asks receives, and

everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the

door will be opened.  11  Is there anyone among you who, if your

child asked for a fish, would give a snake instead of a fish?  12  Or

if the child asked for an egg, would give a scorpion?  13  If you,

then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,

how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to

those who ask him!”