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Verses on Prayer
Praying Daily
in the Morning
Psalms 5:3 (NIV)
3 In
the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation.
Psalms 88:13 (NIV)
13 But
I cry to you for help, O LORD;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Psalms 143:6 (NIV)
6 I
spread out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
Selah
Isaiah 33:2 (NIV)
2 O
LORD, be gracious to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
Praying
Without Ceasing
1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV)
17pray
continually;
Boldness
in Prayer
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
16Let
us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive
mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Genesis 18:23 - 32
(NIV)
23Then
Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the
wicked?
24What
if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away
and not spare£
the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?
25Far
be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked,
treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the
Judge£
of all the earth do right?”
26The
LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare
the whole place for their sake.”
27Then
Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord,
though I am nothing but dust and ashes,
28what
if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the
whole city because of five people?”
“If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not
destroy it.”
29Once
again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”
He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”
30Then
he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can
be found there?”
He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty
there.”
31Abraham
said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty
can be found there?”
He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy
it.”
32Then
he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if
only ten can be found there?”
He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy
it.”
Exodus 33:12
(NIV)
12Moses
said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have
not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name
and you have found favor with me.’
Exodus 33:18
(NIV)
18Then
Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
Silent
Prayer
Psalms 5:1
(NIV)
1 Give
ear to my words, O LORD,
consider my sighing.
Profuse
Prayers are to be avoided
Ecclesiastes
5:2
(NIV)
2 Do
not be quick with your mouth,
do not be hasty in your heart
to utter anything before God.
God is in heaven
and you are on earth,
so let your words be few.
Matthew 6:7
(NIV)
7And
when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be
heard because of their many words.
Vain
repetitions of prayers are to be avoided
Matthew 6:7
(NIV)
7And
when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be
heard because of their many words.
Evils
averted by prayer
Jeremiah 26:19
(NIV)
19“Did
Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not
Hezekiah fear the LORD and seek his favor? And did not the LORD relent, so that
he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them? We are about to bring
a terrible disaster on ourselves!”
Answers to
prayers withheld
Deuteronomy
23:5
(NIV)
5However,
the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a
blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
Joshua 24:10
(NIV)
10But
I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you again and again, and I delivered
you out of his hand.
Job 30:20
(NIV)
20 “I
cry out to you, O God, but you do not answer;
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
Job 42:12
(NIV)
12The
LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first. He had fourteen
thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand
donkeys.
Deuteronomy
1:45
(NIV)
45You
came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to your weeping and
turned a deaf ear to you.
Matthew 26:39
(NIV)
39Going
a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My
Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but
as you will.”
Answers to
Prayers delayed
Psalms 22:1 - 2
(NIV)
1 My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from the words of my groaning?
2 O
my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, and am not silent.
Psalms 40:1
(NIV)
1 I
waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
Psalms 80:4
(NIV)
4 O
LORD God Almighty,
how long will your anger smolder
against the prayers of your people?
Psalms 88:14
(NIV)
14 Why,
O LORD, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
Jeremiah 42:7
(NIV)
7Ten
days later the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.
Habakkuk 1:2
(NIV)
2 How
long, O LORD, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?
Luke 18:7 (NIV)
7And
will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and
night? Will he keep putting them off?
Answer to
prayer, different from the request
John 11
2 Corinthians
12:8 - 9
(NIV)
8Three
times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9But
he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so
that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Answered
prayer
Genesis 4:13 -
15
(NIV)
13Cain
said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear.
14Today
you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I
will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
15But
the LORD said to him, “Not so£;
if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD
put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
Genesis 20:17
(NIV)
17Then
Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his slave girls so
they could have children again,
Genesis 24:12 - 52 (NIV)
12Then he prayed, “O LORD, God of
my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master
Abraham. 13See, I am standing
beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw
water. 14May it be that when
I say to a girl, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she
says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen
for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my
master.” 15Before he had
finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the
daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
16The girl was very beautiful,
a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. She went down to the spring, filled her
jar and came up again. 17The
servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your
jar.” 18“Drink, my lord,” she
said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
19After she had given him a drink,
she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished
drinking.” 20So she quickly
emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and
drew enough for all his camels. 21Without
saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the LORD had
made his journey successful. 22When
the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a
beka£
and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.£
23Then he asked, “Whose
daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to
spend the night?” 24She
answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to
Nahor.” 25And she added, “We
have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.”
26Then the man bowed down and
worshiped the LORD, 27saying,
“Praise be to the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his
kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the
journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
28The girl ran and told her
mother’s household about these things. 29Now
Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the spring.
30As soon as he had seen the
nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and had heard Rebekah tell
what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the
camels near the spring. 31“Come,
you who are blessed by the LORD,” he said. “Why are you standing out here? I
have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
32So the man went to the house, and
the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and
water for him and his men to wash their feet.
33Then food was set before him, but
he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.” “Then tell
us,” Laban said. 34So he said,
“I am Abraham’s servant. 35The
LORD has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given
him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, and camels
and donkeys. 36My master’s
wife Sarah has borne him a son in her£
old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
37And my master made me swear an
oath, and said, ‘You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the
Canaanites, in whose land I live, 38but
go to my father’s family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.’
39“Then I asked my master, ‘What if
the woman will not come back with me?’ 40“He
replied, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and
make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own
clan and from my father’s family. 41Then,
when you go to my clan, you will be released from my oath even if they refuse to
give her to you—you will be released from my oath.’
42“When I came to the spring today,
I said, ‘O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to
the journey on which I have come. 43See,
I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say
to her, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar,”
44and if she says to me, “Drink,
and I’ll draw water for your camels too,” let her be the one the LORD has chosen
for my master’s son.’ 45“Before
I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder.
She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, ‘Please give me a
drink.’ 46“She quickly lowered
her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too.’ So
I drank, and she watered the camels also.
47“I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ “She said, ‘The daughter
of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ “Then I put the ring in her
nose and the bracelets on her arms, 48and
I bowed down and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master
Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my
master’s brother for his son. 49Now
if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not,
tell me, so I may know which way to turn.”
50Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we can say
nothing to you one way or the other. 51Here
is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son,
as the LORD has directed.” 52When
Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the
LORD.
Is
described as
a. Bowing the knees. Ephesians
3:14 (NIV)
14For this reason I kneel before
the Father,
b. Looking
up. Psalms 5:3 (NIV)
3 In
the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I
lay my requests before you
and wait in
expectation.
c. Lifting up the soul.
Psalms 25:1 (NIV)
1 To
you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
d. Lifting up the heart. Lamentations 3:41 (NIV)
41 Let
us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven,
and say:
e. Pouring out the heart. Psalms 62:8 (NIV)
8 Trust
in him at all times, O people;
pour out your
hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
Selah
f. Pouring out the soul. 1
Samuel 1:15 (NIV)
15“Not
so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not
been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD.
.
g. Calling upon the name of the
Lord. Genesis 12:8
(NIV)
8From
there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with
Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and
called on the name of the LORD.
; Psalms 116:4
says:
Psalms 116:4 (NIV)
4 Then
I called on the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, save me!”
; Acts 22:16
says:
Acts 22:16 (NIV)
16And
now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away,
calling on his name.’
.
h. Crying to God. Psalms
27:7 says:
Psalms 27:7 (NIV)
7 Hear
my voice when I call, O LORD;
be merciful to me
and answer me.
; Psalms 34:6
says:
Psalms 34:6 (NIV)
6 This
poor man called, and the LORD heard him;
he saved him out
of all his troubles.
i. Drawing near to God. Psalms
73:28 says:
Psalms 73:28 (NIV)
28 But
as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the
Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all
your deeds.
; Heb 10:22
says:
Hebrews 10:22 (NIV)
22let
us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies
washed with pure water.
.
j. Crying to heaven. 2
Chr 32:20 says:
2 Chronicles 32:20 (NIV)
20King
Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about
this.
.
k. Beseeching the Lord. Ex
32:11 says:
Exodus 32:11 (NIV)
11But
Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. “O LORD,” he said, “why should your
anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power
and a mighty hand?
.
l. Seeking to God. Job
8:5 says:
Job 8:5 (NIV)
5 But
if you will look to God
and plead with the
Almighty,
.
m. Seeking the face of the Lord. Psalms 27:8
says:
Psalms 27:8 (NIV)
8 My
heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, LORD, I
will seek.
.
n. Making supplication. Job
8:5 says:
Job 8:5 (NIV)
5 But
if you will look to God
and plead with the
Almighty,
; Jeremiah 36:7
says:
Jeremiah 36:7 (NIV)
7Perhaps
they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each will turn from his
wicked ways, for the anger and wrath pronounced against this people by the LORD
are great.”
Should be offered up
a. In the Holy
Spirit. Eph 6:18
says:
Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)
18And
pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With
this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
; Jude 1:20
says:
Jude 1:20 (NIV)
20But
you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the
Holy Spirit.
.
b. In faith. Matthew 21:22
says:
Matthew 21:22 (NIV)
22If
you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
; James
1:6 says:
James 1:6 (NIV)
6But
when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a
wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
.
c. In full
assurance of faith. Heb 10:22
says:
Hebrews 10:22 (NIV)
22let
us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies
washed with pure water.
.
d. In a forgiving
spirit. Matthew 6:12
says:
Matthew 6:12 (NIV)
12 Forgive
us our debts, as
we also have forgiven our debtors.
.
e. With the heart. Jer 29:13
says:
Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)
13You
will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
; Lam
3:41 says:
Lamentations 3:41 (NIV)
41 Let
us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven,
and say:
.
f. With the whole
heart. Psalms 119:58
says:
Psalms 119:58 (NIV)
58 I
have sought your face with all my heart;
be gracious to me
according to your promise.
, Psalms
119:145 says:
Psalms 119:145 (NIV)
145 I
call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD,
and I will obey
your decrees.
.
g. With preparation
of heart. Job 11:13
says:
Job 11:13 (NIV)
13 “Yet
if you devote your heart to him
and stretch out
your hands to him,
.
h. With a true
heart. Heb 10:22
says:
Hebrews 10:22 (NIV)
22let
us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies
washed with pure water.
.
i. With the soul. Psalms 42:4
says:
Psalms 42:4 (NIV)
4 These
things I remember
as I pour out my
soul: how I
used to go with the multitude,
leading the
procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy
and thanksgiving
among the festive
throng.
.
j. With the spirit
and understanding. John 4:22-24
says:
John 4:22 - 24 (NIV)
22You
Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for
salvation is from the Jews.
23Yet
a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father
seeks.
24God
is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”
; 1
Corinthians 14:15 says:
1 Corinthians 14:15 (NIV)
15So
what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind;
I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
.
k. With confidence
in God. Psalms 56:9
says:
Psalms 56:9 (NIV)
9 Then
my enemies will turn back
when I call for
help. By
this I will know that God is for me.
;
Psalms 86:7
John 5:14 says:
John 5:14 (NIV)
14Later
Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See,
you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”
.
l. With submission
to God. Luke 22:42
says:
Luke 22:42 (NIV)
42“Father,
if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
.
m. With unfeigned
lips. Psalms 17:1
says:
Psalms 17:1 (NIV)
1 Hear,
O LORD, my righteous plea;
listen to my cry.
Give ear to my
prayer— it
does not rise from deceitful lips.
.
n. With
deliberation. Eccl 5:2
says:
Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NIV)
2 Do
not be quick with your mouth,
do not be hasty in
your heart
to utter anything before God.
God is in heaven
and you are on
earth, so
let your words be few.
.
o. With holiness. 1 Timothy 2:8
says:
1 Timothy 2:8 (NIV)
8I
want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.
says:
1 Timothy 2:8 (NIV)
8I
want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.
.
p. With humility. 2 Chr 7:14; 2
says:
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
14if
my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek
my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 33:12
says:
2 Chronicles 33:12 (NIV)
12In
his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly
before the God of his fathers.
.
q. With truth. Psalms 145:18
says:
Psalms 145:18 (NIV)
18 The
LORD is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on
him in truth.
; John
4:24 says:
John 4:24 (NIV)
24God
is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”
.
r. With desire to
be heard. Neh 1:6
says:
Nehemiah 1:6 (NIV)
6let
your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is
praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I
confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s house, have
committed against you.
; Psalms
17:1 says:
Psalms 17:1 (NIV)
1 Hear,
O LORD, my righteous plea;
listen to my cry.
Give ear to my
prayer— it
does not rise from deceitful lips.
;
Psalms 55:1-2
says:
; Psalms
61:1 says:
Psalms 61:1 (NIV)
1 Hear
my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.
.
s. With desire to
be answered. Psalms 27:7; 102:2
says:
Psalms 27:7 (NIV)
7 Hear
my voice when I call, O LORD;
be merciful to me
and answer me.
; 108:6; 143:1.
t. With boldness. Heb 4:16
says:
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
16Let
us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive
mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
says:
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
16Let
us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive
mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
.
u. With
earnestness. 1 Thessalonians 3:10
says:
1 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV)
10Night
and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is
lacking in your faith.
says:
James 5:17 (NIV)
17Elijah
was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did
not rain on the land for three and a half years.
.
v. With
importunity. Gen 32:26
says:
Genesis 32:26 (NIV)
26Then
the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I
will not let you go unless you bless me.”
; Luke
11:8-9 says:
Luke 11:8 - 9 (NIV)
8I
tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his
friend, yet because of the man’s boldness£
he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
9“So
I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and
the door will be opened to you.
, Luke
18:1-7.
w. Night and day. 1 Tim 5:5
says:
1 Timothy 5:5 (NIV)
5The
widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and
continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.
.
x. Without
ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
says:
1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV)
17pray
continually;
.
y. Everywhere. 1 Tim 2:8
says:
1 Timothy 2:8 (NIV)
8I
want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.
.
z. In everything. Phil
4:6 says:
Philippians 4:6 (NIV) 6Do
not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Intercessory Prayer
x Christ set an
example of. Luke 22:32
says:
Luke 22:32 (NIV)
32But
I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have
turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
; Luke
23:34 says:
Luke 23:34 (NIV)
34Jesus
said, “Father,
forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.ӣ
And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
; John
17:9-24 says:
John 17:9 - 24 (NIV)
9I
pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,
for they are yours.
10All
I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through
them.
11I
will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am
coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you
gave me—so that they may be one as we are one.
12While
I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me.
None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would
be fulfilled.
13“I
am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so
that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.
14I
have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the
world any more than I am of the world.
15My
prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from
the evil one.
16They
are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
17Sanctify£
them by the truth; your word is truth.
18As
you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
19For
them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
20“My
prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me
through their message,
21that
all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they
also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
22I
have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one:
23I
in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world
know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
24“Father,
I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory,
the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the
world.
Prayer, Private.
1.x Christ was
constant in. Matthew 14:23
says:
Matthew 14:23 (NIV)
23After
he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When
evening came, he was there alone,
; Mark 26:36
says:
Mark 26:39 says:
says:
says:
; Mark
1:35 says:
Mark 1:35 (NIV)
35Very
early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and
went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
; Luke
9:18 says:
Luke 9:18 (NIV)
18Once
when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked
them, “Who do the
crowds say I am?”
, Luke
9:29 says:
Luke 9:29 (NIV)
29As
he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as
bright as a flash of lightning.
. x Nothing should
hinder. Dan 6:10
says:
Daniel 6:10 (NIV)
10Now
when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his
upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he
got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done
before.
Public Prayer
. x God promises to
hear. 2 Chr 7:14-16
says:
2 Chronicles 7:14 - 16 (NIV)
14if
my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek
my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will heal their land.
15Now
my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this
place.
16I
have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My
eyes and my heart will always be there.
x Instituted form
of. Luke 11:2
says:
Luke 11:2 (NIV)
2He
said to them, “When
you pray, say:
“‘Father,£
hallowed be your
name, your
kingdom come.£
. x Urge others to
join in. Psalms 95:6
says:
Psalms 95:6 (NIV)
6 Come,
let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel
before the LORD our Maker;
; Zechariah
8:21 says:
Zechariah 8:21-22 (NIV)
21and
the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to
entreat the LORD and seek the LORD Almighty. I myself am going.’
Prayer, Social and Family.
1. x Promise of
answers to Matthew 18:19
says:
Matthew 18:19 (NIV)
19“Again,
I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will
be done for you by my Father in heaven.
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