PRAYER, ANSWERS TO
- - God gives: ... Ps 99:6; 118:5; 138:3|
- - Christ gives: ... Joh 4:10,14; 14:14|
- - Christ received: ... Joh 11:42; Heb 5:7|
- - GRANTED
...... Through the grace of God: ... Isa 30:19|
...... Sometimes immediately: ... Isa 65:24; Da 9:21,23;
10:12|
...... Sometimes after delay: ... Lu 18:7|
...... Sometimes differently from our desire: ... 2Co
12:8,9|
...... Beyond expectation: ... Jer 33:3; Eph 3:20|
- - Promised: ... Isa 58:9; Jer 29:12; Mt 7:7|
- - Promised especially in times of trouble: ... Ps
50:15; 91:15|
- - RECEIVED BY THOSE WHO
...... Seek God: ... Ps 34:4|
...... Seek God with all the heart: ... Jer 29:12,13|
...... Wait upon God: ... Ps 40:1|
...... Return to God: ... 2Ch 7:14; Job 22:23,27|
...... Ask in faith: ... Mt 21:21; Jas 5:15|
...... Ask in the name of Christ: ... Joh 14:13|
...... Ask according to God's will: ... 1Jo 5:14|
...... Call upon God in truth: ... Ps 145:18|
...... Fear God: ... Ps 145:19|
...... Set their love upon God: ... Ps 91:14,15|
...... Keep God's commandments: ... 1Jo 3:22|
...... Call upon God under oppression: ... Isa 19:20|
...... Call upon God under affliction: ... Ps 18:6;
106:44; Isa 30:19,20|
...... Abide in Christ: ... Joh 15:7|
...... Humble themselves: ... 2Ch 7:14; Ps 9:12|
...... Are righteous: ... Ps 34:15; Jas 5:16|
...... Are poor and needy: ... Isa 41:17|
- - SAINTS
...... Are assured of: ... 1Jo 5:15|
...... Love God for: ... Ps 116:1|
...... Bless God for: ... Ps 66:20|
...... Praise God for: ... Ps 116:17; 118:21|
- - A motive for continued prayer: ... Ps 116:2|
- - DENIED TO THOSE WHO
...... Ask amiss: ... Jas 4:3|
...... Regard iniquity in the heart: ... Ps 66:18|
...... Live in sin: ... Isa 59:2; Joh 9:31|
...... Offer unworthy service to God: ... Mal 1:7-9|
...... Forsake God: ... Jer 14:10,12|
...... Reject the call of God: ... Pr 1:24,25,28|
...... Hear not the law: ... Pr 28:9; Zec 7:11-13|
...... Are deaf to the cry of the poor: ... Pr 21:13|
...... Are blood shedders: ... Isa 1:15; 59:3|
...... Are idolaters: ... Jer 11:11-14; Eze 8:15-18|
...... Are wavering: ... Jas 1:6,7|
...... Are hypocrites: ... Job 27:8,9|
...... Are proud: ... Job 35:12,13|
...... Are self-righteous: ... Lu 18:11,12,14|
...... Are the enemies of saints: ... Ps 18:40,41|
...... Cruelly oppress saints: ... Mic 3:2-4|
- - INSTANCES OF ANSWERED
...... Abraham entreating
...... For Sodom: ... Ge 18:23-33|
...... For Ishmael: ... Ge 17:20|
...... For Abimelech: ... Ge 20:17|
...... Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam: ... 2Ch 13:14-18|
...... Abraham, for a son: ... Ge 15|
...... Abraham: ... Ge 17:20|
...... Abraham's servant, for guidance: ... Ge 24:12-52|
...... Ammon: ... Jud 10:6-18; 11:1-33|
...... Apostles: ... Ac 4:29-31|
...... Asa, for victory over Zerah: ... 2Ch 14:11-15|
...... Blind man: ... Lu 18:38,41-43|
...... Cain: ... Ge 4:13-15|
...... Centurion, for his servant: ... Mt 8:5-13; Lu
7:3-10; Joh 4:50,51|
...... Christians: ... Ac 12:5,7|
...... Cornelius: ... Ac 10:4,31|
...... Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream:
... Da 2:19-23|
...... Daniel, in a vision: ... Da 10:12|
...... Daniel, interceding for the people: ... Da 9:20-23|
...... Daniel: ... Da 9:20-23|
...... David, asking about Ziklag: ... 1Sa 30:8|
...... David, asking whether he should go into Judah after
Saul's death: ... 2Sa 2:1|
...... David, asking whether he should go to war against the
Philistines: ... 2Sa 5:19-25|
...... David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into
his hands: ... 1Sa 23:10-12|
...... David, in adversity: ... Ps 118:5; 138:3|
...... David: ... Ps 18:6|
...... Disciples, for Peter: ... Ac 12:5-17|
...... Elijah, asking for rain: ... 1Ki 17:1; 18:1,42-45;
Jas 5:17|
...... Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice:
... 1Ki 18:36-38|
...... Elijah, raising the widow's son: ... 1Ki 17:22|
...... Elijah: ... 1Ki 18:36-38; Jas 5:17,18|
...... Elisha, leading the Syrian army: ... 2Ki 6:17-20|
...... Elisha: ... 2Ki 4:33-35|
...... Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction
changed: ... Eze 4:12-15|
...... Ezra: ... Ezr 8:21-23|
...... For God's favor under the reproofs of Azariah: ...
2Ch 15:1-15|
...... Israelites for deliverance
...... From Babylonian bondage: ... Ne 9:27|
...... From bondage: ... Ex 2:23-25; 3:7-10; Ac 7:34|
...... From Pharaoh's army: ... Ex 14:10-30|
...... From the king of Mesopotamia: ... Jud 3:9,15|
...... Gideon, asking for the token of dew: ... Jud 6:36-40|
...... Hagar, for deliverance: ... Ge 16:7-13|
...... Hannah, asking to give birth to a child: ...
1Sa 1:10-17,19,20|
...... Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib:
... 2Ki 19:14-20; 2Ch 32:20-23|
...... Israelites: ... Ex 2:23,24|
...... Jabez, asking for prosperity: ... 1Ch 4:10|
...... Jabez: ... 1Ch 4:10|
...... Jacob, for deliverance from Esau: ... Ge 32:9-32;
33:1-17|
...... Jacob: ... Ge 32:24-30|
...... Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael: ... 2Ki 13:4|
...... Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites: ...
2Ch 18:31; 20:6-27|
...... Jeremiah: ... La 3:55,56|
...... Jews, returning from the captivity: ... Ezr 8:21,23|
...... Job: ... Job 42:10|
...... Jonah: ... Jon 2:2,10|
...... Leper, for healing: ... Mt 8:2,3; Mr 1:40-43;
Lu 5:12,13|
...... Lot: ... Ge 19:19-21|
...... Man of God: ... 1Ki 13:6|
...... Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon:
... 2Ch 33:13,19|
...... Manoah, asking about Samson: ... Jud 13:8,9|
...... Moses, Aaron, and Samuel: ... Ps 99:6|
...... Moses, at Mount Horeb: ... Ex 17:4-6|
...... Moses, at the waters of Marah: ... Ex 15:25|
...... Moses, concerning the complaint of the Israelites for
meat: ... Nu 11:11-35|
...... Moses, for help at the Red Sea: ... Ex 14:15,16|
...... Moses, in the battle with the Amalekites: ...
Ex 17:8-14|
...... Moses, on behalf of Miriam's leprosy: ... Nu
12:13-15|
...... Moses: ... Ex 17:4-6,11-13; 32:11-14|
...... Nehemiah: ... Ne 4:9,15|
...... Paul and Silas: ... Ac 16:25,26|
...... Paul, to be restored to health: ... 2Co 1:9-11|
...... Paul: ... Ac 28:8|
...... People of Judah: ... 2Ch 15:15|
...... Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to
life: ... Ac 9:40|
...... Priests and Levites, when blessing the people: ...
2Ch 30:27|
...... Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy: ...
Ge 25:22,23|
...... Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites: ...
1Ch 5:20|
...... Samson, asking for strength: ... Jud 16:28-30|
...... Samson: ... Jud 15:18,19|
...... Samuel: ... 1Sa 7:9|
...... Sisera: ... Jud 4:3,23,24; 1Sa 12:9-11|
...... Solomon, asking for wisdom: ... 1Ki 3:1-13; 9:2,3|
...... Thief on the cross: ... Lu 23:42,43|
...... To save Hezekiah's life: ... 2Ki 20:1-7,11; 2Ch
32:24|
...... Zacharias, for a son: ... Lu 1:13|
- - Refusal of, exemplified
...... Saul: ... 1Sa 28:15|
...... Elders of Israel: ... Eze 20:3|
...... Pharisees: ... Mt 23:14|
- - ANSWER TO, PROMISE: ... Ex 6:5; 22:23,27; 33:17-20;
De 4:7,29-31; 1Ki 8:22,53; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 7:13-15; Job 8:5,6; 12:4;
22:27; 33:26; Ps 9:10,12; 10:17; 18:3; 32:6; 34:15,17; 37:4,5; 38:15;
50:14,15; 55:16,17; 56:9; 65:2,5; 69:33; 81:10; 86:5-7; 91:15; 102:17-20;
145:18,19; Pr 2:3,5; 3:6; 10:24; 15:8,29; 16:1; Isa 19:20; 30:19;
55:6; 58:9; 65:24; Jer 29:12,13; 31:9; 33:3; La 3:25; Eze 36:37;
Joe 2:18,19,32; Am 5:4-6; Zep 2:3; Zec 10:1,6; 13:9; Mt 6:5-13; 7:7-11;
18:19,20; 21:22; Mr 11:24,25; Lu 11:5-13; 18:1-8; 21:36; Joh
4:10,23,24; 9:31; 14:13,14; 15:7,16; 16:23,24,26,27; Ac 7:34; 22:16;
Ro 8:26; 10:12,13; Eph 2:18; 3:20; Heb 4:16; 10:22,23; 11:6; Jas
1:5-7; 4:8,10; 5:16; 1Jo 3:22; 5:14,15|
- - ANSWERED: ... Job 34:28; Ps 3:4; 4:1; 6:8,9; 18:6;
21:2,4; 22:4,5,24; 28:6; 30:2,3; 31:22; 34:4-6; 40:1; 66:19,20; 77:1,2;
81:7; 99:6-8; 106:44; 107:6,7,13-20; 116:1,2; 118:5,21; 119:26;
120:1; 138:3; La 3:57,58; Ho 12:4; Jon 2:1,2,7; Lu 23:42,43; Ac 4:31;
2Co 12:8,9; Jas 5:17,18|
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PRAYER, INTERCESSORY
...... See INTERCESSION
...... See JESUS, MEDIATION OF
- - Christ set an example of: ... Lu 22:32; 23:34; Joh
17:9-24|
- - Commanded: ... 1Ti 2:1,8; Jas 5:14,16|
- - SHOULD BE OFFERED UP FOR
...... Kings: ... 1Ti 2:2|
...... All in authority: ... 1Ti 2:2|
...... Ministers: ... 2Co 1:11; Php 1:19|
...... The Church: ... Ps 122:6; Isa 62:6,7|
...... All saints: ... Eph 6:18|
...... All men: ... 1Ti 2:1|
...... Masters: ... Ge 24:12-14|
...... Servants: ... Lu 7:2,3|
...... Children: ... Ge 17:18; Mt 15:22|
...... Friends: ... Job 42:8|
...... Fellow-countrymen: ... Ro 10:1|
...... The sick: ... Jas 5:14|
...... Persecutors: ... Mt 5:44|
...... Enemies among whom we dwell: ... Jer 29:7|
...... Those who envy us: ... Nu 12:13|
...... Those who forsake us: ... 2Ti 4:16|
...... Those who murmur against God: ... Nu 11:1,2;
14:13,19|
- - By ministers for their people: ... Eph 1:16; 3:14-19;
Php 1:4|
- - Encouragement to: ... Jas 5:16; 1Jo 5:16|
- - Beneficial to the offerer: ... Job 42:10|
- - Sin of neglecting: ... 1Sa 12:23|
- - Seek an interest in: ... 1Sa 12:19; Heb 13:18|
- - Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent: ... Jer
7:13-16; 14:10,11|
- - Exemplified
...... Abraham: ... Ge 18:23-32|
...... Abraham's servant: ... Ge 24:12-14|
...... Moses: ... Ex 8:12; 32:11-13|
...... Samuel: ... 1Sa 7:5|
...... Solomon: ... 1Ki 8:30-36|
...... Elisha: ... 2Ki 4:33|
...... Hezekiah: ... 2Ch 30:18|
...... Isaiah: ... 2Ch 32:20|
...... Nehemiah: ... Ne 1:4-11|
...... David: ... Ps 25:22|
...... Ezekiel: ... Eze 9:8|
...... Daniel: ... Da 9:3-19|
...... Stephen: ... Ac 7:60|
...... Peter and John: ... Ac 8:15|
...... Church of Jerusalem: ... Ac 12:5|
...... Paul: ... Col 1:9-12; 2Th 1:11|
...... Epaphras: ... Col 4:12|
...... Philemon: ... Phm 1:22|
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PRAYER, PRIVATE
- - Christ was constant in: ... Mt 14:23; 26:36,39;
Mr 1:35; Lu 9:18,29|
- - Commanded: ... Mt 6:6, 1Ti 2:8|
- - SHOULD BE OFFERED
...... At evening, morning, and noon: ... Ps 55:17|
...... Day and night: ... Ps 88:1|
...... Without ceasing: ... 1Th 5:17|
- - Shall be heard: ... Job 22:27|
- - Rewarded openly: ... Mt 6:6|
- - An evidence of conversion: ... Ac 9:11|
- - Nothing should hinder: ... Da 6:10|
- - Exemplified
...... Lot: ... Ge 19:20|
...... Eliezer: ... Ge 24:12|
...... Jacob: ... Ge 32:9-12|
...... Gideon: ... Jud 6:22,36,39|
...... Hannah: ... 1Sa 1:10|
...... David: ... 2Sa 7:18-29|
...... Hezekiah: ... 2Ki 20:2|
...... Isaiah: ... 2Ki 20:11|
...... Manasseh: ... 2Ch 33:18,19|
...... Ezra: ... Ezr 9:5,6|
...... Nehemiah: ... Ne 2:4|
...... Jeremiah: ... Jer 32:16-25|
...... Daniel: ... Da 9:3,17|
...... Jonah: ... Jon 2:1|
...... Habakkuk: ... Hab 1:2|
...... Anna: ... Lu 2:37|
...... Paul: ... Ac 9:11|
...... Peter: ... Ac 9:40; 10:9|
...... Cornelius: ... Ac 10:30|
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PRAYER, PUBLIC
- - Acceptable to God: ... Isa 56:7|
- - God promises to hear: ... 2Ch 7:14,16|
- - God promises to bless in: ... Ex 20:24|
- - Offered by men: ... 1Ti 2:8
- - CHRIST
...... Sanctifies by his presence: ... Mt 18:20|
...... Attended: ... Mt 12:9; Lu 4:16|
...... Promises answers to: ... Mt 18:19|
- - Instituted form of: ... Lu 11:2, 1Ti |
- - Should not be made in an unknown language: ... 1Co
14:14-16|
- - Saints delight in: ... Ps 42:4; 122:1|
- - Exhortation to: ... Heb 10:25|
- - Urge others to join in: ... Ps 95:6; Zec 8:21|
- - Exemplified
...... Joshua: ... Jos 7:6-9|
...... David: ... 1Ch 29:10-19|
...... Solomon: ... 2Ch 6:1-42|
...... Jehoshaphat: ... 2Ch 20:5-13|
...... Jeshua: ... Ne 9:1-38|
...... Jews: ... Lu 1:10|
...... The Christians: ... Ac 2:46; 4:24; 12:5,12|
...... Peter: ... Ac 3:1|
...... Teachers and Prophets, at Antioch: ... Ac 13:3|
...... Paul: ... Ac 16:16|
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