Prayer
How prayer works
The
Bible speaks about the basic mechanics of prayer.
1
“Seek
the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”
1
Chronicles 16:11
2
“The
Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.”
Proverbs
15:29
3
“But
your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins
have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.”
Isaiah
59:2
4
“If
I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.”
Psalm
66:18
5
“Ask,
and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be
opened to you.”
Matthew
7:7
6
“Therefore
I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and
it will be yours.”
Mark
11:24
7
“And
I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock,
and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who
seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. What father among
you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or
if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 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!”
Luke
11:9-13
8
“Whatever
you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the
Son.”
John
14:13
9
“If
you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will
be done for you.”
John
15:7
10
“Likewise
the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we
ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for
words.”
Romans
8:26
11
“For
there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus.
1
Timothy 2:5
12
“If
any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without
reproach, and it will be given him.”
James
1:5
13
“If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1
John 1:9
14
“You
desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you
fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not
receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
James
4:2-3
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