PRAYER
- - Commanded: ... Isa 55:6; Mt 7:7; Php 4:6|
- - TO BE OFFERED
...... To God: ... Ps 5:2; Mt 4:10|
...... To Christ: ... Lu 23:42; Ac 7:59|
...... To the Holy Spirit: ... 2Th 3:5|
...... Through Christ: ... Eph 2:18; Heb 10:19|
- - God hears: ... Ps 10:17; 65:2|
- - God answers: ... Ps 99:6; Isa 58:9|
- - IS DESCRIBED AS
...... Bowing the knees: ... Eph 3:14|
...... Looking up: ... Ps 5:3|
...... Lifting up the soul: ... Ps 25:1|
...... Lifting up the heart: ... La 3:41|
...... Pouring out the heart: ... Ps 62:8|
...... Pouring out the soul: ... 1Sa 1:15|
...... Calling upon the name of the Lord: ... Ge 12:8;
Ps 116:4; Ac 22:16|
...... Crying to God: ... Ps 27:7; 34:6|
...... Drawing near to God: ... Ps 73:28; Heb 10:22|
...... Crying to heaven: ... 2Ch 32:20|
...... Beseeching the Lord: ... Ex 32:11|
...... Seeking to God: ... Job 8:5|
...... Seeking the face of the Lord: ... Ps 27:8|
...... Making supplication: ... Job 8:5; Jer 36:7|
- - Acceptable through Christ: ... Joh 14:13,14; 15:16;
16:23,24|
- - Ascends to heaven: ... 2Ch 30:27; Re 5:8|
- - Quickening grace necessary to: ... Ps 80:18|
- - THE HOLY SPIRIT
...... Promised as a Spirit of: ... Zec 12:10|
...... As the Spirit of adoptions, leads to: ... Ro
8:15; Ga 4:6|
...... Helps our infirmities in: ... Ro 8:26|
- - An evidence of conversion: ... Ac 9:11|
- - Of the righteous, avails much: ... Jas 5:16|
- - Of the upright, a delight to God: ... Pr 15:8|
- - SHOULD BE OFFERED UP
...... In the Holy Spirit: ... Eph 6:18; Jude 1:20|
...... In faith: ... Mt 21:22; Jas 1:6|
...... In full assurance of faith: ... Heb 10:22|
...... In a forgiving spirit: ... Mt 6:12|
...... With the heart: ... Jer 29:13; La 3:41|
...... With the whole heart: ... Ps 119:58,145|
...... With preparation of heart: ... Job 11:13|
...... With a true heart: ... Heb 10:22|
...... With the soul: ... Ps 42:4|
...... With the spirit and understanding: ... Joh 4:22-24;
1Co 14:15|
...... With confidence in God: ... Ps 56:9; 86:7; 1Jo
5:14|
...... With submission to God: ... Lu 22:42|
...... With unfeigned lips: ... Ps 17:1|
...... With deliberation: ... Ec 5:2|
...... With holiness: ... 1Ti 2:8|
...... With humility: ... 2Ch 7:14; 33:12|
...... With truth: ... Ps 145:18; Joh 4:24|
...... With desire to be heard: ... Ne 1:6; Ps 17:1;
55:1,2; 61:1|
...... With desire to be answered: ... Ps 27:7; 102:2;
108:6; 143:1|
...... With boldness: ... Heb 4:16|
...... With earnestness: ... 1Th 3:10; Jas 5:17|
...... With importunity: ... Ge 32:26; Lu 11:8,9; 18:1-7|
...... Night and day: ... 1Ti 5:5|
...... Without ceasing: ... 1Th 5:17|
...... Everywhere: ... 1Ti 2:8|
...... In everything: ... Php 4:6|
- - For temporal blessings: ... Ge 28:20; Pr 30:8; Mt
6:11|
- - For spiritual blessings: ... Mt 6:33|
- - For mercy and grace to help in time of need: ...
Heb 4:16|
- - Model for: ... Mt 6:9-13|
- - Vain repetitions in, forbidden: ... Mt 6:7|
- - Ostentation in, forbidden: ... Mt 6:5|
- - ACCOMPANIED WITH
...... Repentance: ... 1Ki 8:33; Jer 36:7|
...... Confession: ... Ne 1:4,7; Da 9:4-11|
...... Self-abasement: ... Ge 18:27|
...... Weeping: ... Jer 31:9; Ho 12:4|
...... Fasting: ... Ne 1:4; Da 9:3; Ac 13:3|
...... Watchfulness: ... Lu 21:36; 1Pe 4:7|
...... Praise: ... Ps 66:17|
...... Thanksgiving: ... Php 4:6; Col 4:2|
- - PLEAD IN THE
...... Promises of God: ... Ge 32:9-12; Ex 32:13; 1Ki
8:26; Ps 119:49|
...... Covenant of God: ... Jer 14:21|
...... Faithfulness of God: ... Ps 143:1|
...... Mercy of God: ... Ps 51:1; Da 9:18|
...... Righteousness of God: ... Da 9:16|
- - Rise early for: ... Ps 5:3; 119:147|
- - Seek divine teaching for: ... Lu 11:1|
- - Faint not in: ... Lu 18:1|
- - Continue instant in: ... Ro 12:12|
- - Avoid hindrances in: ... 1Pe 3:7|
- - Suitable in affliction: ... Isa 26:16; Jas 5:13|
- - Shortness of time a motive to: ... 1Pe 4:7|
- - POSTURES IN
...... Standing: ... 1Ki 8:22; Mr 11:25|
...... Bowing down: ... Ps 95:6|
...... Kneeling: ... 2Ch 6:13; Ps 95:6; Lu 22:41; Ac
20:36|
...... Falling on the face: ... Nu 16:22; Jos 5:14;
1Ch 21:16; Mt 26:39|
...... Spreading forth the hands: ... Isa 1:15|
...... Lifting up the hands: ... Ps 28:2; La 2:19; 1Ti
2:8|
- - The promises of God encourage to: ... Isa 65:24;
Am 5:4; Zec 13:9|
- - The promises of Christ encourage to: ... Lu 11:9,10;
Joh 14:13,14|
- - Experience of past mercies an incentive to: ...
Ps 4:1; 112:2|
- - MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
...... Prayer test proposed by Elijah: ... 1Ki 18:24-39|
...... Daily, in the morning: ... Ps 5:3; 88:13; 143:8;
Isa 33:2|
...... Twice daily: ... Ps 88:1|
...... Thrice daily: ... Ps 55:17; Da 6:10|
...... All night: ... Lu 6:12|
...... Without ceasing: ... 1Th 5:17|
...... Boldness in
...... Enjoined: ... Heb 4:16|
...... Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom:
... Ge 18:23-32|
...... By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering
Israel: ... Ex 33:12,18|
...... Secret: ... Ge 24:63; Mt 6:6|
...... Silent: ... Ps 5:1|
...... Weeping in: ... Ezr 10:1|
...... In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah: ... 1Ki
18:27|
...... Long
...... Of Pharisees: ... Mt 23:14|
...... Of scribes: ... Mr 12:40; Lu 20:47|
...... Profuse, to be avoided: ... Ec 5:2; Mt 6:7|
...... Vain repetitions of, to be avoided: ... Mt 6:7|
...... Tokens asked for, as assurance of answer
...... By Abraham's servant: ... Ge 24:14|
...... Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece: ...
Jud 6:36-40|
...... Rebuked
...... Of Moses, at the Red Sea: ... Ex 14:15|
...... When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land:
... De 3:23-27|
...... Of Joshua: ... Jos 7:10|
...... Evils averted by: ... Jer 26:19|
...... Unbelief in: ... Job 21:15|
...... "The Model Prayer,": ... Mt 6:9-13; Lu 11:2-4|
...... "The Lord's Prayer for Unity" Joh 17:1-26|
...... Answer to, withheld
...... Of Balaam: ... De 23:5; Jos 24:10|
...... Of Job: ... Job 30:20; with 42:12|
...... Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites: ...
De 1:45|
...... The prayer of Jesus, "Let this cup pass away,": ...
Mt 26:39,42,44; with 26:45-75|
...... And: ... Mt 27|
...... Answer to, delayed: ... Ps 22:1,2; 40:1; 80:4;
88:14; Jer 42:7; Hab 1:2; Lu 18:7|
...... Answer to, exceeds petition
...... Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom,
riches, honour, and long life: ... 1Ki 3:7-14; 2Ch 1:10-12|
...... The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included
Peter's deliverance: ... Ac 12:15; with 12:5|
...... Answer to, different from the request
...... Moses asked to be permitted to cross the Jordan River;
the answer was permission to view the land of promise: ...
De 3:23-27|
...... The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the
answer gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul: ... Ps
106:14,15|
...... Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their
brother Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead:
... Joh 11|
...... Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed;
the answer was a promise of grace to endure it: ... 2Co 12:8,9|
...... In Behalf of Nations
...... See NATIONS, PRAYER FOR
...... Penitential
...... Of David: ... Ps 51:1-17|
...... Of the tax collector: ... Lu 18:13|
...... See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, below
...... See SIN, CONFESSION OF
...... Imprecatory: ... Nu 16:15; 22:6-11; 23:7,8; 24:9,10;
De 11:29,30; 27:11-13; 33:11; Jos 8:33,34; Jud 16:28; 2Sa 16:10-12;
Ne 4:4,5; 5:13; Job 3:1-10; 27:7; Ps 5:10; 6:10; 9:20; 10:2,15;
25:3; 28:4; 31:17,18; 35:4,8,26; 40:14,15; 54:5; 55:9,15; 56:7; 58:7;
59:5,11,15; 68:1,2; 69:23,24,27,28; 70:2,3; 71:13; 79:10,12; 83:13-17;
94:2; 109:7,9-20,28,29; 119:78,84; 129:5; 140:9,10; 143:12; 144:6;
Jer 11:20; 12:3; 15:15; 17:18; 18:21-23; 20:12; La 1:22; 3:64-66;
Ga 1:8,9; 2Ti 4:14,15|
...... Submission in, exemplified by Jesus: ... Mt 26:39;
Mr 14:36; Lu 22:42|
...... David: ... 2Sa 12:22,23|
...... Job: ... Job 1:20,21|
...... Private, enjoined: ... Mt 6:6|
...... Exemplified by
...... 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 9:3,19|
...... Jonah: ... Jon 2:1|
...... Habakkuk: ... Hab 1:2|
...... Anna: ... Lu 2:37|
...... Jesus: ... Mt 14:23; 26:36,39; Mr 1:35; Lu 9:18,29|
...... Paul: ... Ac 9:11|
...... Peter: ... Ac 9:40; 10:9|
...... Cornelius: ... Ac 10:30|
...... Family
...... By Abraham: ... Ge 12:5,8|
...... By Jacob: ... Ge 35:3|
...... By Cornelius: ... Ac 10:2|
...... Social: ... Mt 18:19; Ac 1:13,14; 16:25; 20:36;
21:5|
...... Held in private houses: ... Ac 1:13,14; 12:12|
...... Held in the temple: ... Ac 2:46; 3:1|
...... Of Jesus
...... On a mountain: ... Mt 14:23; Mr 6:46; Lu 6:12;
9:28|
...... In the garden of Gethsemane: ... Mt 26:36; Mr
14:32; Lu 22:45|
...... The Lord's prayer: ... Mt 6:9; Lu 11:1|
...... However, see: ... Joh 17:1-26|
...... Before daylight: ... Mr 1:35|
...... In distress: ... Joh 12:27; Heb 5:7|
...... In the wilderness: ... Lu 5:16|
...... In behalf of Peter: ... Lu 22:31,32|
...... For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come: ...
Joh 14:16|
...... After the supper: ... Joh 17|
...... Of the apostles: ... Ac 1:24,25|
...... To idols: ... 1Ki 18:26-29|
- - UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: ... Ge 32:24-28;
Ho 12:4; 1Ch 16:11,35; 2Ch 7:14; Ne 4:9; Ps 27:8; 105:3,4; 145:18;
Pr 15:8; Ec 5:2; Isa 55:6; La 3:41; Zec 12:10; Mt 6:5-13; 7:7,8;
21:22; Mr 9:28,29; 11:24; Lu 11:1-13; 18:1; Ro 8:26; 1Co 14:15; Eph
3:11,12; 6:18,19; Php 4:6; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:17,18; 1Ti 2:8; Heb 4:16;
Jas 5:16; Jude 1:20; Re 5:8; 8:3,4|
- - CONFESSION IN: ... Le 5:5; 26:40; Nu 5:5-7; Jud 10:10,15;
1Sa 12:10; 1Ki 8:47; Ezr
9:6,15; Ne 1:6,7; 9:2,33-35; Job 7:20; 40:4,5; Ps 31:10; 32:3,5;
38:4-8,10,18; 40:12; 51:3,4; 69:5; 106:6,7; 119:176; 130:3; Pr 28:13;
Isa 6:5; 59:12,13; Jer 3:13,25; 14:7,20; La 1:18; 3:42; 5:16; Da
9:5-15|
- - IMPORTUNITY IN: ... Ge 18:23-32; 32:24-29; Ex 32:32;
De 9:25; Jud 6:36-40; 16:28; 1Sa 1:10,11; 12:23; 1Ki 8:22-30; Ezr
9:5,6; Ne 1:4-6; Ps 17:1,6; 22:1,2,19; 28:1,2; 35:22,23; 55:1,2,16,17;
57:2; 61:1,2; 70:5; 86:3,6; 88:1,2,9,13; 102:1,2; 119:58,145-147;
130:1,2; 141:1,2; 142:1,2; Isa 38:2,3; 62:7; 64:12; Da 9:3,16-19;
Jon 1:14; Hab 1:2; Mt 15:22-28; Mr 7:25-29; Lu 7:3; 11:5-8; 18:1-7;
22:44; Ro 8:26; 2Co 12:8; Eph 6:18; Heb 5:7|
...... INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN
...... Jacob: ... Ge 32:24-30|
...... Moses: ... Ex 33:12-16; 34:9|
...... Elijah: ... 1Ki 18:22-44|
...... The two blind men of Jericho: ... Mt 20:30,31;
Mr 10:48; Lu 18:39|
...... The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman: ... Mt
15:22-28; Mr 7:25-30|
...... The Roman centurion: ... Mt 8:5; Lu 7:3,4|
- - OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD
...... See WICKED, PRAYER OF
- - PLEAS OFFERED IN: ... Ge 32:9-12; Ex 32:11-13; 33:13;
Nu 14:13-18; 16:22; De 3:24,25; 9:18,25-29; Jos 7:8,9; 2Sa 7:25-29;
1Ki 8:25,26,59,60; 18:36,37; 2Ki 19:15-19; 2Ch 14:11; Ne 1:8,9;
9:32; Ps 4:1; 9:19,20; 25:6; 27:9; 31:3; 38:16; 69:6,13,16; 71:18;
74:10,11,18-23; 79:10-12; 83:1,2,18; 86:1-5,17; 89:49-51; 106:47;
109:21-27; 115:1,2; 119:38,42,43,49,73,94, 116,124,145,146,149,153,173-176;
143:11,12; Isa 37:15-20; 63:17-19; Jer 14:21; 18:20,21; La 3:56-63;
Joe 2:17|
- - THANKSGIVING AND, BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD: ... Jos
9:14; 1Sa 9:13; Mt 14:19; 15:36; 26:26,27; Mr 6:41; 8:6,7; 14:22,23;
Lu 9:16; 22:19; Joh 6:11,23; Ac 27:35; Ro 14:6; 1Co 10:30,31; 11:24;
1Ti 4:3-5|
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