More notes from my Bible study notebook...

Prayer

• Romans 8:26-27 ...for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered...
• 1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek His face continually.
• Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation...
• Luke 18:1 ...that men ought always to pray, adn not to faint.
• John 16:24 ...ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
• Ephesians 6:18 Praying alwasy with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
• 1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray...

Promises of answer to prayer

• Psalm 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
• Isaiah 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here I am...
• Isaiah 65:24 ...before they call, I will answer; an dwhile they are yet speaking, I will hear.
• Luke 11:9 And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
• John 15:17 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Reasons for unanswered prayer:

• Psalm 6:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
• Proverbs 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall not be heard.
• Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that He will not hear.
• Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.
• Zechariah 7:11-13 But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and stopped up their ears. They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the LORD Almighty was very angry. Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:
• James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, becasue ye ask amiss, taht ye may consume it upon your s.

True prayer heard

• Psalm 4:3 But know that teh Lord hat set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto Him
• Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, adn cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even unto His ears.
• Psalm 34:17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
• Proverbs 15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of hte righteous.
• Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Prayer sometimes refused because not in accordance with Divine Will

• Exodus 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
• Ezekial 6:3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.

United Prayer (social and family)

• Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
• Acts 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with once accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which has made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Conditions of successful prayer

• contrition - 2 Chronicles 7:14
• whole-heartedness Jeremiah 29:13
• faith - Mark 11:24
• righteousness - James 5:16
• obedience - 1 John 3:22

Brevity

• Ecclesiastes 5:2 Be not rash with they mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
• Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Secret Prayer - Christ's command

Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut they door, pray to they Father, which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Private devotions of Christ

• morning devotions - Mark 1:35
• evening prayer - Mark 6:46-47
• Solitary communion - Luke 5:15-16
• Luke 5:16 And He withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
• all-night prayer - Luke 6:12
• In the Garden of Gethsemane - Luke 22:41-42 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done.

Special exhortations to prayer

• Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
• Luke 11:9  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.
• John 14:13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
• John 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
• James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• 1 John 5:14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Prayerfulness

• Psalm 5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, adn will look up.
• Psalm 55:17 Evening, morning, and noon, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
• Luke 2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore adn four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

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