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"Behold,
I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice
and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with
him, and he with Me."
Rev. 3: 20
Prayer
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Commanded.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon
him while he is near:
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known unto God.
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TO BE OFFERED
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To God.
Psalms 5:2
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my
God: for unto thee will I pray.
Matthew 4:10
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and him only shalt thou serve.
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To Christ.
Luke 23:42
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom.
Acts 7:59
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God,
and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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To the Holy Ghost.
2
Thessalonians 3:5 And the
Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and
into the patient waiting for Christ.
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Through Christ.
Ephesians
2:18 For through him we
both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Hebrews 10:19
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
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God hears.
Psalms 10:17
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou
wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to
hear:
Psalms 65:2
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh
come.
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God answers.
Psalms 99:6
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among
them that call upon his name; they called upon the
LORD, and he answered them.
Isaiah 58:9
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou
shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou
take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting
forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
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IS DESCRIBED AS
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Acceptable through
Christ.
John 14:13
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I
do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit,
and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he
may give it you.
John 16:23-24
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the
Father in my name, he will give it you.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye
shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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Ascends to heaven.
2 Chronicles
30:27 Then the priests the
Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice
was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy
dwelling place, even unto heaven.
Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and
four and twenty elders fell down before the
Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials
full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
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Quickening grace
necessary to.
Psalms 80:18
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we
will call upon thy name.
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THE HOLY GHOST
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An evidence of
conversion.
Acts 9:11
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into
the street which is called Straight, and enquire in
the house of Judas for one called Saul, of
Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
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Of the righteous,
avails much.
James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray
one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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Of the upright, a
delight to God.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination
to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is
his delight.
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SHOULD BE OFFERED UP
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In the Holy Ghost.
Ephesians
6:18 Praying always with
all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints;
Jude 1:20
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most
holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
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In faith.
Matthew 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing, ye shall receive.
James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he
that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with
the wind and tossed.
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In full assurance of
faith.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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In a forgiving
spirit.
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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With the heart.
Jeremiah
29:13 And ye shall seek
me, and find me, when ye shall search for me
with all your heart.
Lamentations
3:41 Let us lift up our
heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
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With the whole
heart.
Psalms 119:58
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart:
be merciful unto me according to thy word.
Psalms
119:145 KOPH. I cried with
my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep
thy statutes.
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With preparation of
heart.
Job 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine
hands toward him;
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With a true heart.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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With the soul.
Psalms 42:4
When I remember these things, I pour out my
soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I
went with them to the house of God, with the voice
of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept
holyday.
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With the spirit and
understanding.
John 4:22-24
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we
worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour
cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the
Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a
Spirit: and they that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth.
1 Corinthians
14:15 What is it then? I
will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and
I will sing with the understanding also.
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With confidence in
God.
Psalms 56:9
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies
turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
Psalms 86:7
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for
thou wilt answer me.
1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he
heareth us:
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With submission to
God.
Luke 22:42
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup
from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be
done.
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With unfeigned lips.
Psalms 17:1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear
unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned
lips.
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With deliberation.
Ecclesiastes
5:2 Be not rash with thy
mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter
any thing before God: for God is in
heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words
be few.
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With holiness.
1 Timothy 2:8
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting
up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
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With humility.
2 Chronicles
7:14 If my people, which
are called by my name, shall 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 And when he was in
affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and
humbled himself greatly before the God of his
fathers,
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With truth.
Psalms 145:18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon
him, to all that call upon him in truth.
John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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With desire to be
heard.
Nehemiah 1:6
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open,
that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant,
which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the
children of Israel thy servants, and confess the
sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned
against thee: both I and my father's house have
sinned.
Psalms 17:1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear
unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned
lips.
Psalms 55:1
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself
from my supplication.
Psalms 61:1
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
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With desire to be
answered.
Psalms 27:7
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have
mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Psalms 102:2
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I
am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day
when I call answer me speedily.
Psalms 108:6
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with
thy right hand, and answer me.
Psalms 143:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my
supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and
in thy righteousness.
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With boldness.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to
help in time of need.
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With earnestness.
1
Thessalonians 3:10 Night
and day praying exceedingly that we might see your
face, and might perfect that which is lacking in
your faith?
James 5:17
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,
and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and
it rained not on the earth by the space of three
years and six months.
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With importunity.
Genesis 32:26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he
said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Luke 11:8
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give
him, because he is his friend, yet because of his
importunity he will rise and give him as many as he
needeth.
Luke 18:1-7
And he spake a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared
not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow
in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge
me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while:
but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear
not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow
troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said,
Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God
avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto
him, though he bear long with them?
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Night and day.
1 Timothy 5:5
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate,
trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and
prayers night and day.
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Without ceasing.
1
Thessalonians 5:17 Pray
without ceasing.
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Everywhere.
1 Timothy 2:8
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting
up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
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In everything.
Philippians
4:6 Be careful for
nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be
made known unto God.
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For temporal
blessings.
Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me,
and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give
me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither
poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for
me:
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
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For spiritual
blessings.
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added
unto you.
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For mercy and grace to
help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in
time of need.
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Model for.
Matthew 6:9-13
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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Vain repetitions in,
forbidden.
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.
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Ostentation in,
forbidden.
Matthew 6:5
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing
in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward.
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ACCOMPANIED WITH
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Repentance.
1 Kings 8:33
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the
enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and
shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and
pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
Jeremiah 36:7
It may be they will present their supplication
before the LORD, and will return every one from his
evil way: for great is the anger and the fury
that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
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Confession.
Nehemiah 1:4
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that
I sat down and wept, and mourned certain
days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of
heaven,
Nehemiah 1:7
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have
not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the
judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
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Self-abasement.
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have
taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am
but dust and ashes:
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Weeping.
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications
will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the
rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they
shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and
Ephraim is my firstborn.
Hosea 12:4
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he
wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him
in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
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Fasting.
Nehemiah 1:4
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that
I sat down and wept, and mourned certain
days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of
heaven,
Daniel 9:3
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by
prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes:
Acts 13:3
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid
their hands on them, they sent them away.
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Watchfulness.
Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be
accounted worthy to escape all these things that
shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of
man.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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Praise.
Psalms 66:17
I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled
with my tongue.
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Thanksgiving.
Philippians
4:6 Be careful for
nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be
made known unto God.
Colossians
4:2 Continue in prayer,
and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
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PLEAD IN THE
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Promises of God.
Genesis
32:9-12 And Jacob said, O
God of my father Abraham, and God of my father
Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto
thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal
well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all
the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast
shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed
over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my
brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest
he will come and smite me, and the mother
with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do
thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea,
which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants,
to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst
unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of
heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will
I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it
for ever.
1 Kings 8:26
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee,
be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant
David my father.
Psalms 119:49
ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which
thou hast caused me to hope.
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Covenant of God.
Jeremiah
14:21 Do not abhor us,
for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of
thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
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Faithfulness of God.
Psalms 143:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my
supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and
in thy righteousness.
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Mercy of God.
Psalms 51:1
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy
tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine
eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which
is called by thy name: for we do not present our
supplications before thee for our righteousnesses,
but for thy great mercies.
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Righteousness of
God.
Daniel 9:16
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I
beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned
away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain:
because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our
fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become
a reproach to all that are about us.
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Rise early for.
Psalms 5:3
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in
the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee,
and will look up.
Psalms 119:147
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I
hoped in thy word.
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Seek divine teaching
for.
Luke 11:1
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a
certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples
said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also
taught his disciples.
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Faint not in.
Luke 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
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Continue instant in.
Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing
instant in prayer;
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Avoid hindrances in.
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them
according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together
of the grace of life; that your prayers be not
hindered.
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Suitable in
affliction.
Isaiah 26:16
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured
out a prayer when thy chastening was
upon them.
James 5:13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any
merry? let him sing psalms.
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Shortness of time a
motive to.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore
sober, and watch unto prayer.
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POSTURES IN;
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The promises of God
encourage to.
Isaiah 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I
will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will
hear.
Amos 5:4
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek
ye me, and ye shall live:
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and
will refine them as silver is refined, and will try
them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and
I will hear them: I will say, It is my people:
and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
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The promises of Christ
encourage to.
Luke 11:9-10
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. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
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Experience of past
mercies an incentive to.
Psalms 4:1
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou
hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have
mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms 116:2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore
will I call upon him as long as I live.
Fasting
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Spirit of, explained.
Isaiah 58:6-7
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to
loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy
burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that
ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy
bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor
that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the
naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not
thyself from thine own flesh?
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Not
to be made a subject of display.
Matthew 6:16-18
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of
a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces,
that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say
unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when
thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy
Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which
seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
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Should be unto God.
Zechariah 7:5
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the
priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the
fifth and seventh month, even those seventy
years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to
me?
Matthew 6:18
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy
Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which
seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
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For
the chastening of the soul.
Psalms 69:10
When I wept, and chastened my soul with
fasting, that was to my reproach.
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For
the humbling of the soul.
Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing
was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting;
and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
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OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF
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ACCOMPANIED BY
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Prayer.
Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he
was intreated of us.
Daniel 9:3
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by
prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes:
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Confession of sin.
1 Samuel 7:6
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew
water, and poured it out before the LORD,
and fasted on that day, and said there, We have
sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the
children of Israel in Mizpeh.
Nehemiah 9:1-2
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the
children of Israel were assembled with fasting,
and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. And the
seed of Israel separated themselves from all
strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and
the iniquities of their fathers.
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Mourning.
Joel 2:12
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye
even to me with all your heart, and with
fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
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Humiliation.
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first,
forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat
bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins
which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of
the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Nehemiah 9:1
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the
children of Israel were assembled with fasting,
and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
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Promises connected with.
Isaiah 58:8-12
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and
thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy
righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the
LORD shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call,
and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he
shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from
the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the
finger, and speaking vanity; And if thou draw
out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in
obscurity, and thy darkness be as the
noonday: And the LORD shall guide thee continually,
and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy
bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and
like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. And
they that shall be of thee shall build the
old waste places: thou shalt raise up the
foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be
called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of
paths to dwell in.
Matthew 6:18
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy
Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which
seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
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OF
HYPOCRITES
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Described.
Isaiah 58:4-5
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to
smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not
fast as ye do this day, to make your voice
to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have
chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is
it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to
spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt
thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to
the LORD?
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Ostentatious.
Matthew 6:16
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites,
of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their
faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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Boasted of, before God.
Luke 18:12
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all
that I possess.
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Rejected.
Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and
thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted
our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in
the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact
all your labours.
Jeremiah 14:12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and
when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I
will not accept them: but I will consume them by
the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence.
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Extraordinary--Exemplified.
Our Lord,
Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights,
he was afterward an hungred.
Moses,
Exodus 34:28
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty
nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water.
And he wrote upon the tables the words of the
covenant, the ten commandments.
Deuteronomy 9:9
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the
tables of stone, even the tables of the
covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode
in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither
did eat bread nor drink water:
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first,
forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat
bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins
which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of
the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Elijah,
1 Kings 19:8
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the
strength of that meat forty days and forty nights
unto Horeb the mount of God.
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National--Exemplified.
Israel,
Judges 20:26
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people,
went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept,
and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day
until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings before the LORD.
Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of
Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our
God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our
little ones, and for all our substance.
Esther 4:3
And in every province, whithersoever the king's
commandment and his decree came, there was
great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and
weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and
ashes.
Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in
Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor
drink three days, night or day: I also and my
maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto
the king, which is not according to the law:
and if I perish, I perish.
Men of Jabesh-gilead,
1 Samuel 31:13
And they took their bones, and buried them
under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Ninevites,
Jonah 3:5-8
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and
proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the
greatest of them even to the least of them. For word
came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his
throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered
him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he
caused it to be proclaimed and published
through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his
nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor
flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink
water: But let man and beast be covered with
sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them
turn every one from his evil way, and from the
violence that is in their hands.
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Of
Saints--Exemplified.
David,
2 Samuel 12:16
David therefore besought God for the child; and
David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon
the earth.
Psalms 109:24
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh
faileth of fatness.
Nehemiah,
Nehemiah 1:4
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that
I sat down and wept, and mourned certain
days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of
heaven,
Esther,
Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in
Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor
drink three days, night or day: I also and my
maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto
the king, which is not according to the law:
and if I perish, I perish.
Daniel,
Daniel 9:3
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by
prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes:
Disciples of John,
Matthew 9:14
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why
do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples
fast not?
Anna,
Luke 2:37
And she was a widow of about fourscore and
four years, which departed not from the temple, but
served God with fastings and prayers night
and day.
Cornelius,
Acts 10:30
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting
until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in
my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in
bright clothing,
Primitive Christians,
Acts 13:2
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy
Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the
work whereunto I have called them.
Apostles,
2 Corinthians 6:5
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours,
in watchings, in fastings;
Paul,
2 Corinthians 11:27
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in
hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and
nakedness.
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Of
the wicked--Exemplified.
Elders of Jezreel,
1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among
the people.
Ahab,
1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words,
that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his
flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went
softly.
Pharisees,
Mark 2:18
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used
to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the
disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy
disciples fast not?
Luke 18:12
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that
I possess.
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