FORGIVE-ANSWERED PRAYERS-The truth about prayer 2-12-17 video
Prayer should be heartfelt. Prayer is talking the God like He is really there-not formulas-etc-Communication Speaking and listening for a voice speaking back. David- talked to God with his whole heart. God hears when we talk. Jesus-taught prayer-gave our Father (His Words were important but it was his heart-His relationship with the Father that made His conversations important. Prayer is keeping watch- a vigil at times it is standing with someone thru their toughest hour or standing in the gap for them.
Rom 12:11 Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master,
12 cheerfully expectant. Don't quit in hard times; pray all the harder. MSG
Ps 65:2 You hear the prayer in it all. We all arrive at your doorstep sooner
or later, loaded with guilt, MSG
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Ps 65:2 O God to you even silence is praise! You are the God who answers prayer.
Ps 141:2 Treat my prayer as sweet incense rising; my raised hands are my evening prayers. MSG
Ps 42:8 Then God promises to love me all day, sing songs all through the night!
My life is God's prayer. MSG
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Ps 42:8 Yet all day long Gods promises of love pour over me. Through the night I sing his songs, for my prayer to God has become my life.
Ps 130:5 I pray to God my life a prayer and wait for what he'll say and do.
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Isa 38:5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add to your life fifteen years. AMP
Dan 9:20 "While I was pouring out my heart, baring my sins and the sins of my people Israel, praying my life out before my God, interceding for the holy mountain of my God
21 while I was absorbed in this praying, the humanlike Gabriel, the one I had seen in an earlier vision, approached me, flying in like a bird about the time of evening worship.
22 "He stood before me and said, 'Daniel, I have come to make things plain to you.
23 You had no sooner started your prayer when the answer was given. And now I'm here to deliver the answer to you. You are much loved! So listen carefully to the answer, the plain meaning of what is revealed: MSG
Jonah 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
10 And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. KJV
Matt 6:5 "And when you come before God, don't turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think God sits in a box seat?
6 "Here's what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.
7 "The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They're full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God.
8 Don't fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need.
9 With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this: Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. MSG
Matt 5:34 You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk, saying, 'I'll pray for you,' and never doing it, or saying, 'God be with you,' and not meaning it. You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.
37 Just say 'yes' and 'no.' When you manipulate words to get your own way, you go wrong. MSG
Job 22:27 You'll pray to him and he'll listen; he'll help you do what you've promised.
28 You'll decide what you want and it will happen; your life will be bathed in light. MSG
Heb 5:7 In the days of His flesh [Jesus] offered up definite, special petitions [for that which He not only wanted but needed] and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was [always] able to save Him [out] from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God [His godly fear, His piety, in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father]. AMP
John 17:9 I pray for them. I'm not praying for the God-rejecting world But for those you gave me, For they are yours by right. MSG
John 17:20 I'm praying not only for them But also for those who will believe in me
Because of them and their witness about me. MSG
Luke 22:32 Peter, my dear friend, listen to what I'm about to tell you. Satan has demanded to come and sift you like wheat and test your faith. But I have prayed for you, Peter, that you would stay faithful to me no matter what comes. Remember this: after you have come back to me and have been restored, make it your life mission to strengthen the faith of your brothers. Passion
Matt 26:36 Then Jesus went with them to a garden called Gethsemane and told his disciples, "Stay here while I go over there and pray."
37 Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he plunged into an agonizing sorrow.
38 Then he said, "This sorrow is crushing my life out. Stay here and keep vigil with me."
39 Going a little ahead, he fell on his face, praying, "My Father, if there is any way, get me out of this. But please, not what I want. You, what do you want?"
40 When he came back to his disciples, he found them sound asleep. He said to Peter, "Can't you stick it out with me a single hour?
41 Stay alert; be in prayer so you don't wander into temptation without even knowing you're in danger. There is a part of you that is eager, ready for anything in God. But there's another part that's as lazy as an old dog sleeping by the fire."
42 He then left them a second time. Again he prayed, "My Father, if there is no other way than this, drinking this cup to the dregs, I'm ready. Do it your way."
43 When he came back, he again found them sound asleep. They simply couldn't keep their eyes open.
44 This time he let them sleep on, and went back a third time to pray, going over the same ground one last time. MSG
Matt 9:37 "What a huge harvest!" he said to his disciples. "How few workers!
38 On your knees and pray for harvest hands!" MSG
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Matt 10:1 The prayer was no sooner prayed than it was answered. Jesus called twelve of his followers and sent them into the ripe fields. He gave them power to kick out the evil spirits and to tenderly care for the bruised and hurt lives. MSG
Luke 9:29 While he was in prayer, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became blinding white. MSG
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John 17:1 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said: Father, it's time. Display the bright splendor of your Son So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor. MSG
Matt 6:14 "In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can't get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others.
15 If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God's part. MSG
Heb 11:6 And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faith knowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who give all their passion and strength into seeking him. Passion
Matt 21:22 Absolutely everything, ranging from small to large, as you make it a part of your believing prayer, gets included as you lay hold of God." MSG
Luke 6:28 When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer for that person. MSG
Luke 6:28 When someone cruses you bless that person in return. When you are mistreated and harassed by others, accept it as your mission to pray for them. Passion
Acts 1:14 All of these with their minds in full agreement devoted themselves steadfastly to prayer, [waiting together] with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. AMP
Acts 6:4 Meanwhile, we'll stick to our assigned tasks of prayer and speaking God's Word." MSG
Acts 16:25 But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them,
26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at once all the doors were opened and everyone's shackles were unfastened. AMP
James 1:5 If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it. MSG
Rom 8:26 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.
27 He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. MSG
Eph 6:18 Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God's consecrated people). AMP
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Eph 6:18 In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other's spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out. MSG
1 Tim 2:8 I desire therefore that in every place men should pray, without anger or quarreling or resentment or doubt [in their minds], lifting up holy hands. AMP
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1 Tim 2:8 Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. MSG
Phil 1:3 Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God.
4 Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. MSG
James 5:16 Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]. AMP
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James 5:16 Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. MSG
1 Cor 14:13 So, when you pray in your private prayer language, don't hoard the experience for yourself. Pray for the insight and ability to bring others into that intimacy.
14 If I pray in tongues, my spirit prays but my mind lies fallow, and all that intelligence is wasted.
15 So what's the solution? The answer is simple enough. Do both. I should be spiritually free and expressive as I pray, but I should also be thoughtful and mindful as I pray. I should sing with my spirit, and sing with my mind. MSG
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