2 Tim 3:16 Luke 8:18 2 John 9 1 Peter 2:24 2 Peter 3:18 2 Cor 1:20-22 Romans 15:4 Phil 3:10 Mark 12:29-31 Titus 2:11-15 Titus 3:3-5 2 Peter 1:16 Romans 13:8-10 James 2:12-13 Hosea 6:6 Ps 103:10 1 Cor 1:30 Eph 6:17
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer
Phil 2:5 “In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus”
Eph 4:13 “….We must become like a mature person, growing until we become like Christ and have his perfection.”
Paul’s prayers:
Phil 1:9 (ncv) “…that your love will grow…; that you will have knowledge and understanding….
Col 1:9 (ncv) “.We pray that you will have great wisdom and understanding in spiritual things…
Eph 1:17-20 (ncv) “.I pray you will have greater understanding in your heart so you will know the hope…and you will know God’s power is very great for us who believe.
Eph 3:18 (ncv) “I pray that all God’s people will have the power to understand …I pray that you will be able to know…..
2 Thes 1:11-12 (niv)“..we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling
Conditions for effective Prayer and Praying:
Heb 11:6 “..without FAITH it is impossible to please God…
Mark 11:22-24 (ncv) “Have faith in God. … if you have no doubts in your mind and believe… God will do it for you. I tell you to believe that you have received the things you ask for in prayer ”
James 1:6-8 (ncv) “..when you ask, you must believe and not doubt…..
James 5:16 (ncv) “When a believing person prays, great things happen.”
1 Peter 4:7-8 (niv)“..BE ALERT AND OF SOBER MIND so that you may pray. (nlt,ncv) Above all, LOVE EACH OTHER deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
James 4:8 “Come near to God and God will come near to you.” 10 “HUMBLE YOURSELVES before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” (Proverbs 3:34, 1 Peter 5:5)
1 Peter 3:12 (niv) “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer,….
Phil 4:6 (ncv) “Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, ALWAYS GIVING THANKS.”
1 Thes 5:17-18 “pray without ceasing: in everything give thanks…
Col 4:2 “CONTINUE PRAYING, keeping alert, and always thanking God.”
Luke 18:1-6 (nvc) “Jesus used this story to teach his followers that they should always pray and never lose hope…. (Luke 11:9 “The persistent friend” “ask, search, knock”)
Mark 11:25 “.. FORGIVE, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive your sins..
Mat 6:14-15 “if you forgive...your Father in heaven will forgive you…But if you don’t forgive….
remember
**** Romans 8:26 (ncv) “..the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We do not know how to pray as we should…. the Spirit himself speaks to God for us….”