everything the bible says about prayer

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2012 by Bethany Huse Publishes

Cmpile by Keith WallSeies eit: Any McGuie

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ISBN 978-0-7642-1029-7 (pbk. : alk. pape)1. PayeBiblical teaching. 2. BibleQutatins. I. Wall, Keith A.

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Su qu amp h A-plie Bible, cpyight 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964,

1965, 1987 y T Lkmn Fundtin. Ud y

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Su qu esv Th Hy

Bible, English Stana Vesin (ESV), cpyight

2001 by Cssway, a publishing ministy G

News Publishes. Use by pemissin. All ights e-

seve. ESV Text Eitin: 2007

Su qu Gods Word

Gods Word.

Cpyight 1995 Gs W t theNtin. Ud y prmiin Bkr Puliin

Gup.

Sriptur quttin idntid hcsb r rm t

Hlmn Critin Stndrd Bil, pyrit 1999,

2000, 2002, 2003 by Hlman Bible Publishes. Use

by pemissin.

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James Vesin the Bible.

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Su qu nasb h NwA S B, ygh 1960, 1962,1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 y ThLckman Funatin. Use by pemissin.

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Su qu niv h HyBil, Nw Intrntinl Vrin. NIV. Cpy-gh 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 y B, I. U

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Su qu nkjv h NwKing James Vesin. Cpyight 1982 by ThmasN, I. U y . A gh .

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Contents

Intuctin: Paye: A Wish Tune Gwa 7

1. Cnent Bee the King: Paying With Blness 9

2. Key Ingeients: Elements Eective Paye 153. Cunt n It: G Heas an Answes Yu

Payes 23

4. Wism Fm the Maste: Jesus Teaching n

Paye 31

5. Divine Diectin: Paye Guiance an

Wism 37

6. Fining Feem: Paye Fgiveness 45

7. Let Righteusness Reign: Paye Salvatin an

Justice 53

8. A Mighty Ftess: Paye Ptectin 63

9. Stength the Juney: Paye Healing an

Whleness 71

10. An Ally Ami Avesity: Paye in Times Haship

an Heatache 79

11. A Bunty Blessings: Paye Pvisin an

Pspeity 87
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CNTENTS

12. Give G the Gly: Paye As Paise 93

13. Timeless Tuts: Biblical Payes t Fllw 101

Appenix: Thughts n Paye by Classic Chistian

Wites 115
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Intoduction

Pae: A Wish Tuned Godwad

Ak ppl t dri wt pryr i, nd yur likly t

hea a vaiety pespectives:

CommunicationbetweentheheavenlyFatherandhis

chil

AcryforhelptothemightyCreator

Anexpressionof praiseandworshiptotheKingof

Kings

Acallforguidanceduringfearful,confusingtimes

All thse espnses ae abslutely tue an legitimate.

Paye is many things, multiacete an nuance. Yet paye

nee nt be viewe as a mysteius itual pactice by eli-

gius pessinals supe-spiitual iniviuals. Paye is,

at its essence, talking an listening t G. Chilen G

can pen thei heats t him, shaing thei innemst hpes

an heataches, eas an elights. Whats me, they can


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INTRDUCTIN

becme attune t what he has t say, whethe as ceul as

a thuneclap as hushe as a still, small vice.

T utr nd ymn writr Pillip Brk n id,

A pryr in it implt dnitin i mrly wi turnd

Gw. I g h y

t be cmplicate auus, espite the misguie claims

sme peple. Mst us have n pblem with the st

B qug wh. I , w u

u wh whu gg uh hugh: w gh

wish steay emplyment, the healing a sick lve ne,

saety a chil, a bken elatinship t be mene, nan-

cial stability, an n an n.

Bu wh uh g; hy u uu

yrnin nd lnin. Tt wy t nd prt t

qutinturnin Gdwrdi ntil t t pr.

Taking u wishes (an eas an heataches) t G tans-

whu hg u h wu y.

Thugh paye t the living G, u hope giveness

m t. our longing r r i urntd. our

desire a elatinship with him becmes eality.

In the pages that llw, yull n hunes Sciptue

veses that escibe, in many ieent ways, what it means

u Gw wh u wh. Yu hndn in t fy pryr, xmpl w ur

Chistian ebeas appache G, Jesus teaching n the

subject, an assuances that yu payes ae hea an an-

swee. Its likely yull als n that yu aith is tie

an yu belie blsteeaith an belie in a lving, liv-

ing G wh caes eeply abut each an evey paye yu

bing t him.


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EVERYTHING THE BI BLE SAYS ABUT PRAYER

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and need. Know that my love is so deep that Ill never turn

you away. Thats the way into the kingdom of heaven.

I yu still have yu ubts, ea an efect n the l-

wg . By h yu h, h x yu

pay yull be eay t jump blly int yu Fathes ams.

Listen t my cy help, my King an my G,

I pay t n ne but yu.(PSALM

5:2

nlt)

T yu, Lord, I lit up my sul.

my G, in yu I tust;

let me nt be put t shame;

let nt my enemies exult ve me.

Inee, nne wh wait yu shall be put t

shame;they shall be ashame wh ae wantnly

teacheus. (PSALM25:13esv)

Cme an hea, all yu wh ea G;

let me tell yu what he has ne me.

I cie ut t him with my muth;

his paise was n my tngue.I I ha cheishe sin in my heat,

the L wul nt have listene;

but G has suely listene

an has hea my paye.

Paise be t G,

wh has nt ejecte my paye

withhel his lve m me! (PSALM66:1620

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Confident Before the King

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Yu ae my hpe, Almighty Lord.

Yu have been my cnence eve since I was

yung.

I epene n yu bee I was bn. (PSALM

71:56GodsWord)

Seek the Lord while yu can n him.

Call n him nw while he is nea. (ISAIAH55:6nlt)

Th h w ugh h h h gh y h h

h y. Th u h , u Ju

sai, Let the little chilen cme t me an nt hine

them, t such belngs the kingm heaven. An he

h h h w wy. (MATTHEW19:1314esv)

A Syrophoenician woman boldly approached Jesus and her daughter

was healed:

He gt up an epate m thee t the egin Tye an

Sin. He entee a huse an i nt want anyne t knw

, u H u . I, y heaing abut Him, a wman whse little aughte ha an

unclean spiit came an ell at His eet. Nw the wman was

G, Syh y h, h g H

ive the emn ut he aughte. He sai t he, Allw

the chilen t be satise st, because it isnt ight t take

the chilens bea an thw it t the gs.

But rplid t Him, Lrd, vn t d undr t

table eat the chilens cumbs.


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Then He tl he, Because this eply, yu may g. The

h g u yu ugh. Wh h w

t he hme, she un he chil lying n the be, an the

emn was gne. (MARK7:2430hcsb)

Luke shared this example of a man who boldly asked Jesus to heal

him:

As Jesus appache Jeich, a blin man was sitting by the ggg. Wh h h h w gg y, h

what was happening. They tl him, Jesus Nazaeth is

passing by.

He calle ut, Jesus, Sn Davi, have mecy n me!

T w ld t wy rukd im nd tld im t

qu, u h hu h , S D, h y

n me!Jesus stppe an ee the man t be bught t him.

Wn m nr, Ju kd im, Wt d yu wnt

me t yu?

L, I want t see, he eplie.

Ju h, R yu gh; yu h h h

yu. Immeiately he eceive his sight an llwe Jesus,

paising G. When all the peple saw it, they als paiseG. (LUKE18:3543niv)

F thse wh ae le by the Spiit G ae the chilen

Gd. T Spirit yu rivd d nt mk yu lv,

s that yu live in ea again; athe, the Spiit yu eceive

bught abut yu aptin t snship. An by him we cy,

Abba, Ftr. T Spirit iml tti wit ur pirit

that we ae Gs chilen. (ROMANS8:1416niv)


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Confident Before the King

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I h wy h S h u w; w

nt knw hw t pay as we shul, but the Spiit Himsel

u wh gg w. (ROMANS

8:26nasb)

[Ju] h yu wh w f

peace t thse wh wee nea. F thugh him we bth have

access in ne Spiit t the Fathe. S then yu ae n lngeg , u yu w z wh h

h huh G. (EPHESIANS2:1719esv)

Bu Crit nd ur it in im, w n nw m

y y G . (EPHESIANS3:12nlt)

L u h h G h g wh ,s that we may eceive mecy an n gace t help us in u

time nee. (HEBREWS4:16niv)

An s, ea bthes an sistes, we can blly ente heav-

ens Mst Hly Place because the bl Jesus. By his

eath, Jesus pene a new an lie-giving way thugh the

cutain int the Mst Hly Place. An since we have a geatHigh Piest wh ules ve Gs huse, let us g ight int

the pesence G with sincee heats ully tusting him.

F u guilty cnsciences have been spinkle with Chists

ld t mk u ln, nd ur di v n wd

with pue wate. (HEBREWS10:1922nlt)

Nw aith is cnence in what we hpe an assuance

abut what we nt see. (HEBREWS11:1niv)


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Dea iens, i u cnscience esnt cnemn us, we can

blly lk t G an eceive m him anything we ask.

(1 JOHN3:2122GodsWord)

A h h h w h w h, h w

yhg g h w h h u. A w w

that he heas us in whateve we ask, we knw that we have

the equests that we have aske him. (1 JOHN5:1415esv)

H h S h Th h

h gh h. Th h h , h Fu

Animl nd Twnty-ur Eldr ll dwn nd wripd

t Lm. E d rp nd d wl, ld

wl lld wit inn, t pryr Gd ly ppl.

(REVELATION5:78TheMessage)

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