31 And Moses returned unto The Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Petitioning
Bible Questions Answered:
“...what is petitioning, I heard some
say that...”
Theresa/ Odessa, Texas U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Petition:
A solemn, earnest supplication or
request to deity or to a group in authority; prayer or entreaty.
(New World Dictionary)
Petition, speaks of prayer, by an
individual or group of individuals, earnestly asking God in prayer
for help of one kind or another.
The Word:
Interceding or Prevailing Prayer
(Petitioning God):
Genesis 18:32 KJV (Abraham,
interceding for his nephew and family.)
And he said, Oh let not The Lord be
angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be
found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Genesis 32:26 KJV
And He said, Let me go, for the day
breaketh. And he (Jacob) said, I will not let thee go,
except thou bless me.
Exodus 32:31,32 KJV (Moses
intercedes for Israel.)
31 And Moses returned unto The Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
31 And Moses returned unto The Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive
their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which
thou hast written.
Deuteronomy 9:18 KJV (Moses)
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.
I
Samuel 7:5 KJV (Samuel
intercedes for Israel.)
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel
to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto The Lord.
I Chronicles
21:17 KJV (David intercedes for Israel.)
And David said unto God, Is it not I
that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have
sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they
done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my
father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
II Chronicles
30:17-20 NLT (King Hezekiah intercedes for the people.)
17 Since many of the people had not
purified themselves, the Levites had to slaughter their Passover lamb
for them, to set them apart for the Lord.
18 Most of those who came from
Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not purified themselves.
But King Hezekiah prayed for them, and they were allowed to
eat the Passover meal anyway, even though this was contrary to the
requirements of the Law. For Hezekiah said, “May The Lord, who is
good, pardon those
19 who decide to follow The Lord,
The God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly
cleansed for the ceremony.”
20 And The Lord listened to
Hezekiah’s prayer and healed the people.
Psalm 106:21-23 KJV (Moses intercession for Israel.)
21 They
forgat God their savior, which had done great things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous
works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
23 Therefore
He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen
stood
before Him in the breach*, to turn away His wrath, lest He should
destroy them.
*Breach-Hebrew: Perets )Peh-rets): A break, breach, breaking
forth, gap.
Isaiah 53:11,12
KJV (Our Lord)
11 He shall see of the travail of
His (Christ's) soul, and shall be satisfied: by His
knowledge shall My Righteous Servant justify many; for He shall bear
their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide Him a
portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death: and He
was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and
made intercession for the transgressors.
Matthew 7:7,8
KJV (Intercession)
7 Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
Matthew 15:27 KJV (Syrophenician
woman)
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the
dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Luke 6:12 KJV
And it came to pass in those days,
that He (Jesus) went
out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer
to God.
Luke 22:44 KJV (Our Lord.)
And being in an agony He
prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great
drops of blood falling down to the ground.
John 4:49 KJV (Nobleman of
Capernaum.)
The nobleman saith unto Him, Sir,
come down ere my child die.
Acts 12:5 KJV (Intercession by
the early church.)
Peter therefore was kept in prison:
but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto
God for him.
Romans 8:34 KJV
Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession* for us.
*Intercession-Greek: Entugchano (En-toong-khan-o): To chance
upon; to entreat; deal with, make intercession.
Ephesians 6:18
KJV
Praying always with all prayer and
supplication* in The Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance* and supplication for all saints;
*Supplication-Greek: Deesis
(Deh-ay-sis): A petition: prayer, request, supplication.
*Perseverance-Greek: Proskarteresis
(Pros-kar-ter-ay-sis): Persistency: perseverance.
I Thessalonians 5:17 KJV
Pray without ceasing.
I Timothy 2:1-3 KJV
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of
all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of
thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in
authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable
in the sight of God our Savior;
Hebrews 7:25 KJV
Wherefore He (Christ) is able
also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing
He ever liveth to make
intercession for them.
James 5:17 KJV (Elijah)
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.
I John 5:14,15
KJV
14 And this is the confidence that
we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He
heareth us:
15 And if we know that He hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions*
that we desired of Him.
*Petitions-Greek:
Aitema (Ah'ee-tay-mah): A thing asked or (abstract) an asking:
Petition, request, required.
Christian friend, there are countless reasons why we should be a
people of intercessory prayer!
Our church, our Pastor, our city, our country! Millions of lost
souls, who do not know the Savior.
Pray yourself, or gather with others to meet and pray with you.
I Chronicles
16:11 KJV
Seek The Lord
and His strength, seek His face continually.
Matthew 21:22
KJV
And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
John 14:13,14
KJV
13 And
whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that The Father
may be glorified in The Son.
14 If ye shall
ask any thing in My name, I will do it.
John 15:7 KJV
If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you
John 16:24 KJV
Hitherto have
ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy
may be full.
Philippians 4:6
KJV
Be careful for
nothing (Don’t worry about anything -NLT); but in every thing by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God.