Friday, August 28, 2015
Bible Lesson: Intercessory Prayer: Abraham Intercedes For The Righteous Of Sodom And Gomorrah.
Bible Lesson: Intercessory Prayer:
Abraham Intercedes For The Righteous Of Sodom And Gomorrah.
Bible Text:
Genesis 18:20-32 KJV
20 And The Lord said, Because the
cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very
grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see
whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which
is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned their faces
from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before The
Lord.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said,
Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24 Peradventure there be fifty
righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the
place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after
this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the
righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall
not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And The Lord said, If I find in
Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the
place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and said,
Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto The Lord, which am but
dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack
five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack
of five? And He said, If I find there forty and five, I will not
destroy it.
29 And he spake unto Him yet again,
and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And He said,
I will not do it for forty's sake.
30 And he said unto Him, Oh let not
The Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty
be found there. And He said, I will not do it, if I find thirty
there.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have
taken upon me to speak unto The Lord: Peradventure there shall be
twenty found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for twenty's
sake.
32 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.
33 And The Lord went His way, as
soon as He had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto
his place.
The Angel Of The
Lord (Theophany of The Lord Jesus Christ.), and two angels, appeared
to Abraham on afternoon ( Genesis 18:1,2). The Lord had come to
reassure Abraham, that indeed he would be the father of many nations,
through his wife Sarah, and that He had come to judge Sodom and
Gomorrah.
Theophany: a
manifestation of God.
New World
Dictionary
Theophany: A
manifestation or appearance of God.
Dictionary.Com
Because he had
allowed his young nephew, Lot, to live at Sodom and Gomorrah, he felt
more than compelled to intercede for him.
Abraham asked The
Lord, what if there only be 50, 45, 30, 20, 10 righteous individuals
living in the city, would you destroy it then? And The Lord
replied...
Genesis 18:32 KJV
“...I will not destroy it for
ten's sake.
Lot, his wife and
two married daughters lived with in the city of Sodom.
The men of Sodom,
were homosexuals, with uncontrollable sinful appetites (Sodomites, Sodomy).
Genesis 19:1-11
KJV
1 And there came two angels to Sodom
at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose
up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the
ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords,
turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night,
and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways.
And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly;
and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made
them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men
of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both
old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said
unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring
them out unto us, that we may know* them.
*Know-Hebrew:
Yada (Yaw-dah): (Law of first
reference: Genesis 4:17 KJV
“And Cain knew
his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch...” “to
know,” one sexually.)
6 And Lot went out at the door unto
them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do
not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters
which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto
you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men
do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And
they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will
needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break
the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand,
and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that were
at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so
that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Everything The Lord
had heard about Sodom and Gomorrah was true.
Would Abraham's
interceding save his nephew and his family?
Yes!
Though judgment was
to fall on Sodom and Gomorrah, yet Lot and his family would be saved!
Genesis 19:12-17
KJV
12 And the men (Mighty
Angels of God.) said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides?
son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast
in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place,
because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of The Lord;
and The Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto
his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you
out of this place; for The Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed
as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then
the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two
daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of
the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men
(Angels)
laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the
hand of his two daughters; The Lord being merciful unto
him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the
city.
17 And it came to pass, when they
had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life;
look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to
the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Genesis 19:22-25
KJV
22 (The Mighty Angels warned Lot.)
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou
be come thither...
23 The sun was risen upon the
earth....
24 Then The Lord rained upon Sodom
and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from The Lord out of heaven;
25 And He overthrew those cities,
and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that
which grew upon the ground.
(Not the subject
here, but let us not forget our Lord's promise to keep and protect
the church!)
Revelation 3:10
KJV
Because thou hast kept The Word of
My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation,
which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the
earth.
Revelation 3:10
NLT
“Because you have obeyed My
command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of
testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong
to this world.
The Lord, heard
Abraham's request, his nephew, wife and two daughters were taken out
of the city.
As
a Christian, how's your intercessory prayer life?
Ephesians 1:16
NLT (The Apostle Paul told the Ephesian believers...)
I have not stopped
thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly.
If a book was
recorded of all the prayers you ever gave, what would one find within
its covers?
(Read a book you will not soon
forget “Unlocking The Mysteries Of Prayer” Amazon.Com)
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Heavenly Occupation
Bible Questions Answered:
“...so what would we do when we're in
heaven?...”
Diane/ St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Heavenly Occupation:
* Service:
Adam in the garden of Eden:
Genesis 2:15 KJV
And The Lord God took the man, and
put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 2:15 NLT
The Lord God placed the man in the
Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
Genesis 2:15 MSG
God took the Man and set him down in
the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
“Wasn't this work?”
Yes, but it was a joy to do, because
there wasn't any curse in it, that didn't come until after the fall.
Revelation 22:3 KJV
And there shall be no more curse:
but The Throne Of God and of The Lamb shall be in it; and His
servants shall serve Him:
* Heavens Kings And Priests:
Daniel 9:27 KJV
And the kingdom
and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole
heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of The Most High,
whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall
serve and obey him.
Revelation 1:5,6 KJV
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is The
Faithful Witness, and The First Begotten Of The Dead, and
The Prince Of The Kings Of The
Earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own
blood,
6 And hath made us kings and
priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for
ever and ever. Amen.
* Discovering
The God Of The Universe:
Exodus 33:18 KJV (Moses
Prayed.)
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Psalm 97:6 KJV
The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the people see His
glory.
Matthew 5:8 KJV
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
John 17:3 KJV
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee The
Only True God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
I Corinthians 13:12 NLT
Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a
mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All
that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know
everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
II Corinthians 3:18 KJV
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of
The Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even
as by The Spirit Of The Lord.
Ephesians 2:6,7 KJV
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in
the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in
His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:17-19 KJV
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being
rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth,
and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that
ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
I John 3:2 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall
be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
* Reigning
With Christ:
Daniel 9:22 KJV
Until The Ancient Of Days came, and judgment was given to the
saints of The Most High; and the time came that the saints
possessed the kingdom.
Luke 12:43,44 KJV
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when He cometh
shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that He will make him ruler
over all that He hath.
Ephesians 2:6 KJV
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
II Timothy 2:12 KJV
If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He
also will deny us:
Revelation 3:21
KJV
To him that overcometh will I
grant to sit with Me in My Throne, even as I also overcame, and
am set down with My Father in his Throne.
Revelation
22:4,5 KJV
4 And they shall see His face; and
His name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there;
and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for The Lord God
giveth them Light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
* Judging
Angels:
I Corinthians 6:2,3 KJV
2 Do ye not
know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be
judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not
that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this
life?
*Fellowship:
Hebrews 12:22-24 KJV
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of The
Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of
angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to
God The Judge Of All, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus The Mediator of the new covenant..."
* Everlasting
Worship:
Revelation 7:9,10 KJV
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man
could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne, and before The Lamb, clothed with white
robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which
sitteth upon The Throne, and unto The Lamb.
Revelation 14:2,3 KJV (Music-
singing and harp playing.)
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters,
and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers
harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before The Throne, and
before the four beasts (Living Creatures), and the elders..."
Revelation 15:3,4 KJV
(Music- Singing.)
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song
of The Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God
Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King Of Saints.
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou
only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee;
for thy judgments are made manifest.
Revelation 19:1-6 KJV
1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in
heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power,
unto The Lord our God:
2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He hath judged the
great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and
hath avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.
3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and
ever.
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts (living
creatures) fell down and worshiped God that sat on the
throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all
ye His servants, and ye that fear Him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as
the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings,
saying, Alleluia: for The Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Galatians 6:9 KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall
reap, if we faint not.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Unspotted
Bible Questions Answered:
“...it's impossible to be perfect in
this world...”
Helen/ Schorndorf, Germany Baden
Wurttemberg
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
James 1:27 KJV
Pure
religion and undefiled before God and The Father is this, To visit
the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.
Our God, never calls us to do anything that we, are not
capable of doing. We can live holy lives with His help!
Genesis 17:1,2 NLT (When The Lord appeared before Abram at 99
years of age and said...)
1 "...“I
am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve Me faithfully and
live a blameless life.
2 I will make a
covenant with you..."
Psalm 11:7 KJV
For the
righteous Lord loveth righteousness; His countenance doth behold the
upright.
Luke 1:74,45 KJV
74 That He
would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our
enemies might serve Him without fear,
75 In holiness
and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life.
II Corinthians
7:1 KJV
Because we have
these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from
everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward
complete holiness because we fear God.
I Thessalonians
5:22 KJV
Abstain from
all appearance of evil.
II Timothy 1:9
NLT
For God saved
us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we
deserved it, but because that was His plan from before the beginning
of time—to show us His grace through Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 12:14
KJV
Follow peace
with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see The Lord:
I Peter 1:16 KJV
Because it is
written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
II Peter 3:11
KJV
Seeing then
that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons
ought ye to be in all holy conversation and Godliness,
I John 2:29 KJV
If ye know that
He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is
born of Him.
In the temptations of life, our God is with us!
I Corinthians
10:13 NLT
The temptations
in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is
Faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can
stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you
can endure.
I Corinthians
10:13 MSG
No test or
temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others
have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let
you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll
always be there to help you come through it.
Elijah the mighty prophet of God, at a woman's rebuke (Jezebel), ran
for his life, and hid in a cave.
Thinking to himself that he was the only one yet serving God, and
that soon he would be the last.
I King 19:1,2
NLT
1 When Ahab got
home, he told Jezebel everything Elijah had done, including the way
he had killed all the prophets of Baal.
2 So Jezebel
sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill
me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed
them.”
The Lord saw Elijah hiding in the cave and gave him this message...
I Kings 19:18
KJV
"...I have
left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed
unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
No, the prophet was not “alone,” in serving God, there were
thousands upon thousands of faithful others!
II Corinthians
6:14-18 KJV
14 Be ye not
unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath Light
with darkness?
15 And what
concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth
with an infidel?
16 And what
agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of
The Living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in
them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
17 Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith The Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be
a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith The
Lord Almighty.
When we are become weak in our spiritual race, Isaiah tells us...
Isaiah 40:28-31
KJV
28 Hast thou
not known? hast thou not heard, that The Everlasting God, The Lord,
The Creator Of The Ends Of The Earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?
there is no searching of His understanding.
29 He giveth
power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth
strength.
30 Even the
youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly
fall:
31 But they
that wait upon The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount
up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they
shall walk, and not faint.
Romans 12:1,2
NLT
1 And so, dear
brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to
God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a
living and holy sacrifice—the kind He will find acceptable.
This is truly the way to worship Him.
2 Don’t copy
the behavior and customs of this world,
but let God
transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then
you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and
pleasing and perfect.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Bible Lesson: Intercessory Prayer: Abraham Intercedes For Ishmael.
Bible Lesson: Intercessory Prayer:
Abraham Intercedes For Ishmael.
Bible Text:
Genesis 17:18-20 NLT
18 So Abraham said to God, “May
Ishmael live under your special blessing!”
19 But God replied, “No—Sarah,
your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac,
and I will confirm My covenant with him and his descendants as an
everlasting covenant.
20 As for Ishmael, I will bless him
also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and
multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve
princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Intercede: To plead or make a
request in behalf of another or others.
Intercessor: A person who
intercedes.
Intercession: Pleading, or
prayer in behalf of another or others.
Should it come as a surprise to you,
better late than never, there are others that need –
your prayers!
If a new idea for you, and for many
shamefully so, read it again.
The Lord spoke to Abram and said...
Genesis 15:4,5
NLT
4 “...“No, your servant will not
be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your
heir.”
5 Then The Lord took Abram outside
and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you
can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”
Genesis 16:1-15
NLT (The Birth of Ishmael)
1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not
been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant
named Hagar.
2 So Sarai said to Abram, “The
Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my
servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed
with Sarai’s proposal.
3 So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took
Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This
happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.)
4 So Abram had sexual relations with
Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant,
she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “This
is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that
she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The Lord will show
who’s wrong—you or me!”
6 Abram replied, “Look, she is
your servant, so deal with her as you see fit.” Then Sarai treated
Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.
7 The Angel Of The Lord found Hagar
beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur. 8
The Angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you
come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my
mistress, Sarai,” she replied.
9 The Angel Of The Lord said to her,
“Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”
10 Then He added, “I will give you
more descendants than you can count.”
11 And The Angel also said, “You
are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him
Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for The Lord has heard
your cry of distress.
12 This son of yours will be a wild
man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against
everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open
hostility against all his relatives.”
13 Thereafter, Hagar used another
name to refer to The Lord, who had spoken to her. She said, “You
are The God Who sees Me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen The
One who sees me?”
14 So that well was named
Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of The Living One who sees me”).
It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar gave Abram a son, and
Abram named him Ishmael.
16 Abram was eighty-six years old
when Ishmael was born.
Genesis 17:1-8;15-22 NLT
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years
old, The Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God
Almighty.’ Serve Me faithfully and live a blameless life.
2 I will make a covenant with you,
by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.”
3 At this, Abram fell face down on
the ground. Then God said to him,
4 “This is My covenant with you: I
will make you the father of a multitude of nations!
5 What’s more, I am changing your
name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called
Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
6 I will make you extremely
fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will
be among them!
7 “I will confirm My covenant with
you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation.
This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the
God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give the entire land
of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your
descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their
God.”
15 Then God said to Abraham,
“Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai.
From now on her name will be Sarah.
16 And I will bless her and give you
a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the
mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her
descendants.”
17 Then Abraham bowed down to the
ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become
a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have
a baby when she is ninety years old?”
18 So Abraham said to God, “May
Ishmael live under your special blessing!”
19 But God replied, “No—Sarah,
your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac,
and I will confirm My covenant with him and his descendants as an
everlasting covenant.
20 As for Ishmael, I will
bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely
fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of
twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But My covenant will be confirmed
with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next
year.”
22 When God had finished speaking,
he left Abraham.
Does God Keep
His Promises?
Genesis
21:1-7,12,13,18,20,21 NLT
1 The Lord kept His word and did for
Sarah exactly what he had promised.
2 She became pregnant, and she gave
birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the
time God had said it would.
3 And Abraham named their son Isaac.
4 Eight days after Isaac was born,
Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.
5 Abraham was 100 years old when
Isaac was born.
6 And Sarah declared, “God has
brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me.
7 Who would have said to Abraham
that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his
old age!”
12.. Isaac is the son through whom
your descendants will be counted.
13 But I will also make a nation
of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”
18... (Promise from The Angel Of The
Lord) I will make a great nation from his (Ishmaels) descendants.”
20 And God was with the boy as he
grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
21 and he settled in the wilderness
of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land
of Egypt.
Dear Christian
friend, it “is,” God's will that you,...intercede for others!
Who?
All men, kings
and all those in authority:
I Timothy 2:1,2
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;
Christian
workers:
Philippians 1:19
NLT
For I know that as you pray for me
and The Spirit Of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my
deliverance.
Jerusalem
Psalm 122:6 KJV
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
they shall prosper that love thee.
Our friends
Job 42:8 NLT
So take seven bulls and seven rams
and go to My servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves.
My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on
your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not
spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
The people of
our country.
Romans 10:1 NLT
Dear brothers and sisters, the
longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel
to be saved.
The sick
James 5:14 KJV
Is any sick among you? let him call
for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing
him with oil in the name of The Lord:
Our enemies
Matthew 5:44 KJV
But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Those who
forsake us
II Timothy 4:16
KJV
The first time I was brought before
the judge, no one came with me. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be
counted against them.
Friend, keep
praying! (See the book “Unlocking The Mysteries Of
Prayer-(above page)
Prayer is much,
much more than what we realize. Whether you feel like it or not,
pray, pray for yourself, and be sure to pray for others, because they
need your prayers!
I Samuel 12:23
KJV
Moreover as for me, God forbid that
I should sin against The Lord in ceasing to pray for you..."
Ephesians
6:16-18 NLT
16 "...hold up the shield of
faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.
17 Put on salvation as your helmet,
and take The Sword Of The Spirit, which is The Word Of God.
18 Pray in The Spirit at all
times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your
prayers for all believers everywhere.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Discrimination
Bible Questions Answered:
“I believe that we should witness to
our own kind, whites with whites, blacks on blacks, spanish on
spanish etc. as a christian I think this is Gods plan all along...”
Henry/ Bowling Green, Kentucky U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Our God, is “not,” a God of
discrimination!
One has only to read the story of the
Samaritan woman at the well in John chapter 4, to realize our Lord's
love is without partiality.
John 4:1-42 NLT
1 Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard
that He was baptizing and making more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus Himself didn’t
baptize them—His disciples did).
3 So He left Judea and returned to
Galilee.
4 He had to go through Samaria on
the way.
5 Eventually He came to the
Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his
son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there; and
Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about
noontime.
7 Soon a Samaritan woman came
to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give Me a drink.”
8 He was alone at the time because
His disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
9 The woman was surprised, for
Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said
to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you
asking me for a drink?”
10 Jesus replied, “If you only
knew The Gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would
ask Me, and I would give you living water.”
11 “But sir, you don’t have a
rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where
would you get this living water?
12 And besides, do you think you’re
greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you
offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”
13 Jesus replied, “Anyone who
drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.
14 But those who drink the water I
give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring
within them, giving them eternal life.”
15 “Please, sir,” the woman
said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and
I won’t have to come here to get water.”
16 “Go and get your husband,”
Jesus told her.
17 “I don’t have a husband,”
the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a
husband— 18 for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even
married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke The
Truth!”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “you
must be a prophet.
20 So tell me, why is it that you
Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we
Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors
worshiped?”
21 Jesus replied, “Believe Me,
dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether
you worship The Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans know very little
about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about Him, for
salvation comes through the Jews.
23 But the time is coming—indeed
it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship The Father in
Spirit and in Truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship
Him that way.
24 For God is Spirit, so those who
worship Him must worship in Spirit and in Truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know The
Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When He comes, He
will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus told her, “I am The
Messiah!”
27 Just then His disciples came
back. They were shocked to find Him talking to a woman, but none of
them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why
are you talking to her?”
28 The woman left her water jar
beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,
29 “Come and see A Man who told me
everything I ever did! Could he possibly be The Messiah?”
30 So the people came streaming from
the village to see Him.
31 Meanwhile, the disciples were
urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 But Jesus replied, “I have a
kind of food you know nothing about.”
33 “Did someone bring Him food
while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.
34 Then Jesus explained: “My
nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent Me, and from
finishing His work.
35 You know the saying, ‘Four
months between planting and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look
around. The fields are already ripe for harvest.
36 The harvesters are paid good
wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life.
What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike!
37 You know the saying, ‘One
plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true.
38 I sent you to harvest where you
didn’t plant; others had already done the work, and now you will
get to gather the harvest.”
Jesus had a choice, He was leaving
Jerusalem on His way up to Galilee, would He travel straight north
through Samaria, or travel the route used by all Jews, by way of the
Jordan Valley, thus avoiding any nearness to Samaria?
He chose to travel north, and He had a
reason, led by The Spirit, He would go the distance to a woman and
the members of her city, who need to hear about “The Gift Of God.”
Why did the Jews despise the
Samaritans?
When the northern ten tribes of Israel
were taken away by the Assyrians, a few remained behind, the
emptiness was soon filled with heathen from all of Mesopotamia, and
so a once pure nation, became a mixed breed.
God was worshiped and with Him, heathen
gods as well. Later returning Samaritans tried to rejoin them
unsuccessfully. On mount Gerizim, they built a temple. Their religion
became a mixture of paganism and Judaism. The Jews of Jerusalem,
despised them because they were anything but a pure people,
concerning race or religion.
To this little sleepy town of Sychar,
came Jesus and His band of men, and if Jesus had been one to
discriminate, He certainly never would have traveled this way, but
our God, is a God of impartiality and love!
Deuteronomy 10:17 NLT
“For The Lord your God is The God
of gods and Lord of lords. He is The Great God, The Mighty And
Awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.
II Chronicles 19:7 NLT
Fear The Lord and judge with
integrity, for The Lord our God does not tolerate perverted justice,
partiality, or the taking of bribes.”
Job 34:18,19 NLT
18 For He says to kings, ‘You are
wicked,’ and to nobles, ‘You are unjust.’
19 He doesn’t care how great a
person may be, and He pays no more attention to the rich than to the
poor. He made them all.
Matthew 5:43-45 NLT
43 “You have heard the law that
says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy.
44 But I say, love your enemies!
Pray for those who persecute you!
45 In that way, you will be acting
as true children of your Father in heaven. For He gives His
sunlight to both the evil and the good, and He sends rain on the just
and the unjust alike.
Acts 10:34,35 KJV
34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and
said, of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35
But in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness,
is accepted with Him.
Romans 10:12 KJV
For there is no difference between
the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all
that call upon Him.
Galatians 2:6 NLT
"...God has no favorites.
Ephesians 6:9 NLT (No,
Paul was not endorcing slavery!)
Masters, treat your slaves in the
same way. Don’t threaten them; remember, you both have the same
Master in heaven, and He has no favorites.
I Peter 1:17 NLT
And remember that The Heavenly
Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward
you according to what you do.
So what was the result of our Lord's
great heart of love?
39 Many Samaritans from the village
believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me
everything I ever did!”
40 When they came out to see Him,
they begged Him to stay in their village. So He stayed for two
days,
41 long enough for many more to hear
His message and believe.
42 Then they said to the woman, “Now
we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have
heard Him ourselves. Now we know that He is indeed The Savior Of The
World.”
In the heart of a true Christian, there
is “no,” room for discrimination in any form, our Lord believed
and lived that Himself, and aren't we all glad that He did!
Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but
The Gift Of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16,17 KJV
16 For God so loved the world,
that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be
saved.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Holy Spirit - The - Within
Bible Questions Answered:
“What do we pray to get holy spirit
within...?...”
Shirley/ Taganrog, Rostov Oblast
Russia
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The Lord promised His people...
Ezekiel 36:27 KJV (The
Lord)
And I will put My Spirit within
you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My
judgments, and do them.
Matthew 3:11 KJV
(John the baptist.)
I indeed
baptize you with water unto repentance. but He that cometh after me
is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall
baptize you with The Holy Ghost, and with fire:
John 7:37-39 NLT
37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and
shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to Me!
38 Anyone who believes in Me may come and drink! For the
Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his
heart.’”
39 (When He said “living water,” He was speaking of The
Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in Him. But The
Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into
His glory.)
John 14:16,17 KJV (Jesus)
16 And I will pray The Father,
and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide*
with you for ever;
17 Even The Spirit Of Truth; whom
the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth
Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth* with you, and shall be
in you.
*Abide-Greek:
Meno (Men-o): To
stay, in a given place; abide, continue to dwell, remain.
*Dwelleth-Greek:
Same as above.
John 15:26 KJV
(Jesus)
But when The Comforter is come, whom
I will send unto you from The Father, even The Spirit Of Truth,
which proceedeth from The Father, He shall testify of Me:
I Corinthians
2:12 NLT
And we have received God’s Spirit
(not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God
has freely given us.
I Corinthians
6:19 NLT
"...your body is the temple of
The Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by
God..."
I John 3:24 NLT
Those who obey God’s commandments
remain in fellowship with Him, and He with them. And we know He lives
in us because The Spirit He gave us lives in us.
The Apostle Paul
tells us, when a person becomes a Christian, they are baptized
in The Spirit (i.e. Have The Holy Spirit within).
I Corinthians
12:13 KJV
For by one Spirit are we all
baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether
we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
I Corinthians
12:13 NLT
Some of us are Jews, some are
Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been
baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the
same Spirit.
I Corinthians
12:13 ESV
For in one Spirit we were all
baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and
all were made to drink of one Spirit.
I Corinthians
12:13 YLT
For also in one Spirit we all to one
body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants
or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,
So, we “do not,”
need to pray for The Holy Spirit, to live within us, at conversion,
He entered our lives, and comforts us with the very presence and
power of God.
Is it important to
have God The Holy Spirit, living within?
Romans 8:9 KJV
But ye are not in the flesh, but in
The Spirit, if so be that The Spirit Of God dwell in you.
Now if any man have not The Spirit
Of Christ, he is none of His.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Bible Lesson: Answered Prayer: Cornelius Prayed For God's Favor And Enlightenment.
Bible Lesson: Answered Prayer:
Cornelius Prayed For God's Favor And Enlightenment.
Subject Of Prayer: Cornelius Prayed
For God's Blessings.
Bible Text:
Acts 10:1-8 KJV
1 There was a certain man in
Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian
band,
2 A devout man, and one that feared
God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and
prayed to God alway.
3 He saw in a vision evidently about
the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and
saying unto him, Cornelius.
4 And when he looked on him, he was
afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy
prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
5 And now send men to Joppa, and
call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a
tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou
oughtest to do.
7 And when the angel which spake
unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants,
and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
8 And when he had declared all these
things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
Captain Cornelius
was a Roman Army Officer, who with his men were stationed at
Caesarea.
Cornelius, a
gentile was a Godly man, who enjoyed giving to the poor. Now though
Cornelius was a Godly man, who associated with Godly Jews, he knew
nothing of The Lord Jesus Christ, The Savior.
I Samuel 16:7
KJV
"...The Lord seeth not as man
seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but The Lord
looketh on the heart.
I Chronicles
29:17 KJV
I know also, my God, that thou
triest the heart..."
Psalm 44:21 KJV
Shall not God search this out?
for He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Jeremiah 11:20
KJV
"...O Lord Of Hosts, that
judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart..."
Jeremiah 17:10
NLT
But I, The Lord, search all
hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due
rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”
Jeremiah 20:12
NLT
O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, you
test those who are righteous, and you examine the deepest thoughts
and secrets..."
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
For The Word Of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
God knowing the
innocent heart of Cornelius, sent him an angel telling him to send
for Simon Peter of Joppa, and “he shall tell thee what thou
oughtest to do. vs 6).
Peter having
received a vision of The Lord (Be sure to read Acts 10.), exclaimed
"...God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common
or unclean." verse 28.
Peter traveled from
coastal Caesarea to Joppa (30 miles to the south) and preached
Christ:
Acts 10:38-43
KJV
38 How God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with The Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing
good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was
with Him.
39 And we are witnesses of all
things which He did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem;
whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
40 Him God raised up the third day,
and shewed Him openly;
41 Not to all the people, but unto
witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with
Him after He rose from the dead.
42 And He commanded us to preach
unto the people, and to testify that it is He which was ordained of
God to be The Judge Of Quick And Dead.
43 To Him give all the prophets
witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall
receive remission of sins.
Cornelius was
thought to be the first, Gentile to become a born again Christian. He
and his family and friends, were filled with The Holy Spirit, and
Baptized.
God had heard
Corneilus' prayer!
Dear friend, God
sees and knows your heart! Call out to Him, it is His desire to
answer you and show you His great salvation.
The
Living God, Who Hears And Answers Prayer:
Joshua 10:14 KJV
13 And the sun
stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged
themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of
Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not
to go down about a whole day.
14 And there
was no day like that before it or after it, that The Lord hearkened
unto the voice of a man: for The Lord fought for Israel.
Nehemiah 9:27
KJV
in the time of
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them
I Chronicles
16:11 KJV
Seek The Lord
and His strength, seek His face continually.
Nehemiah 9:27
KJV
in the time of
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them
Job 22:27 KJV
Thou shalt make
thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee..."
Psalm 6:9 KJV
The Lord hath
heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
Psalm 55:17 KJV
Evening, and
morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear
my voice.
Psalm 65:2 KJV
O thou that
hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalm 66:19 KJV
But verily God
hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalm 88:1,2 KJV
1 O lord God of
my Salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer
come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalm 91:15 KJV
He shall call
upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honor him.
Psalm 99:6,8 KJV
6 "...they
called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
8 Thou
answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest
them..."
Psalm 102:17 KJV
He will regard
the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalm 122:6 KJV
Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Proverbs 15:8,29
KJV
8 The sacrifice
of the wicked is an abomination to The Lord: but the prayer of the
upright is His delight.
29 The Lord is
far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 38:5 KJV
“...I have
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears...”
Isaiah 56:7 KJV
"... for
Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah 58:9 KJV
Then shalt thou
call, and The Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say,
Here I am...:"
Isaiah 65;24 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they
are yet speaking, I will hear.
Jeremiah 29:13
KJV
And ye shall
seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your
heart.
Jeremiah 33:3
KJV
Call unto Me,
and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which
thou knowest not.
Zechariah 13:9
KJV
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.
Joel 2:32 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall
be delivered..."
Matthew 5:44 KJV
But I say unto
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you;
Matthew 6:6 KJV
But thou, when
thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 7:7,8
KJV
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 18:19,20
KJV
19 Again I say
unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father
which is in heaven.
20 For where
two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the
midst of them.
Matthew 21:22
KJV
And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 26:41
KJV
Watch and pray,
that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak.
Mark 11:24,25
KJV
24 Therefore I
say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye
stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your
Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Luke 11:9,10 KJV
9 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.
10 For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 18:1,7,8
KJV
1 And He spake
a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and
not to faint;
7 "...don’t
you think God will surely give justice to His chosen people who cry
out to Him day and night? Will He keep putting them off?
8 I tell you,
He will grant justice to them quickly! But when The Son Of Man
returns, how many will He find on the earth who have faith?”
Luke 21:36 KJV
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.
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 15:7,16 KJV
7 If ye abide
in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you.
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
KJV
23 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.
24 Hitherto
have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full.
Romans 10:12
KJV
For there is no
difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all
is rich unto all that call upon Him.
Ephesians 2:18
KJV
For through Him
we both have access by one Spirit unto The Father.
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;
Philippians 4:6
NLT
Don’t worry
about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you
need, and thank Him for all He has done.
Colossians 4:2
NLT
Devote
yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
I Thessalonians
5:17 KJV
Pray without
ceasing.
I Timothy 2:8
KJV
I will
therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without
wrath and doubting.
Hebrews 4:16 KJV
Let us
therefore come boldly unto The Throne Of Grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 10:19
KJV
Having
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by The Blood
Of Jesus,
James 1:6 KJV
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.
James 4:8 KJV
Draw nigh to
God, and he will draw nigh to you
James
5:13-16 KJV
13 Is any among
you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick
among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them
pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of The Lord:
15 And the
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and The Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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.
I Peter 4:7 KJV
But the end of
all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
I John 3:22 KJV
And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight.
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.
Revelation 8:3-5 NLT (Prayers heard and kept)
3 Then another
angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a
great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of
God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne.
4 The smoke of
the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended
up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out.
5 Then the
angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar..."
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