everything the bible says about prayer
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Evething theBible Sas About
PrAyEr
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2012 by Bethany Huse Publishes
Cmpile by Keith WallSeies eit: Any McGuie
Publishe by Bethany Huse Publishes11400 Hampshie Avenue Suth
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Evrytin t Bil y ut pryr : w d I knw Gd r my pryr? Wt uld I k rwhen I pay? What es G say abut wshiping in paye? Hw shul I pay my amily? / [cm-pile by Keith Wall].
p. cm.Summay: A gatheing all the Bibles eeences t paye, incluing veses n hw t pay
an what t pay , what Jesus sai abut paye, an examples biblical payes. Als pviesvey bie cntext an cmmentayPvie by publishe.
ISBN 978-0-7642-1029-7 (pbk. : alk. pape)1. PayeBiblical teaching. 2. BibleQutatins. I. Wall, Keith A.
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Hlmn Critin Stndrd Bil, pyrit 1999,
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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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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
niv)
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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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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)