Thematic Bible: Examples of Prayers answered
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Answer promised
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
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Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"
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When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
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The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
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Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, 'Here I am.' You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
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Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
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Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.'
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"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
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If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
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and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » -ezra
So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.
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Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.
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Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,
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He spoke with me, instructing me as follows: "Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.
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Then he said to me, "Don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Jehoshaphat
The Lord sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
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When he prayed to the Lord, the Lord responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The Lord brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.
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When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "He must be the king of Israel!" So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The Lord helped him; God lured them away from him.
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Bowing in
The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord,
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and the people believed. When they heard that the Lord had attended to the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground.
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then you will say, 'It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.'" The people bowed down low to the ground,
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Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Elijah
As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, "Strike these people with blindness." The Lord struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.
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Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance." Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
Jehoahaz asked for the Lord's mercy and the Lord responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » hezekiah
They received divine help in fighting them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. They cried out to God during the battle; he responded to their prayers because they trusted in him.
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Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God." Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria.
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » gideon
Gideon said to God, "Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew." That night God did as he asked. Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.
God answered Manoah's prayer. God's angelic messenger visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Solomon
The Lord said to him, "I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
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I grant your request, and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » samuel
So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Samuel cried out to the Lord on Israel's behalf, and the Lord answered him. As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel.
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » moses
So the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What can we drink?" He cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them.
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Hannah
I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » The early church
When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.
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Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Zacharias
But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
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