Thematic Bible
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Christian ministers » Prayer for, exemplified
So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.
“Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.
And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence,
And they prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."
And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.
When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.