Thematic Bible: Should be offered up
Thematic Bible
Prayer » Should be offered up » With desire to be answered
Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress!
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call, answer me quickly.
Listen to my supplications!
Answer me in Your faithfulness, and in Your righteousness.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With desire to be heard
please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You, day and night, on behalf of Your servants, the sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob), confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.
And do not hide Yourself from my plea.
Listen to my prayer.
Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With importunity
Then He said, “Let Me go, for day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You declare a blessing on me.”
Also [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up). He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary. read more.
And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence or fear for God nor respect or consideration for man, Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and wear me out by her continual coming or at the last she come and rail on me or assault me or strangle me. Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge says! And will not [our just] God defend and protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf?
And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence or fear for God nor respect or consideration for man, Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and wear me out by her continual coming or at the last she come and rail on me or assault me or strangle me. Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge says! And will not [our just] God defend and protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf?
Prayer » Should be offered up » With humility
But when he was in distress, he sought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With confidence in God
This is the [remarkable degree of] confidence which we [as believers are entitled to] have before Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, [that is, consistent with His plan and purpose] He hears us.
Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
This I know, that God is for me.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With the spirit and understanding
Then what am I to do? I will pray with the spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me] and I will pray with the mind [using words I understand]; I will sing with the spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me] and I will sing with the mind [using words I understand].
You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews. A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers. God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).
Prayer » Should be offered up » With the heart
Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With earnestness
We continue to pray night and day most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and may complete whatever may be imperfect and lacking in your faith.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With the whole heart
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I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!
I will observe Your statutes.
I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!
I will observe Your statutes.
I sought Your favor with all my heart;
Be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise.
Prayer » Should be offered up » In the holy ghost
With all prayer and petition pray [with specific requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition [interceding in prayer] for all God’s people.
Verse Concepts
Baptism Of The Holy SpiritAlertFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsBoldness, Comes FromImportunity, Towards GodPersecution, Attitudes ToPerseverancePrayer, For OthersPrayer, In The ChurchPrayer, Persistence InSleep, SpiritualSpiritual Warfare, ArmourSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictWatchfulness, Of BelieversPrayer, Offered WithIntercessory PrayerUnceasingAll Believers Are SaintsAlways PrayingPrayer LanguageOpportunityExamples of secret prayerDiligent Prayer
faith in hard timesEndurancePraying For OthersSpiritual WarfareStaying Strong And Not Giving UpOvercoming Hard TimesStaying Strong During Hard TimesPatience In Hard TimesNever Giving UpPrayer During Hard TimesPrayingOvercoming AdversityGuidance And StrengthPersistenceGod Answering PrayersHard Work And PerseveranceResolving Conflictperserverancevocationperseveringsupplicationpetition
But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,
Prayer » Should be offered up » In faith
But he must ask [for wisdom] in faith, without doubting [God’s willingness to help], for the one who doubts is like a billowing surge of the sea that is blown about and tossed by the wind.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With truth
The Lord is near to all who call on Him,
To all who call on Him in truth (without guile).
Prayer » Should be offered up » Without ceasing
be unceasing and persistent in prayer;
Prayer » Should be offered up » With deliberation
Do not be hasty with your mouth [speaking careless words or vows] or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.
Prayer » Should be offered up » In everything
Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.
Verse Concepts
Problem SolvingComfortingAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessBeing AfraidAskingCarePrayer, As Asking GodPrayer, As Praise And ThanksgivingRest, PhysicalRestlessnessThankfulnessThanksgivingWorship, Elements OfWorship, Times ForSaints, Communion With GodPrayer, Offered WithAnxiety, OvercomeFrettingCare For Your BodyRelying Upon GodBeing CalmUnrestNothingDo Not Be Anxious
Thank God!PrayerNot WorryingAnxiety And FearFear And WorryWorryingThank YouThankfulness To OthersBeing GratefulGrateful HeartThanksgiving And GratitudeGiving ThanksTrusting God And Not WorryingPrayingWorrying About The FutureThanksNervousnesstomorrowpositivityeverythingsupplicationworriesanxiouspetitionTaking Risks With Faith
Prayer » Should be offered up » In full assurance of faith
let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Verse Concepts
AssuranceConsciousnessCleansed ConsciencesAssurance, By Faith In ChristConsciences, Description OfFaith, Nature OfFaith, Growth InFaith, As Basis Of SalvationBlood, of Jesus ChristAssurance in the life of faithBaptism, in the GospelsGuilt, Human Aspects OfHeart, And Holy SpiritKnowledge, Of SinPrayer, And FaithPurity, Nature OfSin, Deliverance From God
Prayer » Should be offered up » With a true heart
let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Verse Concepts
AssuranceConsciousnessCleansed ConsciencesAssurance, By Faith In ChristConsciences, Description OfFaith, Nature OfFaith, Growth InFaith, As Basis Of SalvationBlood, of Jesus ChristAssurance in the life of faithBaptism, in the GospelsGuilt, Human Aspects OfHeart, And Holy SpiritKnowledge, Of SinPrayer, And FaithPurity, Nature OfSin, Deliverance From God
Prayer » Should be offered up » With holiness
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and disputing or quarreling or doubt [in their mind].
Prayer » Should be offered up » Night and day
Now a woman who is really a widow and has been left [entirely] alone [without adequate income] trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
Prayer » Should be offered up » Everywhere
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and disputing or quarreling or doubt [in their mind].
Prayer » Should be offered up » In a forgiving spirit
Prayer » Should be offered up » With boldness
Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].
Verse Concepts
Adoption, Results Ofevil, believers' responses toBeing ConfidentAccess To God, The Characteristics OfDependenceAssurance, nature ofBoldness, Comes FromGrace, And Christian LifeGrace, And SalvationMercy, Response To God'sPrayer, As A Response To GodPrayer, As Asking GodSalvation, Nature OfSpiritual Warfare, ArmourOvercoming DiscouragementGod, Grace OfSaints, Communion With GodPrayer, Offered With
Prayer » Should be offered up » With submission to God
saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.”
Prayer » Should be offered up » With unfeigned lips
Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With the soul
These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;
How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.
Prayer » Should be offered up » With preparation of heart
“If you direct your heart [on the right path]
And stretch out your hands to Him,
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