19 Bible Verses about Prayer, And God's Will
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And this is the confidence with which we approach him, that whenever we ask anything that is in accordance with his will, he listens to us.
And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.
You, therefore, should pray thus--'Our Father, who art in Heaven, May thy name be held holy, Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done--on earth, as in Heaven. Give us to-day the bread that we shall need;read more.
And forgive us our wrong-doings, as we have forgiven those who have wronged us; And take us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil.'
Asking that, if he be willing, I may some day at last find the way open to visit you.
And whatever you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be granted you."
We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.
With this in view, our constant prayer for you is that our God may count you worthy of the Call that you have received, and by his power make perfect your delight in all goodness and the efforts that have resulted from your faith.
And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,
And at the same time pray for us, that God may give us an opening for our Message, so that we may speak of the truths hidden in the Christ--the truths for which I am in chains!
Yet he who searches all our hearts knows what the Spirit's meaning is, because the pleadings of the Spirit for Christ's People are in accordance with his will.
That your minds may be so enlightened that you may realize the hope given by God's Call, the wealth of the glory of his heritage among Christ's People,
And my God, out of the greatness of his wealth, will, in glory, fully satisfy your every need, through your union with Christ Jesus.
You ask, yet do not receive, because you ask for a wrong purpose--to spend what you get upon your pleasures.
If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to every one without reproaches, and it will be given to him.
My prayer is that the God of Jesus Christ our Lord, the all- glorious Father, may inspire you with wisdom and true insight through a fuller knowledge of himself;
Under all circumstances give thanks to God. For this is his will for you as made known in Christ Jesus.
So I said, "See, I have come' (as is written of me in the pages of the Book), "To do thy will, O God."'
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And his ears are attentive to their prayers, But the face of the Lord is set against those who do wrong.'
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