8 Bible Verses about Prayer, Answers To
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Elijah was a man with a nature similar to ours, and he earnestly prayed that there might be no rain: and no rain fell on the land for three years and six months. Again he prayed, and the sky gave rain and the land yielded its crops.
I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven.
Is any one ill? Let him send for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up to health; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. The heartfelt supplication of a righteous man exerts a mighty influence.
And a leper came to Him, and throwing himself at His feet, said, "Sir, if only you are willing you are able to cleanse me." So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy;
One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me." Moved with pity Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. "I am willing," He said; "be cleansed." The leprosy at once left him, and he was cleansed.
On another occasion, when He was in one of the towns, there was a man there covered with leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, threw himself at His feet and implored Him, saying, "Sir, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean." Reaching out His hand and touching him, Jesus said, "I am willing; be cleansed!" And instantly the leprosy left him.
Peter, however, putting every one out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, rise." Dorcas at once opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, sat up.
So Peter was kept in prison; but long and fervent prayer was offered to God by the Church on his behalf. Now when Herod was on the point of taking him out of prison, that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were on duty outside the door. Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell; and, striking Peter on the side, he woke him and said, "Rise quickly." Instantly the chains dropped off his wrists.read more.
"Fasten your girdle," said the angel, "and tie on your sandals." He did so. Then the angel said, "Throw your cloak round you, and follow me."
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Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Call upon God under affliction
Prayer, answers to » Promised
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Return to God
Prayer, answers to » Granted » Sometimes immediately
Prayer, answers to » Manasseh
Prayer, answers to » God gives
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are idolaters
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Hear not the law
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Reject the call of God
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Forsake God
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Humble themselves
Prayer, answers to » Granted » Beyond expectation
Now to Him who, in exercise of His power that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely beyond all our highest prayers or thoughts--
Prayer, answers to » Nehemiah
Prayer, answers to » Saints » Praise God for
Prayer, answers to » Solomon
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Ask in faith
"This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee," replied the crowds.
And the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up to health; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are self-righteous
"I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted."
The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "'O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people--I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer. I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.'
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are blood-shedders
Prayer, answers to » Promised in » Times of trouble
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Are righteous
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. The heartfelt supplication of a righteous man exerts a mighty influence.
Prayer, answers to » Christ received
For Jesus during his earthly life offered up prayers and entreaties, crying aloud and weeping as He pleaded with Him who was able to bring Him in safety out of death, and He was delivered from the terror from which He shrank.
I know that Thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the crowd standing round I have said this--that they may believe that Thou didst send me."
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Live in sin
We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.
Prayer, answers to » Jonah
Prayer, answers to » Asa
Prayer, answers to » Christ gives
"If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
Prayer, answers to » Primitive Christians
Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell; and, striking Peter on the side, he woke him and said, "Rise quickly." Instantly the chains dropped off his wrists.
So Peter was kept in prison; but long and fervent prayer was offered to God by the Church on his behalf.
Prayer, answers to » Jehoshaphat
Prayer, answers to » Jeremiah
Prayer, answers to » Granted » Sometimes differently from our desire
As for this, three times have I besought the Lord to rid me of him; but His reply has been, "My grace suffices for you, for power matures in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I boast of my infirmities rather than complain of them--in order that Christ's power may overshadow me.
Prayer, answers to » Jabez
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Seek God with all the heart
Prayer, answers to » Abraham's servant
Prayer, answers to » jacob
Prayer, answers to » Elisha
Prayer, answers to » Samson
Prayer, answers to » israelites
Prayer, answers to » Daniel
Prayer, answers to » Refusal of, exemplified » saul
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Set their love upon God
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are deaf to the cry of the poor
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are the enemies of saints
Prayer, answers to » Hannah
Prayer, answers to » Thief on the cross
And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your Kingdom." "I tell you in solemn truth," replied Jesus, "that this very day you shall be with me in Paradise."
Prayer, answers to » Paul and silas
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, when suddenly there was such a violent shock of earthquake that the prison shook to its foundations. Instantly the doors all flew open, and the chains fell off from every prisoner.
Prayer, answers to » hezekiah
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Offer unworthy service to God
Prayer, answers to » Man of God
Prayer, answers to » Jehoahaz
Prayer, answers to » Apostles
And now, Lord, listen to their threats, and enable Thy servants to proclaim Thy Message with fearless courage, whilst Thou stretchest out Thine arm to cure men, and to give signs and marvels through the name of Thy holy Servant Jesus." When they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were, one and all, filled with the Holy Spirit, and proceeded to tell God's Message with boldness.
Prayer, answers to » samuel
Prayer, answers to » -ezra
Prayer, answers to » Refusal of, exemplified » Elders of israel
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Call upon God under oppression
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Call upon God in truth
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Are poor and needy
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Fear God
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are proud
Prayer, answers to » Granted » Through the grace of God
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Ask according to God's will
And we have an assured confidence that whenever we ask anything in accordance with His will, He listens to us.
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Keep God's commandments
and whatever we ask for we obtain from Him, because we obey His commands and do the things which are pleasing in His sight.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Regard iniquity in the heart
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Cruelly oppress saints
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are wavering
But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray. A person of that sort must not expect to receive anything from the Lord--
Prayer, answers to » Saints » Bless God for
Prayer, answers to » Saints » Love God for
Prayer, answers to » Saints » Are assured of
And since we know that He listens to us, then whatever we ask, we know that we have the things which we have asked from Him.
Prayer, answers to » A motive for continued prayer
Prayer, answers to » David
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Ask in the name of Christ
And whatever any of you ask in my name, I will do, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Wait upon God
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Seek God
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are hypocrites
Prayer, answers to » Paul
It happened, however, that his father was lying ill of dysentery aggravated by attacks of fever; so Paul went to see him, and, after praying, laid his hands on him and cured him.
Prayer, answers to » Job
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Abide in Christ
"If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Ask amiss
or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another.
Prayer, answers to » Granted » Sometimes after delay
And will not God avenge the wrongs of His own People who cry aloud to Him day and night, although He seems slow in taking action on their behalf?
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