God Answering Prayers

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us, — read the full passage →

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear.

Because of this I say to you, all whatever--praying--ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

`Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

continually pray ye;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said to them, `Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

and all--as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

And I--in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; — read the full passage →

if ye ask anything in my name I will do <FI>it<Fi> .

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms; — read the full passage →

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who <FI>art<Fi> in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name. — read the full passage →

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;

`Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask--it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

`And--praying--ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who <FI>is<Fi> in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint,

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

`And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--

and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; — read the full passage →

But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you--from hearing.

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really--I bear--and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer <FI>is<Fi> an abomination.

Lo, God <FI>is<Fi> my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song <FI>is<Fi> Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation.

Far <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint, — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to all those calling Him, To all who call Him in truth.

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

because the eyes of the Lord <FI>are<Fi> upon the righteous, and His ears--to their supplication, and the face of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon those doing evil;'

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

at the commencement of thy supplications hath the word come forth, and I have come to declare <FI>it<Fi> , for thou <FI>art<Fi> greatly desired, and understand thou concerning the matter, and consider concerning the appearance.

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed, — read the full passage →

Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;

for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

By fearful things in righteousness Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea.

and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you; — read the full passage →

ye heard that I said to you--I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said--I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way--they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim--My first-born <FI>is<Fi> he.

continually pray ye; — read the full passage →

these all were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

always rejoice ye; — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.

And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

My prayer is prepared--incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands--the evening present.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

He doth call Me, and I answer him, I <FI>am<Fi> with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.