Topic
Praying And Reading The Bible
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So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
If you love me, keep my commandments.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. — read the full passage →
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Rejoice always. — read the full passage →
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, — read the full passage →
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. — read the full passage →
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
For there are three who testify:
We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? — read the full passage →
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? — read the full passage →
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →
Pray without ceasing.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
“For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →
In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. — read the full passage →
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →
If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
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