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Praying For The Lost
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to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. — read the full passage →
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News, — read the full passage →
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.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →
praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved. — 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. — read the full passage →
in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth, — read the full passage →
The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
so shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. — read the full passage →
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own; — read the full passage →
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; — read the full passage →
Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; — read the full passage →
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. — read the full passage →
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
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.
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →
He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: — read the full passage →
“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →
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,
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:
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:
Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
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 →
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; — read the full passage →
He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
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,
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. — read the full passage →
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
Pray without ceasing.
that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
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.
Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice, — read the full passage →
don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, — read the full passage →
for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; — read the full passage →
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, — read the full passage →
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