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Praying In The Spirit
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And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;
with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; — read the full passage →
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →
He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
pray without ceasing;
I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. — read the full passage →
But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →
Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.
But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;
with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints, — read the full passage →
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them that heard the word. — read the full passage →
If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.
We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →
if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →
For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. — read the full passage →
Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.
And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.
Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret. — read the full passage →
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples. — read the full passage →
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.
If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope:
Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;
Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
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