Pray for our
families, churches, nation...
"He [God] saw that there
was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor...."
Isaiah
59:16
“So I sought for a
man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap
before Me on behalf of the land...." Ezekiel
22:30
"...we do not cease to pray for you,
and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk
worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every
good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened
with all might, according to His glorious power, for all
patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the
Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance
of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power
of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son..."
Colossians 1:9-13
By His
Spirit, God prays in and for us!
"...we do not know what we should pray for as we
ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the
hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes
intercession for the saints according to the will of God."
Romans
8:26-27
"It is Christ
who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us."
Romans 8:34
"He [Jesus] is also pable to save to the uttermost those who
come to God through Him, since He always lives to make
intercession for them."
Hebrews 7:25
Battle in
prayer
"Be strong in the
Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole
Armor of God
that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness
in the heavenly places."
Ephesians
6:10-12
"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all
prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this
end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open
my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel..."
Ephesians 6:17-20
"...brethren, pray for us, that the word of the
Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with
you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked
men."
2
Thessalonians 3:1-2
"Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray
for one another, that you may be healed. The effective,
fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." James
5:16
"Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus
Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive
together with me in prayers to God for me... that my
service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, that I
may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may be
refreshed together with you."
Romans
15:30-32
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those
who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you."
Luke 6:27-28
Be
confident in prayer
“If you love Me,
keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will
give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it
neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells
with you and will be in you. "
John
14:12-1
"Now this is the
confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything
according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears
us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we
have asked of Him. "
1 John
5:14-15
“If you abide in Me,
and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it
shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you
bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples."
John 15:7-8
(This implies
that we are so intimately joined to Him that His desire has
become our desire and His will is our will.)
“And whatever you
ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified
in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."
John
14:13-14
(Asking in His name
implies actual oneness with Jesus and His Spirit, heart and will
-- not just saying "in Your name.")
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will
be opened!"
Matthew
7:7-11
Persevere
in prayer
"Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant
prayer was offered to God for him by the church."
Acts
12:5
"I have set watchmen
on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace
day or night."
Isaiah 62:6
Trust and
follow His Word
"If I regard
iniquity [hold on to sin] in my heart, the Lord will not hear."
Psalm
66:18
"So do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for
them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to
Me because of their trouble."
Jeremiah
11:14
Thank Him
for answered prayer
"...we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that
we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in
whom we trust that He will still deliver us, you also
helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be
given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to
us through many."
2
Corinthians 1:9-11
"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every
prayer of mine making request for you … with joy, for your
fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being
confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work
in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ…. For God
is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection
of Jesus Christ. And this I pray --
-
that your love may abound
still more and more in
knowledge and all discernment,
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that you may approve the things that are excellent,
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that you may be
sincere and without offense till the day of Christ being
filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus
Christ, to the glory and praise of God."
Philippians
1:3-11
