NEVER
CEASE PRAYING
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12 Be
joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV)
1 Answer
me when I call to you, O my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my
prayer. Psalms 4:1 (NIV)
14 “Sacrifice
thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, 15 and
call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor
me.” Psalms 50:14-15 (NIV)
6 Seek
the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his
thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and
he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. Isaiah 55:6-7 (NIV)
5 I
cry to you, O LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the
living.” 6 Listen
to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for
they are too strong for me. 7 Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your
name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to
me. Psalms 142:5-7 (NIV)
5 You
are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you. 6 Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my cry for
mercy. 7 In
the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me. Psalms 86:5-7 (NIV)
2 “This
is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and
established it--the LORD is his name: 3 ‘Call
to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do
not know.’” Jeremiah 33:2-3 (NIV)
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by
men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray
to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling
like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need
before you ask him. 9 This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our
Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your
will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 Forgive us our debts, as
we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’” Matthew
6:5-13 (NIV)
15 For
this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your
love for all the saints, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering
you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that
you may know him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be
enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the
riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and
his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working
of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the
dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far
above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be
given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. Ephesians 1:15-21 (NIV)
16 Be
joyful always; 17 pray continually; 18 give
thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ
Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
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“Prayer is our chief duty and brings heaven down to man. There is no duty that has so many promises attached
to it, gives more honour to God, or which receives more honour from God. It is a guard to secure the fort of the
heart, a porter to keep the door of the lips, and a shield to protect the
hands. It perfumes every relation and
profits every condition. No one can
deprive you of this privilege.” George
Swinnock
“The reason why we obtain no
more in prayer is because we expect no more.” Richard Alleine
“A prayer in a moment can fly to the highest heavens. It is a sweet savor to God, a terror to the
devil, and a shelter to a Christian.”
George Swinnock
“God shapes the world by prayer.
Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.” E.M. Bounds
“Prayer is that mightiest of all weapons that created
natures can wield.” Martin Luther
“In believing prayer, we learn to connect
our present troubles to the good and perfect will of God. We refuse to believe that chance rules our
lives. We withstand the temptation to
imagine that God is capricious or malicious.
We know he has a higher purpose and that he is not dealing with us as
our sins deserve. As we bring our
troubles to Jesus in prayer—asking his will to be done—we approve the will of
our Father in heaven. We see our sufferings in the greater reality of his good,
acceptable, and perfect will. In prayer
we “turn crisis to Christ.” Our heart
becomes tuned to his heart and we sing the song of grace.” John
F. Smed
“Men may spurn our appeals, reject our
message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons; but they are helpless
against our prayers.” J.
Sidlow Baxter
“Philippians
4:6 instructs us to pray about everything. If Paul had wanted us to limit our
praying to everything big, he certainly would have told us. God is as
interested in your small, seemingly insignificant requests as he is your
kingdom-level, life changing needs. God’s interest in your prayers isn’t
dependent upon their relative kingdom weightiness. Its’ based on his love for
and interest in you. Praying for the little things teaches you to depend on
God. Since prayer is communication and dialogue with God, praying for little
things teaches you to enjoy his presence.
Seeking God in the little things increases your gratitude and offers
perspective. You should pray for little
things, because they often turn into big things.” Anonymous
“The
chief purpose of prayer is that God may be glorified in the answer.” R.A.
Torrey
“Just as a Momma rushes to the side of her wailing child,
the Lord ever harkens His ear to His lamenting ‘sheep’. He is a ‘with us’ God, staying by our side as
we walk through our valleys of Baca (tears) and never leaves us nor forsakes
us. He will either change our
circumstances or change us in our circumstances – either way the blessings He
bestows as we call out to Him are totally other worldly. He is the Ultimate Healer of the broken and
contrite heart.” BHY
“Pleading
the promises of God is the whole secret of prayer.” Martyn
Lloyd-Jones
“The great tragedy of life is not
unanswered prayer but unoffered prayer.” F. B. Meyer
“Come, let us offer Him the
great, universal sacrifice of our love, and pour out before Him our richest
hymns and prayers.” Ephrem the Syrian
“You
know the value of prayer; it is precious beyond all price. Never, never neglect it.” Thomas Buxton
“Prayer is a shield to the soul, a
sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.” John Bunyan
HEART SAVOR
·
God changes the world through prayer.
·
When we call to Him he will answer us and
tell us great and unsearchable things we do not know.
· Prayer is the greatest gift. Never, never neglect it.
