Prayer: | A solemn request or thanksgiving to the Almighty: speaking to, communicating with
Yahweh - the Creator, for one's-self or for others.
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Intercession: | To intervene on behalf of another person or as a peacemaker; can only be made for others. |
Revelation 5: | 8: “And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.”
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Revelation 8: | 3: “And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4: And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.” |
1 Kings 3: | 5: “In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what shall I give thee.
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Matthew 7: | 7: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10: Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11: If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” |
James 1: | 5: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6: But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7: For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. |
James 4: | 2 “...Ye have not because ye ask not.” – So ask. |
John 14: | 12: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13: And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14: If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” |
Matthew 5: | 23: “Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24: Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.” |
1 Peter 3: | 7: “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.” |
Isaiah 59: | 16: And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: ... |
Genesis 20:7 | Prayed for Abimelech
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Numbers 11:1-3; 21:1-7 | Prayed for Israel
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Deuteronomy 9:20 | Prayed for Aaron his brother
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9:26 | Prayed for the People
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Exodus 17:10-12 | Prayed for victory with uplifted hands |
2 Kings 19:14-20 | Prayed for Jerusalem and all Israel. |
Daniel 9:3-19 | Prayed for forgiveness for himself and all Yahweh's people, also for understanding (chapter 10). |
John 17 | (whole chapter) Prayed as follows:
“I have glorified thee... I have manifested thy name...Keep those who are left behind (11-12 and 15) complete my joy in them (13) sanctify them through thy Truth (17-19) that all those who will believe through their word (teaching) (20) I will continue to reveal your name - your character and your very self; that the love which you have bestowed on me may be in them - felt in their hearts, and that I myself maybe in them thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,...” |
Isaiah 59:16: | Yahweh wondered that there was no intercessor!
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Romans 8:27: | The Holy Ghost makes intercession on our behalf.
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8:34: | The Saviour also makes intercession on our behalf.
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Hebrews 7: | 25: “He is able to save to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing that he ever liveth to make intercession for them.”
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Isaiah 53: | 12: “...he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
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1 Timothy 2: | 1: “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;” |
John 14: | 12: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13: And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14: If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” |