There is no one

who calls upon your name,

who rouses himself

to take hold of you.

Isaiah 64:7

If they are prophets,

and if the word of the LORD is with them,

then let them intercede

with the LORD of hosts.

Jeremiah 27:18

I sought for a man among them

who should build up the wall

and stand in the breach before me for the land,

that I should not destroy it,

but I found none.

Ezekiel 22:30

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Why This Manual Was Written

Many years ago I discovered a precious truth regarding prayer: God loves to hear his own words prayed back to him! When a small child crawls up on the lap of their father and says, “Daddy when are you going to take us to the zoo like you promised?” the father smiles and assures his child he is very much looking forward to doing what he promised when the time is right. In the same way, our heavenly Father delights to hear us remind him of his promises to us. The Bible is filled with promises which are intended to be put to practical use in our praying. We remind God of His promises through prayer and hold on in faith until the answer comes.

Hosea 14:2 calls God’s people to take words with them as they return to the Lord to seek his favor. God’s own words become the foundation for our appeals to Him. This manual has been written to make that process easier for us. The intention of this manual is to promote the praying of Scripture in private and in church-wide prayer meetings. It is hoped that a new traction and power in prayer will be experienced as a result!

Remember your word to your servant,

in which you have made me hope.

Psalms 119:49

Why Scripture promises are so important for our prayers

There are two words that are very powerful when used in prayer. These words are simply, “you said”. In Genesis 31:2, God makes a promise to Jacob. Involved in that promise is one of the most faith-giving promises in Scripture—“I will be with you”. A promise that means God will do us good and pour out his favor upon us! Then later, when in deep crises, Jacob cries out to God in prayer and reminds God of his promise to him. Listen to what he says:

But you said, ‘I will surely do you good’… and Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good.’

Gen 32:12, 32:9

The fuel of an intercessor is the promises of God. We remind God in prayer of what he has said and call him to be faithful to his word. Attaching God’s promises to people and situations is the very backbone of all faith-filled praying.

Some struggle with how to apply the promises in prayer correctly. Is it right for us to take promises given to the people of Israel or Moses or David, and apply them in prayer to our own situations? Basically, the answer is a qualified “YES”. Let me show you why this is so. 2 Corinthians sheds some valuable light on this matter:

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him.

That is why it is through him

that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

2 Cor 1:20

Not only is Jesus the ultimate fulfillment of all the promises, but he is the key to the promises. We may say that the promises are made ultimately to him and for him and about him. Now look how this applies a few verses later in this book. Remember that the Corinthian congregation was predominantly non-Jewish. But at the end of 2 Corinthians 6, Paul quotes several promises that were made centuries before to the people of Israel (see 2 Cor. 6:16b-18 and compare Lev. 26:12, Exod. 32:27, Isa 52:11). Now note the astonishing truth that Paul says to this church after quoting these Old Testament promises to them:

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

2 Cor 7:1

In Christ, we receive the promises and can call them our own. Because they are in the canon of Scripture, and because they are part of Christ’s inheritance through his cross-work, and because we are also heirs of the promises in him (Gal 3:16,29), we too, in fact, have these promises… for every dimension of our lives.

In my own Bible, I have highlighted hundreds of promises in Scripture with a green highlighter so I can find them quickly and use them for prayer when needed. We all need to find a way to find promises and use them in our prayers for others. This manual is an attempt to help with that process, but the best way of all is to become familiar with the promises of God in the context in which they are used in Scripture.

How important and how powerful it is when God’s people say to him in prayer: “You said…”

How to Use This Manual

This manual can be used in many ways to grow us in faith and prayer:

1. Carry this manual to church and use it during collective times of corporate prayer in praying for others – there are sections included for praising God, as well as many Scripture prayers, etc.

2. Carry this manual to small group and use it during times of praying for others. As certain needs come up, look in the manual for prayers and promises that deal with those issues and pray them back to God in expectant faith.

3. Use the manual in groups dedicated to prayer, such as men’s or women’s prayer groups; pre-service prayer groups; church-wide prayer meetings; during weeks of prayer; during times of prayer and fasting; during concerts of prayer in the church; etc.

4. Use the manual to find verses to encourage others through emails and phone calls; hand-written notes; spontaneous times of edification at small groups, or at church gatherings.

5. When lacking faith and hope, read the promises of God to regain a clear view of God and his purposes. Just as Christian in “Pilgrim’s Progress” escaped from the dungeon of despair when he found the key of promise in his pocket, God’s promises are a powerful means of grace and “light” for our lives when darkness is all around.

6. Pray these promises over your family.

7. Use these promises during family devotions to keep the entire family reminded of God and his purposes for them in Christ. Teach your children to pray using Scripture.

If this simple manual is used in any way to encourage and help God’s people to pray with more faith, and more specifically, then it will have served its purpose. May it be so!

Introduction

by Joshua Harris

1

Prayer Begins with God

Developing the Motivation for Prayer: The Glory of God and His Sovereign Plan

The Absolute Centrality of God’s Glory

The Glory of God Revealed in Jesus Christ

Responding to the Glory of God in Christ

Building Faith for Praying the Promises By Meditation on God’s Faithfulness

Praising God for Who He is and What He has Done

Praying with Christ at the Center: Recognizing the Supremacy of Christ in Everything

2

God’s Promises

1 Promises for Help with Prayer

2 Promises to Answer Prayer

3 Promises to Those Who Trust God

Promises on the Grand Purposes of Redemption

4 Promises of God’s Intention to Save Us

5 Promises of Forgiveness

6 Promises of God’s Intention to Save the Nations

7 Promises of God’s Love for His People

8 Promises to the Church

9 Promises to Shepherds

10 Promises on the Power of God’s Word

11 Promises to Send Revival

12 Promises of The Holy Spirit’s Powerful Ministry

Promises On The Amazing Rewards of Redemption

13 Promises that God Will Make Us His Possession

14 Promises that God Will Be “With Us”

15 Promises that God Will Draw Near

16 Promises that God Will Manifest His Favor

Promises on the Rewards of Redemption Toward Specific Needs

17 Promises to Believers Struggling with Sin

18 Promises to Give His People Strength

19 Promises to Give Light in the Darkness

20 Promises to Those Who are Afflicted

21 Promises to Those Who are Anxious and Afraid

22 Promises Regarding Wisdom

23 Promises to Give Guidance

24 Promises to Give Needed Provision

25 Promises to Give Needed Protection

26 Promises that God is Fighting for His People

27 Promises on the Power of the Cross Over Satan

28 Promises to Save Our Children and Future Generations

Promises on the Rewards of Redemption For The Godly

29 Promises to Those Who Seek God

30 Promises to Those Who Fear God

31 Promises to the Humble

32 Promises to the Generous

33 Promises to the Obedient

3

Scripture Prayers

4

Scripture Faith Affirmations

5

Prayers of Confession

Promises of Forgiveness

Confessing Our Own Sins

Confessing Sins Corporately

6

Prayers of Joyful Gratitude

The Priority of Expressing Our Joy and Gratitude to God

Prayers of Joy and Gratitude to God

7

Benedictions

Prayer Blessings

8

Appendices

Praying with Faith

Faith and the Prayerful Use of Promises

What Does it Mean to Pray in Jesus’ Name?

The Importance of Praying “Cross-Eyed”

Why is it Often So Hard to Pray?

The Hidden Root of Prayerlessness

Prayerlessness:

The Habituated Silence of the Proud Heart

The Silence of God:

When God Doesn’t Answer Prayer

Why is it Important to Pray with Others? The Gospel and Corporate Intercession

Putting it into Practice:

Lists, or Led by the Spirit?

Putting it into Practice:

Some Possible Patterns for Prayer

Praying Always

Scripture Index

Introduction

God loves to be quoted.

He loves it when his children love him so much that they treasure his words and repeat them back to him.

Using scripture to guide and inform prayer is so powerful. It’s powerful for the person praying—because it helps assure us that our prayers are shaped by God’s word. It’s powerful for those being prayed for—because it increases their faith to realize the request is based on a priority or promise of scripture. And I believe it’s powerful before the throne of grace—because it demonstrates to God that we take his word seriously and we expect him to keep his promises.

It’s possible to know your Bible but then leave it behind when you go to pray. But isn’t it so much better to “Take Words With You” to infuse your prayers with the words of Scripture? I’ve begun to practice this in letters I write people, in prayers I pray for people after church on Sundays, and in prayer meetings. And I commend the same practice to you.

In the past year God has been moving in our local church to be more consistent and purposeful in seeking God in prayer. As Jesus taught in Luke 11, we want to be people who through persistent prayer “ask, seek and knock.” If that’s the desire of your heart, this book will be a valuable tool.

Joshua Harris, Senior Pastor, Covenant Life Church, Gaithersburg, Maryland

1 Prayer Begins with God

Developing the Motivation for Prayer:

The Glory of God and His Sovereign Plan

1 The Absolute Centrality of God’s Glory

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Psalms 115:3

All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth;

and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”

Daniel 4:35

The LORD is high above all nations,

and his glory above the heavens!

Psalms 113:4

The LORD will be king over all the earth.

On that day the LORD will be one and his name one.

Zechariah 14:9

The LORD has done what he purposed;

he has carried out his word, which he commanded long ago.

Lamentations 2:17

A person cannot receive even one thing

unless it is given him from heaven.

John 3:27

Nations will fear the name of the LORD,

and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

Psalms 102:15

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge

of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

Habakkuk 2:14

The time is coming to gather all nations and tongues.

And they shall come and shall see my glory.

Isaiah 66:18

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,

for how should my name be profaned?

My glory I will not give to another.

Isaiah 48:11

Everyone who is called by my name,

whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.

Isaiah 43:7

So that we who were the first to hope in Christ

might be to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:12

Your people shall all be righteous…

the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.

Isaiah 60:21

May the glory of the LORD endure forever;

may the LORD rejoice in his works.

Psalms 104:31

For from him and through him and to him are all things.

To him be glory forever. Amen.

Romans 11:36

To the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Romans 16:27

The eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord

Ephesians 3:11

2 The Glory of God Revealed in Jesus Christ

The glory of the LORD shall be revealed,

and all flesh shall see it together,

for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 40:5

He is the radiance of the glory of God

and the exact imprint of his nature.

Hebrews 1:3

The glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:13

Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.

James 2:1

We have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

John 1:14

The glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The light of the knowledge of the glory of God

in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:6

None of the rulers of this age understood this,

for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 2:8

God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him

the name that is above every name,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:9-11

3 Responding to the Glory of God in Christ

Behold the Glory of God in the Face of Christ:

I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

beholding your power and glory.

Psalms 63:2

We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,

are being transformed into the same image

from one degree of glory to another.

2 Corinthians 3:18

Praise Him for His Glory and Sovereign Plan:

Sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

Psalms 66:2

They shall sing of the ways of the LORD,

for great is the glory of the LORD.

Psalms 138:5

My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.

Psalms 71:8

Blessed be his glorious name forever;

may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen!

Psalms 72:19

Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

Psalms 98:1

Believe and Trust his Sovereign Plan:

The Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins

to deliver us from the present evil age,

according to the will of our God and Father,

to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Galatians 1:3-5

When the Gentiles heard this,

they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord,

and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 13:48

We know that for those who love God

all things work together for good,

for those who are called according to his purpose.

For those whom he foreknew

he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.

Romans 8:28-29

His divine power has granted to us all things

that pertain to life and godliness,

through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory.

2 Peter 1:3

That according to the riches of his glory

he may grant you to be strengthened with power

through his Spirit in your inner being.

Ephesians 3:16

For he will complete what he appoints for me.

Job 23:14

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed,

because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

1 Peter 4:14

To grant to those who mourn in Zion—

to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,

the oil of gladness instead of mourning,

the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;

that they may be called oaks of righteousness,

the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

Isaiah 61:3

Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,

that glory may dwell in our land.

Psalms 85:9

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him.

That is why it is through him

that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

2 Corinthians 1:20

No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God.

Romans 4:20

When Christ who is your life appears,

then you also will appear with him in glory.

Colossians 3:4

Pray for God to Work Out His Sovereign Plan and be Glorified:

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:2

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake!

Psalms 79:9

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

Psalms 106:47

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory,

for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

Psalms 115:1

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more,

with knowledge and all discernment,

so that you may approve what is excellent,

and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

filled with the fruit of righteousness

that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 1:9-11

Proclaim His Glory to Others:

Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

1 Chronicles 16:24

Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 24:15

And they shall declare my glory among the nations.

And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations

as an offering to the LORD.

Isaiah 66:19-20

We have received grace and apostleship to bring about the

obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.

Romans 1:5

For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 4:15

Live Every Day for the Glory of God:

Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:27

Or do you not know that your body is a temple

of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?

You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.

So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Therefore welcome one another

as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Romans 15:7

Whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God;

whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength

that God supplies—in order that in everything

God may be glorified through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:11

Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling

and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory

with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our

Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority,

before all time and now and forever. Amen.

Jude 1:24-25

Building Faith for Praying the Promises

By Meditation on God’s Faithfulness

Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong,

because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?”

Mark 12:24

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.

Deuteronomy 7:9

The Scripture had to be fulfilled,

which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David.

Acts 1:16

For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me:

‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.’

For what is written about me has its fulfillment.

Luke 22:37

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

You know in your hearts and souls, all of you,

that not one word has failed of all the good things

that the LORD your God promised concerning you.

All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed.

Joshua 23:14

You have kept your promise, for you are righteous.

Nehemiah 9:8

The trustworthy word.

Titus 1:9

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true.

2 Samuel 22:31

The testimony of the LORD is sure.

Psalms 19:7

God, who never lies, promised.

Titus 1:2

Scripture cannot be broken.

John 10:35

These words are trustworthy and true.

Revelation 22:6

We have something more sure,

the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention

as to a lamp shining in a dark place,

until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts

2 Peter 1:19

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Matthew 24:35

Your promises have proved to be true. I love them.

Psalms 119:140 NIrV

Every word of God proves true;

he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Proverbs 30:5

Those who know your name put their trust in you.

Psalms 9:10

If we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.

2 Timothy 2:13

Your decrees are very trustworthy;

holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

Psalms 93:5

When God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs

of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose,

he guaranteed it with an oath,

so that by two unchangeable things,

in which it is impossible for God to lie,

we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement

to hold fast to the hope set before us.

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul.

Hebrews 6:17-19

He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:24

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10:23

O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true,

and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

2 Samuel 7:28

Praising God for Who He is

and What He has Done

(To Jacob) I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.

Genesis 46:4

Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?

Exodus 15:11

Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven

and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.

Deuteronomy 10:14

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords,

the great, the mighty, and the awesome God,

who is not partial and takes no bribe.

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow,

and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 10:17-18

Consider the discipline of the LORD your God,

his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm.

Deuteronomy 11:2

It is the LORD who goes before you.

He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you.

Do not fear or be dismayed.

Deuteronomy 31:8

The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice.

A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Deuteronomy 32:4

See now that I, even I, am he,

and there is no god beside me;

I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal;

and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

Deuteronomy 32:39

But will God indeed dwell on the earth?

Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you;

how much less this house that I have built!

1 Kings 8:27

Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great;

but let me not fall into the hand of man.

2 Samuel 24:14

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:10-13

O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven?

You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations.

In your hand are power and might,

so that none is able to withstand you.

2 Chronicles 20:6

Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways,

and how small a whisper do we hear of him!

But the thunder of his power who can understand?

Job 26:14

The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD

stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

Psalms 33:10-11

The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

Psalms 93:1-2, 5

Splendor and majesty are before him;

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Psalms 96:6

The LORD has established his throne in the heavens,

and his kingdom rules over all.

Psalms 103:19

O LORD my God, you are very great!

You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

covering yourself with light as with a garment.

Psalms 104:1-2

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Psalms 115:3

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

Psalms 116:5

You are good and do good.

Psalms 119:68

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

you discern my thoughts from afar.

You search out my path and my lying down

and are acquainted with all my ways.

Psalms 139:2-3

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,

and his greatness is unsearchable.

Psalms 145:3

The LORD is good to all,

and his mercy is over all that he has made.

Psalms 145:9

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;

his understanding is beyond measure.

Psalms 147:5

Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you,

and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.

For the LORD is a God of justice;

blessed are all those who wait for him.

Isaiah 30:18

Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,

and are accounted as the dust on the scales;

behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.

Isaiah 40:15

All the nations are as nothing before him,

they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

Isaiah 40:17

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the

everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Isaiah 40:28

Thus says the LORD,

the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:

“I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.”

Isaiah 44:6

I form light and create darkness, I make well-being

and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.

Isaiah 45:7

Only in the LORD,

it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength.

Isaiah 45:24

There is none like you, O LORD;

you are great, and your name is great in might.

Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?

For this is your due; for among all the wise ones of the nations

and in all their kingdoms there is none like you.

Jeremiah 10:6-7

But the LORD is the true God;

he is the living God and the everlasting King.

At his wrath the earth quakes,

and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

Jeremiah 10:10

Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:23-24

Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm!

Nothing is too hard for you.

Jeremiah 32:17

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh.

Is anything too hard for me?

Jeremiah 32:27

I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols.

Ezekiel 6:9

Now I will soon pour out my wrath upon you,

and spend my anger against you,

and judge you according to your ways,

and I will punish you for all your abominations.

And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity.

I will punish you according to your ways,

while your abominations are in your midst.

Then you will know that I am the LORD, who strikes.

Ezekiel 7:8-9

And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the LORD;

I bring low the high tree,

and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish.

I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it.

Ezekiel 17:24

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep,

and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 34:15

Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,

to whom belong wisdom and might.

He changes times and seasons;

he removes kings and sets up kings;

he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have

understanding; he reveals deep and hidden things;

he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

Daniel 2:20-22

He does according to his will among the host of heaven

and among the inhabitants of the earth;

and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”

Daniel 4:35

The God in whose hand is your breath,

and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.

Daniel 5:23

But they do not consider that I remember all their evil.

Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.

Hosea 7:2

I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love,

and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.

Hosea 11:4

For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth –

the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name!

Amos 4:13

He who made the Pleiades and Orion,

and turns deep darkness into the morning

and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea

and pours them out on the surface of the earth,

the LORD is his name.

Amos 5:8

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

Micah 7:17-18

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble;

he knows those who take refuge in him.

Nahum 1:7

Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One?

Habakkuk 1:12

You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong.

Habakkuk 1:13

But the LORD is in his holy temple;

let all the earth keep silence before him.

Habakkuk 2:20

He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good,

and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:45

For nothing will be impossible with God.

Luke 1:37

But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him

and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Luke 15:20

God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first,

to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.

Acts 3:26

The God who made the world and everything in it,

being Lord of heaven and earth,

does not live in temples made by man,

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything,

since he himself gives to all mankind

life and breath and everything.

Acts 17:24-25

In him we live and move and have our being.

Acts 17:28

The God… who gives life to the dead

and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

Romans 4:17

For God has consigned all to disobedience,

that he may have mercy on all.

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

“For who has known the mind of the Lord,

or who has been his counselor?”

“Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?”

For from him and through him and to him are all things.

To him be glory forever. Amen.

Romans 11:32-36

To the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Romans 16:27

For us there is one God, the Father,

from whom are all things and for whom we exist,

and one Lord, Jesus Christ,

through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

1 Corinthians 8:6

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

1 Corinthians 15:28

To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God,

be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:17

God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:17

He who is the blessed and only Sovereign,

the King of kings and Lord of lords,

who alone has immortality,

who dwells in unapproachable light,

whom no one has ever seen or can see.

To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:15-16

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked

and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Hebrews 4:13

Our God is a consuming fire.

Hebrews 12:29

Let marriage be held in honor among all,

and let the marriage bed be undefiled,

for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Hebrews 13:4

“Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty!

Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name?

For you alone are holy.

All nations will come and worship you,

for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Revelation 15:3-4

Praying with Christ at the Center:

Recognizing the Supremacy of Christ in Everything

You search the Scriptures

because you think that in them you have eternal life;

and it is they that bear witness about me.

John 5:39

Everything written about me

in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms

must be fulfilled.

Luke 24:44

And all the prophets who have spoken,

from Samuel and those who came after him,

also proclaimed these days.

Acts 3:24

I will raise up for them

a prophet like you from among their brothers.

And I will put my words in his mouth,

and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for myself a faithful priest,

who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind.

And I will build him a sure house,

and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.

1 Samuel 2:35

When your days are fulfilled

and you lie down with your fathers,

I will raise up your offspring after you,

who shall come from your body,

and I will establish his kingdom.

He shall build a house for my name,

and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Samuel 7:12-13

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,

and he who testifies for me is on high.

Job 16:19

For I know that my Redeemer lives,

and at the last he will stand upon the earth.

And after my skin has been thus destroyed,

yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself,

and my eyes shall behold, and not another.

My heart faints within me!

Job 19:25-27

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,

and the ends of the earth your possession.

Psalms 2:8

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.

Therefore God, your God, has anointed you

with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.

Psalms 45:7

I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,

and my covenant will stand firm for him.

I will establish his offspring forever

and his throne as the days of the heavens.

Psalms 89:27-29

The LORD says to my Lord:

“Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter.

Rule in the midst of your enemies!

Psalms 110:1-2

There I will make a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

His enemies I will clothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.

Psalms 132:17-18

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.

Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14

But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish.

In the former time he brought into contempt

the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea,

the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;

those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,

on them has light shined.

You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy;

they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest,

as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder,

the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

Isaiah 9:1-4

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given;

and the government shall be upon his shoulder,

and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor,

Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end,

on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it

and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness

from this time forth and forevermore.

The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

Isaiah 9:6-7

And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,

the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and might,

the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.

He shall not judge by what his eyes see,

or decide disputes by what his ears hear,

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,

and decide with equity for the meek of the earth.

Isaiah 11:2-4

In that day the root of Jesse,

who shall stand as a signal for the peoples –

of him shall the nations inquire,

and his resting place shall be glorious.

Isaiah 11:10-11

And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut;

and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Isaiah 22:22

Behold my servant, whom I uphold,

my chosen, in whom my soul delights;

I have put my Spirit upon him;

he will bring forth justice to the nations.

He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,

or make it heard in the street;

a bruised reed he will not break,

and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;

he will faithfully bring forth justice.

He will not grow faint or be discouraged

till he has established justice in the earth.

Isaiah 42:1-4

I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness;

I will take you by the hand and keep you;

I will give you as a covenant for the people,

a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind,

to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

from the prison those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 42:6-7

But he was wounded for our transgressions;

he was crushed for our iniquities;

upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,

and with his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 53:5

Thus says the LORD:

“In a time of favor I have answered you;

in a day of salvation I have helped you;

I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people,

to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages,

saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’

to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’

They shall feed along the ways;

on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

they shall not hunger or thirst,

neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,

for he who has pity on them will lead them,

and by springs of water will guide them.

Isaiah 49:8-10

Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him;

he has put him to grief;

when his soul makes an offering for guilt,

he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;

the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;

by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,

make many to be accounted righteous,

and he shall bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 53:10-11

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

Isaiah 55:5

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

because the LORD has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me

to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,

and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor,

and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn.

Isaiah 61:1-2

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called:

‘The LORD is our righteousness.’

Jeremiah 23:6

But they shall serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Jeremiah 30:9

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.

Jeremiah 33:22

And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance.

Ezekiel 1:26

Such was the appearance

of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.

And when I saw it, I fell on my face,

and I heard the voice of one speaking.

Ezekiel 1:28

And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:23

My servant David shall be king over them,

and they shall all have one shepherd.

They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.

Ezekiel 37:24

Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.

Hosea 3:5

“I saw in the night visions, and behold,

with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man,

and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.

And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,

that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him;

his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,

and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.”

Daniel 7:13-14

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,

who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,

from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel,

whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days…

And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the

LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.

And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great

to the ends of the earth. And he shall be their peace.

Micah 5:2, 4-5

And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:7

Compare: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,

and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son

from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:14

I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Zechariah 3:9

And say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts,

“Behold, the man whose name is the Branch:

for he shall branch out from his place,

and he shall build the temple of the LORD.

It is he who shall build the temple of the LORD

and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne.

And there shall be a priest on his throne,

and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’

Zechariah 6:12-13

And I will pour out on the house of David

and the inhabitants of Jerusalem

a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy,

so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced,

they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child,

and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

Zechariah 12:10

On that day there shall be a fountain opened

for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

Zechariah 13:1

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Mark 10:45

Have you not read this Scripture:

“‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Mark 12:10-11

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.

Luke 1:32

Blessed are those servants

whom the master finds awake when he comes.

Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service

and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

Luke 12:37

Nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’

for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.

Luke 17:21

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined,

but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!

Luke 22:22

For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me:

‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.’

For what is written about me has its fulfillment.”

Luke 22:37

But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated

at the right hand of the power of God.

Luke 22:69

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,

and we have seen his glory,

glory as of the only Son from the Father,

full of grace and truth.

John 1:14

No one has ever seen God;

the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.

John 1:18

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God,

for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son

and has given all things into his hand.

John 3:34-35

Jesus said to them,

“Truly, truly, I say to you,

the Son can do nothing of his own accord,

but only what he sees the Father doing.

For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

John 5:19

For as the Father has life in himself,

so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

John 5:26

Jesus spoke to them, saying,

“I am the light of the world.

Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,

but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12

I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:11

Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man

should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish. He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that

year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one

the children of God who are scattered abroad.

John 11:50-52

And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come

for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you,

unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,

it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”

John 12:23-24

For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment – what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.

John 12:49-50

Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone.

Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

John 16:32

This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan

and foreknowledge of God,

you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

Acts 2:23

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Acts 4:12

I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt,

and have heard their groaning,

and I have come down to deliver them.

Acts 7:34

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth

with the Holy Spirit and with power.

He went about doing good

and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,

for God was with him.

Acts 10:38

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

He died for all, that those who live

might no longer live for themselves

but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

2 Corinthians 5:15

The Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins

to deliver us from the present evil age,

according to the will of our God and Father.

Galatians 1:3-4

Therefore God has highly exalted him

and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:9-11

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

For by him all things were created,

in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,

whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities –

all things were created through him and for him.

And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Colossians 1:15-17

Christ, in whom are hidden

all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Colossians 2:2-3

Therefore let no one pass judgment on you

in questions of food and drink,

or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.

These are a shadow of the things to come,

but the substance belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2:16-17

The glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness

and to purify for himself a people for his own possession

who are zealous for good works.

Titus 2:13-14

He is the radiance of the glory of God

and the exact imprint of his nature,

and he upholds the universe

by the word of his power.

After making purification for sins,

he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Hebrews 1:3

But of the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,

the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.”

Hebrews 1:8

For it was fitting that he,

for whom and by whom all things exist,

in bringing many sons to glory,

should make the founder of their salvation perfect

through suffering.

Hebrews 2:10

For surely it is not angels that he helps,

but he helps the offspring of Abraham.

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect,

so that he might become a merciful

and faithful high priest in the service of God,

to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

For because he himself has suffered when tempted,

he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Hebrews 2:16-18

Since then we have a great high priest

who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God,

let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest

who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,

but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,

yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:14-15

In the days of his flesh,

Jesus offered up prayers and supplications,

with loud cries and tears,

to him who was able to save him from death,

and he was heard because of his reverence.

Although he was a son,

he learned obedience through what he suffered.

And being made perfect,

he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.

Hebrews 5:7-9

Who has become a priest,

not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent,

but by the power of an indestructible life.

Hebrews 7:16

Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost

those who draw near to God through him,

since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 7:25

Now the point in what we are saying is this:

we have such a high priest, one who is seated

at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven.

Hebrews 8:1

But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry

that is as much more excellent than the old

as the covenant he mediates is better,

since it is enacted on better promises.

Hebrews 8:6

How much more will the blood of Christ,

who through the eternal Spirit offered himself

without blemish to God,

purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Hebrews 9:14

But when Christ had offered for all time

a single sacrifice for sins,

he sat down at the right hand of God,

waiting from that time until his enemies

should be made a footstool for his feet.

Hebrews 10:12-13

He is the propitiation for our sins,

and not for ours only

but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 2:2

Jesus Christ the faithful witness,

the firstborn of the dead,

and the ruler of kings on earth.

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood.

Revelation 1:5

His face was like the sun shining in full strength.

Revelation 1:16

I died, and behold I am alive forevermore,

and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Revelation 1:18

I began to weep loudly

because no one was found worthy

to open the scroll or to look into it.

And one of the elders said to me,

“Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,

the Root of David, has conquered,

so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

And between the throne and the four living creatures

and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing,

as though it had been slain,

with seven horns and with seven eyes,

which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him

who was seated on the throne.

Revelation 5:4-7

And they sang a new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals,

for you were slain, and by your blood

you ransomed people for God

from every tribe and language and people and nation.”

Revelation 5:9

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,

to receive power and wealth and wisdom

and might and honor and glory and blessing!”

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth

and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb

be blessing and honor and glory

and might forever and ever!”

Revelation 5:12-13

On his robe and on his thigh

he has a name written,

King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelation 19:16

And I saw no temple in the city,

for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 21:22-23

2 God’s Promises

1 Promises for Help with Prayer

For at that time

I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

Zephaniah 3:9

And I will pour out on the house of David

and the inhabitants of Jerusalem

a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy.

Zechariah 12:10

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

For we do not know what to pray for as we ought,

but the Spirit himself intercedes for us

with groanings too deep for words.

And he who searches hearts

knows what is the mind of the Spirit,

because the Spirit

intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Romans 8:26-27

Because you are sons,

God has sent the Spirit of his Son

into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Galatians 4:6

A Prayer for Help:

“Give us life, and we will call upon your name!”

Psalms 80:18

2 Promises to Answer Prayer

I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,

and I am saved from my enemies.

2 Samuel 22:4

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.

2 Chronicles 34:27

Then man prays to God, and he accepts him; he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.

Job 33:26

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,

and the ends of the earth your possession.

Psalms 2:8

But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.

Psalms 4:3

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant,

and their faces shall never be ashamed.

Psalms 34:4-5

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

Psalms 37:4-5

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

But truly God has listened;

he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer

or removed his steadfast love from me!

Psalms 66:18-20

For he delivers the needy when he calls,

the poor and him who has no helper.

Psalms 72:12

In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.

Psalms 86:7

When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.

Psalms 91:15-16

Moses and Aaron were among his priests,

Samuel also was among those who called upon his name.

They called to the LORD, and he answered them.

Psalms 99:6

He regards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

Psalms 102:17

Out of my distress I called on the LORD;

the LORD answered me and set me free.

Psalms 118:5

The LORD is near to all who call on him,

to all who call on him in truth.

He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;

he also hears their cry and saves them.

Psalms 145:18-19

You shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.

Isaiah 30:19

Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’

Isaiah 58:8-9

From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.

Isaiah 64:4

Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me,

and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me,

when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:12-13

From the first day that you set your heart to understand

and humbled yourself before your God,

your words have been heard,

and I have come because of your words.

Daniel 10:12

At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved.

Daniel 9:23

O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.

Hosea 14:8

Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Matthew 6:8

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Matthew 7:8

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Matthew 7:11

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer,

believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:24

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father

give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

Luke 11:13

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

John 14:13-14

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you,

ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 15:7

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 15:16

In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name.

Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

John 16:23-24

Through him we have also obtained access by faith

into this grace in which we stand,

and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:2

For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Ephesians 2:18

This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness

and access with confidence through our faith in him.

Ephesians 3:11-12

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.

Ephesians 3:20

Do not be anxious about anything,

but in everything by prayer and supplication

with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,

will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7

For we do not have a high priest

who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,

but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,

yet without sin. Let us then with confidence

draw near to the throne of grace,

that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 4:15-16

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence

to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus…

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,

with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience

and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 10:19, 22

Therefore, confess your sins to one another

and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

James 5:16

And this is the confidence that we have toward him,

that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask,

we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

1 John 5:14-15

3 Promises to Those Who Trust God

Those who know your name put their trust in you,

for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalms 9:10

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble;

he knows those who take refuge in him.

Nahum 1:7

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought,

for it does not cease to bear fruit.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Therefore do not throw away your confidence,

which has a great reward.

Hebrews 10:35

Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.”

Matthew 8:13

To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.

Acts 10:43

Everyone who believes is freed from everything

from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Acts 13:39

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness

to everyone who believes.

Romans 10:4

The gospel… is the power of God for salvation

to everyone who believes.

Romans 1:16

And Jesus cried out and said,

“Whoever believes in me,

believes not in me but in him who sent me.”

John 12:44

Everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.

John 11:26

We believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 15:11

To all… who believed in his name,

he gave the right to become children of God.

John 1:12

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,

that whoever believes in him

should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

Believe in the Lord Jesus,

and you will be saved, you and your household.

Acts 16:31

The righteousness of God

has been manifested apart from the law,

although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—

the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ

for all who believe.

Romans 3:21-22

To the one who does not work

but believes in him who justifies the ungodly,

his faith is counted as righteousness.

Romans 4:5

The LORD redeems the life of his servants;

none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

Psalms 34:22

Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.

Romans 10:11

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord

and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,

you will be saved.

Romans 10:9

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 1:21

I know whom I have believed,

and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day

what has been entrusted to me.

2 Timothy 1:12

We have come to share in Christ,

if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

Hebrews 3:14

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ

has been born of God.

1 John 5:1

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

1 John 5:13

Jesus said to them,

“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger,

and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”

John 6:35

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said,

‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’

Now this he said about the Spirit.

John 7:38-39

Truly, truly, I say to you,

whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do;

and greater works than these will he do,

because I am going to the Father.

John 14:12

The immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe.

Ephesians 1:19

Let us then with confidence

draw near to the throne of grace,

that we may receive mercy

and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 4:16

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer,

believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:24

We have confidence before God;

and whatever we ask we receive from him,

because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

1 John 3:21-22

For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’

and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

Matthew 17:20

And this is the confidence that we have toward him,

that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

1 John 5:14

Without faith it is impossible to please him,

for whoever would draw near to God

must believe that he exists

and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 11:6

All things are possible for one who believes.

Mark 9:23

Our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.

Psalms 33:21

Commit your way to the LORD;

trust in him, and he will act.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

and your justice as the noonday.

Psalms 37:5-6

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,

which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

Psalms 125:1

In trust shall be your strength.

Isaiah 30:15

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

I have come into the world as light,

so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

John 12:46

The Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

John 16:27

Oh, how abundant is your goodness,

which you have stored up for those who fear you

and worked for those who take refuge in you.

Psalms 31:19

Who is it that overcomes the world

except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:5

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith,

with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.

Ephesians 6:16

The LORD will be your confidence

and will keep your foot from being caught.

Proverbs 3:26

The LORD helps them and delivers them;

he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,

because they take refuge in him.

Psalms 37:40

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Psalms 18:30

Who by God’s power are being guarded through faith

for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:5

Let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy,

and spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name may exult in you.

Psalms 5:11

Promises on the

Grand Purposes of Redemption

4 Promises of God’s Intention to Save Us

Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,

that he might make known his mighty power.

Psalms 106:8

He sent out his word and healed them,

and delivered them from their destruction.

Psalms 107:20

But Israel is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.

Isaiah 45:17

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,

and a nation that did not know you shall run to you,

because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

Isaiah 55:5

I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;

I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.

I said, “Here am I, here am I,”

to a nation that was not called by my name.

Isaiah 65:1

In those days and in that time, declares the LORD,

the people of Israel and the people of Judah

shall come together, weeping as they come,

and they shall seek the LORD their God.

They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, saying,

“Come, let us join ourselves to the LORD

in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.”

Jeremiah 50:4-5

And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people,

and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 11:19-20

Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?

Ezekiel 18:23

For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone,

declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.

Ezekiel 18:32

I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in

righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD.

Hosea 2:19-20

And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be… those whom the LORD calls.

Joel 2:32

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

Luke 5:32

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Luke 19:10

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word

and believes him who sent me has eternal life.

He does not come into judgment,

but has passed from death to life.

Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here,

when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God,

and those who hear will live.

John 5:24-25

All that the Father gives me will come to me,

and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

John 6:37

No one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.

John 6:65

I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 10:9

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

These are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

John 20:31

Repent and be baptized every one of you

in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins,

and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for

you and for your children and for all who are far off,

everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.

Acts 2:38-39

Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus.

Acts 3:19-20

And the hand of the Lord was with them,

and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

Acts 11:21

To the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.

Acts 11:18

Let it be known to you therefore, brothers,

that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

Acts 13:38

Believe in the Lord Jesus,

and you will be saved, you and your household.

Acts 16:31

To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

Acts 26:18

For I am not ashamed of the gospel,

for it is the power of God for salvation

to everyone who believes.

Romans 1:16

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it –

the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ

for all who believe.

Romans 3:21-22

And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.

Romans 4:5

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,

we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1

God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing,

so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Romans 6:6

For sin will have no dominion over you,

since you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 6:14

Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

Romans 7:4

There is therefore now no condemnation

for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1

So then it depends not on human will or exertion,

but on God, who has mercy.

Romans 9:16

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness

to everyone who believes.

Romans 10:4

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek;

for the same Lord is Lord of all,

bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 10:12-13

So faith comes from hearing,

and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 10:17

Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,

“I have been found by those who did not seek me;

I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”

Romans 10:20

The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:22

Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust,

we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:49

In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,

not counting their trespasses against them,

and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:19

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,

so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For by grace you have been saved through faith.

And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

For God has not destined us for wrath,

but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

God our Savior who desires all people to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:3-4

Our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death

and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

2 Timothy 1:10

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy,

by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.

Titus 3:5-6

Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost

those who draw near to God through him,

since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 7:25

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, declares the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts,

and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And they shall not teach,

each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying,

‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me,

from the least of them to the greatest.

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,

and I will remember their sins no more.

Hebrews 8:10-12

He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages

to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Hebrews 9:26

For by a single offering he has perfected for all time

those who are being sanctified.

Hebrews 10:14

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

2 Peter 3:9

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life,

and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life;

whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:11-12

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true;

and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ.

He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:20

Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us

and has freed us from our sins by his blood.

Revelation 1:5

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say,

“Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come;

let the one who desires take the water of life without price.

Revelation 22:17

5 Promises of Forgiveness

For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful

and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.

2 Chronicles 30:9

My transgression would be sealed up in a bag,

and you would cover over my iniquity.

Job 14:17

You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin.

Psalms 85:2-3

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,

abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Psalms 86:5

He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Psalms 103:10-12

If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.

Psalms 130:3-4

I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 43:25

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud

and your sins like mist;

return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 44:22

In those days and in that time, declares the LORD,

iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none,

and sin in Judah, and none shall be found,

for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

Jeremiah 50:20

The LORD has brought about our vindication;

come, let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 51:10

The LORD has taken away the judgments against you;

he has cleared away your enemies.

The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;

you shall never again fear evil.

Zephaniah 3:15

And the angel said to those who were standing before him,

“Remove the filthy garments from him.”

And to him he said,

“Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you,

and I will clothe you with pure vestments.”

Zechariah 3:4

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said,

“Behold, the Lamb of God,

who takes away the sin of the world!”

John 1:29

In him we have redemption through his blood,

the forgiveness of our trespasses,

according to the riches of his grace.

Ephesians 1:7

Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

Hebrews 9:22

If we confess our sins,

he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

6 Promises of God’s Intention to Save the Nations

In your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 22:18

All the nations you have made shall come

and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.

Psalms 86:9

I will make you as a light for the nations,

that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.

Isaiah 49:6

For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause

righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations.

Isaiah 61:11

If you return, O Israel, declares the LORD, to me you should return. If you remove your detestable things from my presence,

and do not waver, and if you swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Jeremiah 4:1-2

So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know

that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 38:23

For from the rising of the sun to its setting

my name will be great among the nations,

and in every place incense will be offered to my name,

and a pure offering.

For my name will be great among the nations,

says the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 1:11

I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts,

and my name will be feared among the nations.

Malachi 1:14

And this gospel of the kingdom

will be proclaimed throughout the whole world

as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Matthew 24:14

After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things.

Acts 15:16-17

We have received grace and apostleship to bring about the

obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations.

Romans 1:5

Now to him who is able to strengthen you

according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ,

according to the revelation of the mystery

that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed

and through the prophetic writings has been made known

to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God,

to bring about the obedience of faith.

Romans 16:25-26

After this I looked, and behold,

a great multitude that no one could number,

from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages,

standing before the throne and before the Lamb,

clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

and crying out with a loud voice,

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne,

and to the Lamb!”

Revelation 7:9-10

7 Promises of God’s Love for His People

Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand.

Deuteronomy 33:3

You have multiplied, O LORD my God,

your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;

none can compare with you!

I will proclaim and tell of them,

yet they are more than can be told.

Psalms 40:5

By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,

and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalms 42:8

When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many,

your consolations cheer my soul.

Psalms 94:18-19

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were

formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them,

they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.

Psalms 139:16-18

When my spirit faints within me, you know my way!

Psalms 142:3

And the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the

children of Israel, though they turn to other gods.”

Hosea 3:1

The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Zephaniah 3:17

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?

And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:29-31

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

John 15:9

To all those in Rome who are loved by God

and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace

from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 1:7

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Romans 8:31-32

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38-39

In love he predestined us for adoption as sons

through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.

Ephesians 1:4-5

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are!

1 John 3:1

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:9-10

He brought me out into a broad place;

he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

2 Samuel 22:20

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,

for the LORD upholds his hand.

Psalms 37:23-24

Not by their own sword did they win the land,

nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand

and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

Psalms 44:3

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor.

1 Samuel 2:8

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah 40:11

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

John 14:18

Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalms 103:5

For he satisfies the longing soul,

and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

Psalms 107:92

8 Promises to the Church

And of Zion it shall be said,

“This one and that one were born in her”;

for the Most High himself will establish her.

The LORD records as he registers the peoples,

“This one was born there.”

Psalms 87:5-6

O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD

there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.

And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Psalms 130:8

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! … For there the LORD has commanded the blessing,

life forevermore.

Psalms 133:1, 3

For the LORD will vindicate his people

and have compassion on his servants.

Psalms 135:14

Can a woman forget her nursing child,

that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?

Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

Isaiah 49:15

“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;

break forth into singing and cry aloud,

you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the desolate one will be more

than the children of her who is married,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 54:1

Compare: For it is written,

“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;

break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!

For the children of the desolate one will be more

than those of the one who has a husband.”

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise…

born according to the Spirit.

Galatians 4:27-29

These I will bring to my holy mountain,

and make them joyful in my house of prayer;

their burnt offerings and their sacrifices

will be accepted on my altar;

for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Isaiah 56:7

And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire

in scorched places and make your bones strong;

and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water,

whose waters do not fail. And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;

you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;

you shall be called the repairer of the breach,

the restorer of streets to dwell in.

Isaiah 58:10-12

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes all around, and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried on the hip. Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.

Isaiah 60:1-5

Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.

Isaiah 60:15

The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give. You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be

termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,

and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you,

and your land shall be married.

Isaiah 62:2-4

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD,

when I will make a new covenant

with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

But this is the covenant that I will make

with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD:

I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts.

And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor

and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’

for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,

declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity,

and I will remember their sin no more.

Jeremiah 31:31, 33-34

With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy

I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,

for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:9

And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture,

and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 34:31

I will make a covenant of peace with them.

It shall be an everlasting covenant with them.

And I will set them in their land and multiply them,

and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God,

and they shall be my people. Then the nations will know

that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel,

when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.

Ezekiel 37:26-28

And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.

Daniel 7:27

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”

Hosea 1:10

Compare: Even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’” “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ ”

Romans 9:24-26

It shall come to pass in the latter days

that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established

as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up

above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it,

and many nations shall come, and say:

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,

to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways

and that we may walk in his paths.”

For out of Zion shall go forth the law,

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Micah 4:1-2

As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,

I will show them marvelous things.

Micah 7:15

On that day you shall not be put to shame

because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;

for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.

But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly.

They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD.

Zephaniah 3:11-12

Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. At that time I will bring you in, at the time when I gather you together; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,” says the LORD.

Zephaniah 3:19-20

According to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not.

Haggai 2:5

And I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory in her midst.

Zechariah 2:5

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold,

I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD

in that day, and shall be my people.

And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know

that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

Zechariah 2:10-11

I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God,

in faithfulness and in righteousness.

Zechariah 8:8

On that day

the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!

Zechariah 9:16-17

Then the righteous will shine like the sun

in the kingdom of their Father.

Matthew 13:43

I will build my church,

and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,

and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,

and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 16:18-19

My house shall be called a house of prayer.

Matthew 21:13

Then the King will say to those on his right,

“Come, you who are blessed by my Father,

inherit the kingdom prepared for you

from the foundation of the world.”

Matthew 25:34

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Matthew 28:19-20

When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

John 10:4

I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father;

and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:14-15

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish,

and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

John 10:27-28

I have manifested your name

to the people whom you gave me out of the world.

Yours they were, and you gave them to me,

and they have kept your word.

John 17:6

I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also,

whom you have given me, may be with me where I am,

to see my glory that you have given me

because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

John 17:23-24

I made known to them your name,

and I will continue to make it known,

that the love with which you have loved me

may be in them, and I in them.

John 17:26

… the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

Acts 20:28

We have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16

So let no one boast in men.

For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future – all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and… with the power of our Lord Jesus.

1 Corinthians 5:4

But as it is, God arranged the members in the body,

each one of them, as he chose.

1 Corinthians 12:18

God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.

1 Corinthians 12:24-26

But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the

knowledge of him everywhere.

2 Corinthians 2:14

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Galatians 3:26-27

And if you are Christ’s,

then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

Galatians 3:29

Raised us up with him

and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:6

In him you also are being built together

into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:22

Through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

Ephesians 3:10

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly

than all that we ask or think,

according to the power at work within us,

to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus

throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.

Ephesians 4:11-12

The Head, from whom the whole body,

nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments,

grows with a growth that is from God.

Colossians 2:19

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:3

For you are all children of light, children of the day.

We are not of the night or of the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.

Hebrews 2:11

But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God,

for he has prepared for them a city.

Hebrews 11:16

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices

acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:5

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,

a holy nation, a people for his own possession,

that you may proclaim the excellencies of him

who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:9

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:7

My little children, I am writing these things to you

so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin,

we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

1 John 2:1

Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

1 John 3:2-3

To those who are called,

beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:1

Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.

Revelation 7:15

For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water,

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Revelation 7:17

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.

He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,

and God himself will be with them as their God.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,

and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning,

nor crying, nor pain anymore,

for the former things have passed away.”

Revelation 21:3-4

No longer will there be anything accursed,

but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it,

and his servants will worship him.

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun,

for the Lord God will be their light,

and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 22:3-5

9 Promises to Shepherds

“When he ascended on high

he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”

And he gave the apostles, the prophets,

the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

to equip the saints for the work of ministry,

for building up the body of Christ

until we all attain to the unity of the faith

and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,

to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians 4:8, 11-13

When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light,

like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,

like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

2 Samuel 23:3-4

I will set shepherds over them who will care for them,

and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed,

neither shall any be missing, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:4

I will give you shepherds after my own heart,

who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Jeremiah 3:15

Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth.

And the LORD said to me,

“Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.”

Jeremiah 1:9

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth

and teach you what you shall speak.

Exodus 4:12

I have put my words in your mouth

and covered you in the shadow of my hand.

Isaiah 51:16

Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream,

but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully.

What has straw in common with wheat? declares the LORD.

Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD,

and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Jeremiah 23:28-29

Therefore thus says the LORD: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth.

They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.”

Jeremiah 15:19

10 Promises on the Power of God’s Word

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth,

but you shall meditate on it day and night,

so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.

For then you will make your way prosperous,

and then you will have good success.

Joshua 1:8

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Psalms 1:2-3

When you walk, they will lead you;

when you lie down, they will watch over you;

and when you awake, they will talk with you.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,

and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.

Proverbs 6:22-23

Every word of God proves true;

he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Proverbs 30:5

So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:11

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Mark 13:31

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Acts 20:32

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the

encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 15:4

And we also thank God constantly for this,

that when you received the word of God,

which you heard from us, you accepted it

not as the word of men but as what it really is,

the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

1 Timothy 4:4-5

From childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation

through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,

and for training in righteousness, that the man of God

may be competent, equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:15-17

For the word of God is living and active,

sharper than any two-edged sword,

piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow,

and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the Father of lights

with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth,

that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

James 1:17-18

Since you have been born again,

not of perishable seed but of imperishable,

through the living and abiding word of God;

for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass.

The grass withers, and the flower falls,

but the word of the Lord remains forever.”

And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

1 Peter 1:23-25

Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture

comes from someone’s own interpretation.

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man,

but men spoke from God

as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 1:20-21

I write to you, fathers,

because you know him who is from the beginning.

I write to you, young men,

because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 2:14

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy,

and blessed are those who hear,

and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Revelation 1:3

11 Promises to Send Revival

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul.

Psalms 19:7

Your people will offer themselves freely

on the day of your power, in holy garments;

from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.

Psalms 110:3

It shall come to pass in the latter days

that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established

as the highest of the mountains,

and shall be lifted up above the hills;

and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come,

and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,

to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways

and that we may walk in his paths.”

For out of Zion shall go the law,

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:2-3

In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

Isaiah 10:20-21

In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom

and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.

Isaiah 27:6

Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book,

and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD,

and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 29:17-19

Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham,

concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall no more be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale.

Isaiah 29:22

Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,

and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

Isaiah 32:15

Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;

they will see a land that stretches afar.

Isaiah 33:17

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;

the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;

it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing.

The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,

the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.

They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God.

Isaiah 35:1-2

Then shall the lame man leap like a deer,

and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.

For waters break forth in the wilderness,

and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 35:6

I will open rivers on the bare heights,

and fountains in the midst of the valleys.

I will make the wilderness a pool of water,

and the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 41:18

I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert,

to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for

myself that they might declare my praise.

Isaiah 43:20-21

For I will pour water on the thirsty land,

and streams on the dry ground;

I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,

and my blessing on your descendants.

They shall spring up among the grass

like willows by flowing streams.

This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’s,’

another will call on the name of Jacob,

and another will write on his hand,

‘The LORD’s,’ and name himself by the name of Israel.

Isaiah 44:3-5

For the LORD comforts Zion;

he comforts all her waste places

and makes her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the garden of the LORD;

joy and gladness will be found in her,

thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Isaiah 51:3

All your children shall be taught by the LORD,

and great shall be the peace of your children.

Isaiah 54:13

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north,

and say, “Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD.

I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD;

I will not be angry forever.”

Jeremiah 3:12

I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD,

and they shall be my people and I will be their God,

for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 24:7

For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal,

declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast:

‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’

Jeremiah 30:17

Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.

Jeremiah 30:19

With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:9

I will sprinkle clean water on you,

and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses,

and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

And I will give you a new heart,

and a new spirit I will put within you.

And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh

and give you a heart of flesh.

And I will put my Spirit within you,

and cause you to walk in my statutes

and be careful to obey my rules.

Ezekiel 36:25-27

“Come, let us return to the LORD;

for he has torn us, that he may heal us;

he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

After two days he will revive us;

on the third day he will raise us up,

that we may live before him.

Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;

his going out is sure as the dawn;

he will come to us as the showers,

as the spring rains that water the earth.”

Hosea 6:1-3

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.

Joel 2:25

12 Promises of The Holy Spirit’s Powerful Ministry

Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,

and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

Isaiah 32:15

I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live.

Ezekiel 37:14

I will not hide my face anymore from them,

when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel,

declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 39:29

And it shall come to pass afterward,

that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your old men shall dream dreams,

and your young men shall see visions.

Even on the male and female servants

in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

Joel 2:28-29

He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:11

If you then, who are evil,

know how to give good gifts to your children,

how much more will the heavenly Father

give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

Luke 11:13

And behold,

I am sending the promise of my Father upon you.

But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.

Luke 24:49

On the last day of the feast, the great day,

Jesus stood up and cried out,

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said,

‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

Now this he said about the Spirit,

whom those who believed in him were to receive,

for as yet the Spirit had not been given,

because Jesus was not yet glorified.

John 7:37-39

Truly, truly, I say to you,

whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do;

and greater works than these will he do,

because I am going to the Father.

John 14:12

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

John 14:16-17

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

John 14:26-27

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

John 16:13-14

And when he had said this, he breathed on them

and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”

John 20:22

But you will receive power

when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,

and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem

and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Acts 1:8

God’s love has been poured into our hearts

through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 5:5

But now we are released from the law,

having died to that which held us captive,

so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit

and not in the old way of the written code.

Romans 7:6

For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Romans 8:13

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,

by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 8:14-15

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit

that we are children of God.

Romans 8:16

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 15:13

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,

nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”– these things God has revealed to us

through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything,

even the depths of God.

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

Now we have received not the spirit of the world,

but the Spirit who is from God,

that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

1 Corinthians 2:12

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

1 Corinthians 12:7

All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit,

who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

1 Corinthians 12:11

Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills,

but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:6

Now the Lord is the Spirit,

and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,

are being transformed into the same image

from one degree of glory to another.

For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Galatians 4:6

Walk by the Spirit,

and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Galatians 5:18

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;

against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

For the one who sows to his own flesh

will from the flesh reap corruption,

but the one who sows to the Spirit

will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Galatians 6:8

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth,

the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him,

were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

who is the guarantee of our inheritance

until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:13-14

That according to the riches of his glory

he may grant you to be strengthened

with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.

Ephesians 3:16-17

I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance.

Philippians 1:19

Our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

But you have been anointed by the Holy One,

and you all have knowledge.

1 John 2:20

But the anointing that you received from him abides in you,

and you have no need that anyone should teach you.

But as his anointing teaches you about everything,

and is true, and is no lie –

just as it has taught you, abide in him.

1 John 2:27

Prayer for the ministry of the Spirit in the church:

Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,

make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate.

Daniel 9:17

O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

Habakkuk 3:2

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13 Promises that God Will Make Us His Possession

You shall be holy to me,

for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples,

that you should be mine.

Leviticus 20:26

I will make my dwelling among you,

and my soul shall not abhor you.

And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.

Leviticus 26:11-12

You are a people holy to the LORD your God.

The LORD your God has chosen you

to be a people for his treasured possession,

out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For the LORD will not forsake his people,

for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD

to make you a people for himself.

1 Samuel 12:22

You made your people Israel to be your people forever,

and you, O LORD, became their God.

1 Chronicles 17:21-22

I am your portion and your inheritance.

Numbers 18:20

Our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness

and to purify for himself a people for his own possession.

Titus 2:13-14

14 Promises that God Will Be “With Us”

The meaning of the promise “God with us”:

The LORD was with Joseph,

and he became a successful man,

and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.

His master saw that the LORD was with him

and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.

Genesis 39:2-3

But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love

and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

Genesis 39:21

The keeper of the prison paid no attention

to anything that was in Joseph’s charge,

because the LORD was with him.

And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed.

Genesis 39:23

No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life.

Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

I will not leave you or forsake you.

Joshua 1:5

So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land.

Joshua 6:27

And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him,

“The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

Judges 6:12

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him

and let none of his words fall to the ground.

1 Samuel 3:19

Saul was afraid of David

because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul.

1 Samuel 18:12

And David had success in all his undertakings,

for the LORD was with him.

1 Samuel 18:14

And David became greater and greater,

for the LORD, the God of hosts, was with him.

2 Samuel 5:10

And Nathan said to the king,

“Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

2 Samuel 7:3

The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers.

May he not leave us or forsake us,

that he may incline our hearts to him,

to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments,

his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers.

1 Kings 8:57-58

And the LORD was with him;

wherever he went out, he prospered.

2 Kings 18:7

And David became greater and greater,

for the LORD of hosts was with him.

1 Chronicles 11:9

I have been with you wherever you have gone

and have cut off all your enemies from before you.

And I will make for you a name,

like the name of the great ones of the earth.

1 Chronicles 17:8

Now, my son, the LORD be with you, so that you may succeed

in building the house of the LORD your God,

as he has spoken concerning you.

1 Chronicles 22:11

Then David said to Solomon his son,

“Be strong and courageous and do it.

Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed,

for the LORD God, even my God, is with you.

He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the

service of the house of the LORD is finished.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

Solomon the son of David

established himself in his kingdom,

and the LORD his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

2 Chronicles 1:1

Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD.

Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:4

And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt;

but God was with him and rescued him out of all his afflictions

and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt,

who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

Acts 7:9-10

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit

and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who

were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts 10:38

Promises that God will be “with us”:

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go,

and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you

until I have done what I have promised you.

Genesis 28:15

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth

and teach you what you shall speak.

Exodus 4:12

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.

Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed,

for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9

The LORD is with you while you are with him.

If you seek him, he will be found by you,

but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:2

There they are in great terror,

for God is with the generation of the righteous.

Psalms 14:5

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil, for you are with me;

your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalms 23:4

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Psalms 46:7

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God;

I will strengthen you, I will help you,

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;

when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,

and the flame shall not consume you.

Isaiah 43:2

Because you are precious in my eyes,

and honored, and I love you,

I give men in return for you,

peoples in exchange for your life.

Fear not, for I am with you;

I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west

I will gather you. I will say to the north, Give up,

and to the south, Do not withhold;

bring my sons from afar and my daughters

from the end of the earth,

everyone who is called by my name,

whom I created for my glory,

whom I formed and made.

Isaiah 43:4-7

Do not be afraid of them,

for I am with you to deliver you, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:8

They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you,

for I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you.

Jeremiah 1:19

Do not fear him, declares the LORD, for I am with you, to save you

and to deliver you from his hand. I will grant you mercy,

that he may have mercy on you.

Jeremiah 42:11-12

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them

in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

Matthew 28:19-20

Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,

for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you,

for I have many in this city who are my people.

Acts 18:9-10

What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me –

practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Philippians 4:9

15 Promises that God Will Draw Near

And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

Exodus 29:46

And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Exodus 33:14

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it

as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?

Deuteronomy 4:7

And I will dwell among the children of Israel

and will not forsake my people Israel.

1 Kings 6:13

Blessed is the one you choose

and bring near, to dwell in your courts!

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,

the holiness of your temple!

Psalms 65:4

Nevertheless, I am continually with you;

you hold my right hand.

You guide me with your counsel,

and afterward you will receive me to glory.

Psalms 73:23-24

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 91:1

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,

who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:

“I dwell in the high and holy place,

and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,

to revive the spirit of the lowly,

and to revive the heart of the contrite.”

Isaiah 57:15

Yet you, O LORD, are in the midst of us,

and we are called by your name; do not leave us.

Jeremiah 14:9

I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,

for who would dare of himself to approach me? declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 30:21

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.

James 4:8

16 Promises that God Will Manifest His Favor

In every place where I cause my name to be remembered

I will come to you and bless you.

Exodus 20:24

Those who honor me I will honor.

1 Samuel 2:30

You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

2 Samuel 22:37

For does not my house stand so with God?

For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,

ordered in all things and secure.

For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?

2 Samuel 23:5

And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah

shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

2 Kings 19:30

And though your beginning was small,

your latter days will be very great.

Job 8:7

But he knows the way that I take;

when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

Job 23:10

When the Almighty was yet with me,

when my children were all around me,

when my steps were washed with butter,

and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Job 29:5-6

He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,

but with kings on the throne he sets them forever,

and they are exalted.

Job 36:7

He is like a tree planted by streams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

Psalms 1:3

For you bless the righteous, O LORD;

you cover him with favor as with a shield.

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!

The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

They feast on the abundance of your house,

and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

Psalms 36:7-9

Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you

to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.

Psalms 37:34

You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.

Psalms 71:21

You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.

Psalms 102:13

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Proverbs 4:18

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Proverbs 18:22

I have put my words in your mouth

and covered you in the shadow of my hand,

establishing the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth,

and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’

Isaiah 51:16

Foreigners shall build up your walls,

and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you,

but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

Isaiah 60:10

So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.

Isaiah 65:16

This is the one to whom I will look:

he who is humble and contrite in spirit

and trembles at my word.

Isaiah 66:2

Abide in me, and I in you.

As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself,

unless it abides in the vine, neither can you,

unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches.

Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit,

for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:4-5

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 15:10

Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:27

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17 Promises to Believers Struggling with Sin

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

Leviticus 26:13

For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful

and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.

2 Chronicles 30:9

He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

Psalms 18:16-18

Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city.

Psalms 31:21

For the LORD hears the needy

and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

Psalms 69:33

“Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him;

I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding

in the way of his own heart. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;

I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far

and to the near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal him.”

Isaiah 57:17-19

Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD.

I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD;

I will not be angry forever.

Jeremiah 3:12

“Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.”

“Behold, we come to you, for you are the LORD our God.”

Jeremiah 3:22

With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:9

For thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.

Ezekiel 16:59-60

They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:23

I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely,

for my anger has turned from them.

Hosea 14:4

I will strengthen the house of Judah,

and I will save the house of Joseph.

I will bring them back because I have compassion on them,

and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,

for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.

Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,

and their hearts shall be glad as with wine.

Their children shall see it and be glad;

their hearts shall rejoice in the LORD.

Zechariah 10:6-7

I will consume your uncleanness out of you.

Ezekiel 22:15

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

Ezekiel 36:25-27

My brothers,

if anyone among you wanders from the truth

and someone brings him back,

let him know that whoever brings back a sinner

from his wandering will save his soul from death

and will cover a multitude of sins.

James 5:19-20

Have mercy on those who doubt;

save others by snatching them out of the fire;

to others show mercy with fear,

hating even the garment stained by the flesh.

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling.

James 1:22-24

18 Promises to Give His People Strength

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro

throughout the whole earth,

to give strong support

to those whose heart is blameless toward him.

2 Chronicles 16:9

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you;

he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalms 55:22

Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel – he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!

Psalms 68:35

Then we shall not turn back from you;

give us life, and we will call upon your name!

Psalms 80:18

The LORD is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation.

Psalms 118:14

On the day I called, you answered me;

my strength of soul you increased.

Psalms 138:3

In that day the LORD of hosts will be a crown of glory,

and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,

and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Isaiah 28:5-6

For I will satisfy the weary soul,

and every languishing soul I will replenish.

Jeremiah 31:25

Not by might, nor by power,

but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 4:6

I will make them strong in the LORD,

and they shall walk in his name, declares the LORD.

Zechariah 10:12

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors

through him who loved us.

Romans 8:37

He will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Romans 14:4

Now to him who is able to strengthen you

according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ.

Romans 16:25

We have this treasure in jars of clay,

to show that the surpassing power

belongs to God and not to us.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you,

for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses,

so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:9

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now,

not only as in my presence but much more in my absence,

work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

for it is God who works in you,

both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Philippians 2:12-13

For this I toil, struggling with all his energy

that he powerfully works within me.

Colossians 1:29

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me,

so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed

and all the Gentiles might hear it.

2 Timothy 4:17

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling

and to present you blameless

before the presence of his glory with great joy.

Jude 1:24

For the LORD will vindicate his people

and have compassion on his servants,

when he sees that their power is gone

and there is none remaining, bond or free.

Deuteronomy 32:36

It may be that the LORD will work for us,

for nothing can hinder the LORD

from saving by many or by few.

1 Samuel 14:6

He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

2 Samuel 22:18-19

But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.

Psalms 10:14

For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

Psalms 103:14

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:28-31

I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship.

Exodus 31:3

He has shown his people the power of his works,

in giving them the inheritance of the nations.

Psalms 111:6

19 Promises to Give Light in the Darkness

He uncovers the deeps out of darkness

and brings deep darkness to light.

Job 12:22

For it is you who light my lamp;

the LORD my God lightens my darkness.

Psalms 18:28

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,

and burst their bonds apart.

Psalms 107:14

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright;

he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

Psalms 112:4

If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the

afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness

and your gloom be as the noonday.

Isaiah 58:10

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise;

when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.

I will bear the indignation of the LORD

because I have sinned against him,

until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me.

He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.

Micah 7:8-9

Because of the tender mercy of our God,

whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high

to give light to those who sit in darkness

and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Luke 1:78-79

I have come into the world as light,

so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

John 12:46

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.

Job 8:21

God my Maker, who gives songs in the night.

Job 35:10

For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol…

You make known to me the path of life;

in your presence there is fullness of joy;

at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalms 16:10-11

The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;

the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalms 19:8

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.

Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Psalms 30:5

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.

Psalms 30:11

He put a new song in my mouth,

a song of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.

Psalms 40:3

You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

Psalms 65:8

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Psalms 97:11

Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation.

All my bones shall say, “O LORD, who is like you,

delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,

the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

Psalms 35:9-10

Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;

instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;

therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;

they shall have everlasting joy.

Isaiah 61:7

For the LORD has ransomed Jacob

and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.

They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,

and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD…

their life shall be like a watered garden,

and they shall languish no more.

Jeremiah 31:12

Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,

and the young men and the old shall be merry.

I will turn their mourning into joy;

I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,

and my people shall be satisfied

with my goodness, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:13-14

If you keep my commandments,

you will abide in my love,

just as I have kept my Father’s commandments

and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you,

that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

John 15:10-11

20 Promises to Those Who are Afflicted

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.

Job 36:15-16

He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Psalms 9:12

O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted;

you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear.

Psalms 10:17

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted

and saves the crushed in spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

Psalms 34:18-19

The LORD has founded Zion,

and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.

Isaiah 14:32

The LORD binds up the brokenness of his people,

and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

Isaiah 30:26

You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept,

and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the

LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

Isaiah 30:29

For the Lord will not cast off forever,

but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion

according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

Lamentations 3:31-33

Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

Nahum 1:12

Every branch that does bear fruit

he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

John 15:2

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away,

our inner self is being renewed day by day.

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us

an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.

2 Corinthians 4:16-17

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant,

but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness

to those who have been trained by it.

Hebrews 12:11

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial,

for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life,

which God has promised to those who love him.

James 1:12

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace,

who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ,

will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:10

The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;

he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

Psalms 37:39

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,

though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea.

Psalms 46:1-2

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

Psalms 66:12

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.

Psalms 84:5-7

In the world you will have tribulation.

But take heart; I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us.

On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

2 Corinthians 1:10

My faith affirmation when afflicted:

In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord.

Psalms 77:2

21 Promises to Those Who are Anxious and Afraid

Fear not, Abram, I am your shield;

your reward shall be very great.

Genesis 15:1

He said, “Do not be afraid,

for those who are with us

are more than those who are with them.”

2 Kings 6:16

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear.

What can man do to me?

Psalms 118:6

And he will swallow up on this mountain

the covering that is cast over all peoples,

the veil that is spread over all nations.

He will swallow up death forever;

and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces,

and the reproach of his people

he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 25:7-8

But fear not, O Jacob my servant, nor be dismayed, O Israel, for behold, I will save you from far away, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid. Fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD, for I am with you.

Jeremiah 46:27-28

You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear!’

Lamentations 3:57

O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you,

and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.

Zechariah 8:13

To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear.

Luke 1:73-74

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.

For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears

has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us.

1 John 4:18-19

If you walk in my statutes

and observe my commandments and do them,

then you shall eat your bread to the full

and dwell in your land securely.

I will give peace in the land,

and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid.

Leviticus 26:3, 5-6

Great peace have those who love your law;

nothing can make them stumble.

Psalms 119:165

You keep him in perfect peace

whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Isaiah 26:3

And the effect of righteousness will be peace,

and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

Isaiah 32:17

I will make your overseers peace

and your taskmasters righteousness.

Isaiah 60:17

22 Promises Regarding Wisdom

My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity.

Proverbs 2:1-7

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;

those who hold her fast are called blessed.

Proverbs 3:16-18

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you

if you embrace her. She will place on your head a graceful garland;

she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.

Proverbs 4:8-9

By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;

by me princes rule, and nobles, all who govern justly.

I love those who love me,

and those who seek me diligently find me.

Proverbs 8:15-17

Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates,

waiting beside my doors. For whoever finds me

finds life and obtains favor from the LORD.

Proverbs 8:34-35

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. For by me your days

will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

Proverbs 9:10-11

By wisdom a house is built,

and by understanding it is established;

by knowledge the rooms are filled

with all precious and pleasant riches.

Proverbs 24:3-4

A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge

enhances his might, for by wise guidance you can wage your war,

and in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Proverbs 24:5-6

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,

and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught,

that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary.

Morning by morning he awakens;

he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Isaiah 50:4

When they deliver you over,

do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say,

for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

For it is not you who speak,

but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Matthew 10:19-20

I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your

adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

Luke 21:15

Christ in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Colossians 2:3

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God,

who gives generously to all without reproach,

and it will be given him.

James 1:5

23 Promises to Give Guidance

You have led in your steadfast love

the people whom you have redeemed;

you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.

Exodus 15:13

Who went before you in the way to seek you out a place

to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day,

to show you by what way you should go.

Deuteronomy 1:33

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Psalms 32:8

This is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.

Psalms 48:14

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

Proverbs 16:3

The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.

Proverbs 16:9

I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know,

in paths that they have not known I will guide them.

I will turn the darkness before them into light,

the rough places into level ground.

These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit,

who leads you in the way you should go.”

Isaiah 48:17

24 Promises to Give Needed Provision

For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.

Deuteronomy 2:7

For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel,

‘The jar of flour shall not be spent,

and the jug of oil shall not be empty,

until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’

1 Kings 17:14

Thus says the LORD,

“I will make this dry streambed full of pools.” For thus says the

LORD, “You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be

filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock,

and your animals.” This is a light thing in the sight of the LORD.

2 Kings 3:16-18

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.

He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Psalms 23:1-3

I am the LORD your God,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psalms 81:10

These all look to you,

to give them their food in due season.

When you give it to them, they gather it up;

when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

Psalms 104:27-28

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,

and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 6:33

Fear not, little flock,

for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Luke 12:32

And my God will supply every need of yours

according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19

25 Promises to Give Needed Protection

The beloved of the LORD dwells in safety.

The High God surrounds him all day long,

and dwells between his shoulders.

Deuteronomy 33:12

You will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around

and take your rest in security. You will lie down,

and none will make you afraid; many will court your favor.

Job 11:18-19

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

Psalms 3:5

In peace I will both lie down and sleep;

for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Psalms 4:8

The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of trouble.

Psalms 9:9

For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble;

he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;

he will lift me high upon a rock.

Psalms 27:5

Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

Psalms 54:4

When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,

it is I who keep steady its pillars.

Psalms 75:3

Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place –

the Most High, who is my refuge –

no evil shall be allowed to befall you,

no plague come near your tent.

For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways.

Psalms 91:9-11

Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;

I will protect him, because he knows my name.

Psalms 91:14

The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in

from this time forth and forevermore.

Psalms 121:7-8

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his

people, from this time forth and forevermore.

Psalms 125:2

The name of the LORD is a strong tower;

the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Proverbs 18:10

Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Isaiah 46:3-4

26 Promises that God is Fighting for His People

The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.

Exodus 14:14

The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you,

just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your

God carried you, as a man carries his son,

all the way that you went until you came to this place.

Deuteronomy 1:30-31

When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 20:1

For the LORD your God is he who goes with you

to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.

Deuteronomy 20:4

Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands.

Not a man of them shall stand before you.

Joshua 10:8

Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous.

For thus the LORD will do to all your enemies

against whom you fight.

Joshua 10:25

The LORD saves not with sword and spear.

For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.

1 Samuel 17:47

You shall fear the LORD your God,

and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

2 Kings 17:39

You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your

position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf,

O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.

2 Chronicles 20:17

He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage,

for many are arrayed against me.

Psalms 55:18

Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever. But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock

1 would satisfy you.

Psalms 81:13-16

And the LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard

and the descending blow of his arm to be seen.

Isaiah 30:30

And every stroke of the appointed staff that the LORD lays on them will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres.

Isaiah 30:32

Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all. For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.” Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff.

Isaiah 41:11-15

I will contend with those who contend with you,

and I will save your children.

Isaiah 49:25

If anyone stirs up strife, it is not from me;

whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you.

Isaiah 54:15

No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,

and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in

judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD.

Isaiah 54:17

All who took them captive have held them fast;

they refuse to let them go.

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 50:33-34

They shall know that I am the LORD,

when I break the bars of their yoke,

and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Ezekiel 34:27

He who opens the breach goes up before them; they break

through and pass the gate, going out by it.

Their king passes on before them, the LORD at their head.

Micah 2:13

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

2 Timothy 4:18

27 Promises on the Power of the Cross Over Satan

I will put enmity between you and the woman,

and between your offspring

and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Genesis 3:15

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near:

a star shall come out of Jacob,

and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;

it shall crush the forehead of Moab

and break down all the sons of Sheth.

Numbers 24:17

In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Isaiah 27:1

I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your

strongholds; and I will cut off sorceries from your hand,

and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes.

Micah 5:11-12

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents

and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy,

and nothing shall hurt you.

Luke 10:19

Now is the judgment of this world;

now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,

will draw all people to myself.

John 12:31-32

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness

and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.

Colossians 1:13

By canceling the record of debt that stood against us

with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

He disarmed the rulers and authorities

and put them to open shame,

by triumphing over them in him.

Colossians 2:14-15

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood,

he himself likewise partook of the same things,

that through death he might destroy the one

who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

and deliver all those who through fear of death

were subject to lifelong slavery.

Hebrews 2:14-15

Submit yourselves therefore to God.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:7

Jesus Christ who has gone into heaven

and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities,

and powers having been subjected to him.

1 Peter 3:22

The reason the Son of God appeared

was to destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:8

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.

1 John 5:4

We know that everyone who has been born of God

does not keep on sinning,

but he who was born of God protects him,

and the evil one does not touch him.

1 John 5:18

I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God

and the authority of his Christ have come,

for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down,

who accuses them day and night before our God.

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

for they loved not their lives even unto death.”

Revelation 12:10-11

They will make war on the Lamb,

and the Lamb will conquer them,

for he is Lord of lords and King of kings,

and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.

Revelation 17:14

28 Promises to Save Our Children and Future Generations

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

Genesis 17:7

He loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power.

Deuteronomy 4:37

They shall come and proclaim his righteousness

to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.

Psalms 22:31

The children of your servants shall dwell secure;

their offspring shall be established before you.

Psalms 102:28

For I will pour water on the thirsty land,

and streams on the dry ground;

I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,

and my blessing on your descendants.

They shall spring up among the grass

like willows by flowing streams.

This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’s,’

another will call on the name of Jacob,

and another will write on his hand,

‘The LORD’s,’ and name himself by the name of Israel.

Isaiah 44:3-5

“And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD:

“My Spirit that is upon you,

and my words that I have put in your mouth,

shall not depart out of your mouth,

or out of the mouth of your offspring,

or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the LORD,

“from this time forth and forevermore.”

Isaiah 59:21

Their offspring shall be known among the nations,

and their descendants in the midst of the peoples;

all who see them shall acknowledge them,

that they are an offspring the LORD has blessed.

Isaiah 61:9

They shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity,

for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the LORD,

and their descendants with them. Before they call I will answer;

while they are yet speaking I will hear.

Isaiah 65:23-24

Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD,

nor be dismayed, O Israel; for behold, I will save you from far away,

and your offspring from the land of their captivity.

Jeremiah 30:10

Thus says the LORD: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes

from tears, for there is a reward for your work, declares the LORD,

and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

There is hope for your future, declares the LORD,

and your children shall come back to their own country.”

Jeremiah 31:16-17

Conditional promises regarding children:

Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments,

which I command you today, that it may go well with you

and with your children after you.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me

and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with

them and with their descendants forever!

Deuteronomy 5:29

Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 12:28

You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land.

Deuteronomy 11:18-21

Honor your father and your mother,

as the LORD your God commanded you,

that your days may be long,

and that it may go well with you

in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,

who greatly delights in his commandments!

His offspring will be mighty in the land;

the generation of the upright will be blessed.

Psalms 112:1-2

The righteous who walks in his integrity –

blessed are his children after him!

Proverbs 20:7

Prayers for our Children:

And Abraham said to God,

“Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

Genesis 17:18

May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,

give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!

Psalms 72:4

What is to be the child’s manner of life, and what is his mission?

Judges 13:12

Arise, cry out in the night,

at the beginning of the night watches!

Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord!

Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children,

who faint for hunger at the head of every street.

Lamentations 2:19

Promises on the Rewards of Redemption For the Godly

29 Promises to Those Who Seek God

Those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalms 34:10

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves,

and pray and seek my face

and turn from their wicked ways,

then I will hear from heaven

and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

But from there you will seek the LORD your God

and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart

and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 4:29

Evil men do not understand justice,

but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.

Proverbs 28:5

I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness;

I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’

I the LORD speak the truth; I declare what is right.

Isaiah 45:19

If you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

then you will understand the fear of the LORD

and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:3-5

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love;

break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD,

that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Hosea 10:12

He has filled the hungry with good things,

and the rich he has sent away empty.

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

Luke 6:21

Jesus said to them,

“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger,

and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”

John 6:35

In their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel,

and sought him, he was found by them.

2 Chronicles 15:4

Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us,

that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

After two days he will revive us;

on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.

Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD;

his going out is sure as the dawn;

he will come to us as the showers,

as the spring rains that water the earth.

Hosea 6:1-3

You who seek God, let your hearts revive.

Psalms 69:32

Seek the LORD while he may be found;

call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way,

and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD,

that he may have compassion on him, and to our God,

for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob.

Psalms 24:3-6

I sought the LORD, and he answered me

and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalms 34:4

Those who seek him shall praise the LORD!

Psalms 22:26

May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;

may those who love your salvation say continually,

“Great is the LORD!”

Psalms 40:16

May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you!

May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!”

Psalms 70:4

Glory in his holy name;

let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

Psalms 105:3

Seek me and live!

Amos 5:4

Seek, and you will find.

Matthew 7:7

Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,

and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 6:33

Without faith it is impossible to please him,

for whoever would draw near to God

must believe that he exists

and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 11:6

30 Promises to Those Who Fear God

Who is the man who fears the LORD?

Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

His soul shall abide in well-being,

and his offspring shall inherit the land.

The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him,

and he makes known to them his covenant.

Psalms 25:12-14

Oh, how abundant is your goodness,

which you have stored up for those who fear you

and worked for those who take refuge in you,

in the sight of the children of mankind!

In the cover of your presence

you hide them from the plots of men;

you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.

Psalms 31:19-20

Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,

on those who hope in his steadfast love.

Psalms 33:18

The angel of the LORD encamps

around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Psalms 34:7

You have set up a banner for those who fear you,

that they may flee to it from the bow.

Psalms 60:4

As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

Psalms 103:13

But the steadfast love of the LORD

is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,

and his righteousness to children’s children.

Psalms 103:17

Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,

who greatly delights in his commandments!

His offspring will be mighty in the land;

the generation of the upright will be blessed.

Psalms 112:1-2

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.

His heart is steady; he will not be afraid,

until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.

Psalms 112:7-8

He will bless those who fear the LORD,

both the small and the great.

Psalms 115:13

Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;

you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;

your children will be like olive shoots around your table.

Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

Psalms 128:1-4

The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,

in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Psalms 147:11

In the fear of the LORD

one has strong confidence,

and his children will have a refuge.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,

that one may turn away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:26-27

The fear of the LORD

leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied;

he will not be visited by harm.

Proverbs 19:23

He will be the stability of your times,

abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;

the fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

Isaiah 33:6

But for you who fear my name,

the sun of righteousness shall rise

with healing in its wings.

You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

Malachi 4:2

A special promise that God will give the fear of God to his people:

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

I will give them one heart and one way,

that they may fear me forever,

for their own good

and the good of their children after them.

I will make with them an everlasting covenant,

that I will not turn away from doing good to them.

And I will put the fear of me in their hearts,

that they may not turn from me.

Jeremiah 32:38-40

31 Promises to the Humble

Good and upright is the LORD;

therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

He leads the humble in what is right,

land teaches the humble his way.

Psalms 25:8-9

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Psalms 51:17

For though the LORD is high,

he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.

Psalms 138:6

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those

who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.

Psalms 146:8

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled,

and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Matthew 23:12

God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

James 4:6

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

James 4:10

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders.

Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another,

for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Humble yourselves, therefore,

under the mighty hand of God

so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:5-7

32 Promises to the Generous

You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

Deuteronomy 15:10

You may not charge your brother interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake.

Deuteronomy 23:20

When you reap your harvest in your field

and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it.

It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow,

that the LORD your God may bless you

in all the work of your hands.

Deuteronomy 24:19

He is ever lending generously,

and his children become a blessing.

Psalms 37:26

It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;

who conducts his affairs with justice.

Psalms 112:5

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD,

and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever gives to the poor will not want.

Proverbs 28:27

Give, and it will be given to you.

Good measure, pressed down, shaken together,

running over, will be put into your lap.

For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.

Luke 6:38

When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends

or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors,

lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame,

the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you.

For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

Luke 14:12-14

Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,

and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 9:6

And God is able to make all grace abound to you,

so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times,

you may abound in every good work.

2 Corinthians 9:8

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

2 Corinthians 9:10-11

33 Promises to the Obedient

You shall therefore keep the whole commandment

that I command you today, that you may be strong.

Deuteronomy 11:8

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro

throughout the whole earth, to give strong support

to those whose heart is blameless toward him.

2 Chronicles 16:9

The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him,

and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.

Ezra 8:22

Yet the righteous holds to his way,

and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Job 17:9

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!

Psalms 50:23

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!

Psalms 84:11-12

The righteous who walks in his integrity –

blessed are his children after him!

Proverbs 20:7

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life,

righteousness, and honor.

Proverbs 21:21

Apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

For to the one who pleases him

God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy.

Ecclesiastes 2:25-26

Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!

Then your peace would have been like a river,

and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 48:18

You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,

those who remember you in your ways.

Isaiah 64:5

Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people.

And walk in all the way that I command you,

that it may be well with you.

Jeremiah 7:23

For to everyone who has will more be given,

and he will have an abundance.

But from the one who has not,

even what he has will be taken away.

Matthew 25:29

Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.”

Mark 10:29-30

And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.”

Luke 12:42-44

Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful

in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.

Luke 19:17

If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

John 8:31-32

Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word,

and my Father will love him,

and we will come to him and make our home with him.”

John 14:23

Whoever has my commandments and keeps them,

he it is who loves me. And he who loves me

will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.

John 14:21

We are witnesses to these things,

and so is the Holy Spirit,

whom God has given to those who obey him.

Acts 5:32

Knowing that whatever good anyone does,

this he will receive back from the Lord,

whether he is a slave or free.

Ephesians 6:8

What you have learned and received

and heard and seen in me –

practice these things,

and the God of peace will be with you.

Philippians 4:9

But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal:

“The Lord knows those who are his,”

and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord

depart from iniquity.”

Now in a great house

there are not only vessels of gold and silver

but also of wood and clay,

some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself

from what is dishonorable,

he will be a vessel for honorable use,

set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house,

ready for every good work.

2 Timothy 2:19-21

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty,

and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

James 1:25

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,

and his ears are open to their prayer.

But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

1 Peter 3:12

Whoever loves his brother abides in the light,

and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

1 John 2:10

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us,

we have confidence before God;

and whatever we ask we receive from him,

because we keep his commandments

and do what pleases him.

1 John 3:21-22

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy,

and blessed are those who hear,

and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Revelation 1:3

Yet you have still a few names in Sardis,

people who have not soiled their garments,

and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments,

and I will never blot his name out of the book of life.

I will confess his name

before my Father and before his angels.

Revelation 3:4-5

And I heard a voice from heaven saying,

“Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

“Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit,

“that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

Revelation 14:13

Behold, I am coming soon.

Blessed is the one

who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.

Revelation 22:7

And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone,

for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”

John 8:29

A prayer for an obedient life:

Now may the God of peace

who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,

the great shepherd of the sheep,

by the blood of the eternal covenant,

equip you with everything good that you may do his will,

working in us that which is pleasing in his sight,

through Jesus Christ,

to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20-21

3 Scripture Prayers

If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight,

I and your people? Is it not in your going with us,

so that we are distinct, I and your people,

from every other people on the face of the earth?

Exodus 33:15-16

Please show me your glory.

Exodus 33:18

Give your servant therefore

an understanding mind to govern your people,

that I may discern between good and evil,

for who is able to govern this your great people?

1 Kings 3:9

Answer me, O LORD, answer me,

that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God,

and that you have turned their hearts back.

1 Kings 18:37

So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand,

that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD,

are God alone.

2 Kings 19:19

For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.

2 Chronicles 20:12

Blessed be your glorious name,

which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Nehemiah 9:5

Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!

Psalms 4:6

Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is greatly troubled.

But you, O LORD – how long? Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;

save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

Psalms 6:2-4

Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior.

Psalms 17:7

Let the words of my mouth

and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable in your sight, O LORD,

my rock and my redeemer.

Psalms 19:14

For your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.

Psalms 25:11

Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!

Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Psalms 25:20-21

One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.

Psalms 27:4

Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

Psalms 28:2

Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!”

Psalms 35:3

Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you,

and your righteousness to the upright of heart!

Psalms 36:10

O Lord, all my longing is before you;

my sighing is not hidden from you.

Psalms 38:9

O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure

of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

Psalms 39:4

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry;

hold not your peace at my tears!

Psalms 39:12

You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob!

Psalms 44:4

Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself!

Do not reject us forever! Why do you hide your face?

Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?

Psalms 44:23-24

Rise up; come to our help!

Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

Psalms 44:26

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalms 51:10

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Psalms 51:12

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Psalms 51:15

From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint.

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalms 61:2

May God be gracious to us

and bless us and make his face to shine upon us.

Psalms 67:1

Summon your power, O God,

the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

Psalms 68:28

But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD.

At an acceptable time, O God,

in the abundance of your steadfast love

answer me in your saving faithfulness.

Psalms 69:13

Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good;

according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.

Hide not your face from your servant;

for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.

Psalms 69:16-17

Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come;

you have given the command to save me,

for you are my rock and my fortress.

Psalms 71:3

Do not cast me off in the time of old age;

forsake me not when my strength is spent.

Psalms 71:9

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me,

until I proclaim your might to another generation,

your power to all those to come.

Psalms 71:18

How long, O God, is the foe to scoff?

Is the enemy to revile your name forever?

Psalms 74:10

Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs,

and a foolish people reviles your name.

Psalms 74:18

Have regard for the covenant,

for the dark places of the land

are full of the habitations of violence.

Psalms 74:20

Arise, O God, defend your cause;

remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!

Psalms 74:22

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name;

deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake!

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Psalms 79:9-10

O LORD God of hosts,

how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?

Psalms 80:4

Restore us again, O God of our salvation,

and put away your indignation toward us!

Psalms 85:4

Will you not revive us again,

that your people may rejoice in you?

Psalms 85:6

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.

Gladden the soul of your servant,

for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Psalms 86:3-4

Teach me your way, O LORD,

that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.

Psalms 86:11

Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength

to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.

Psalms 86:16

Show me a sign of your favor,

that those who hate me may see

and be put to shame because you, LORD,

have helped me and comforted me.

Psalms 86:17

But I, O LORD, cry to you;

in the morning my prayer comes before you.

O LORD, why do you cast my soul away?

Why do you hide your face from me?

Psalms 88:13-14

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,

that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,

and for as many years as we have seen evil.

Let your work be shown to your servants,

and your glorious power to their children.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,

and establish the work of our hands upon us;

yes, establish the work of our hands!

Psalms 90:14-17

Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you!

Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress!

Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!

Psalms 102:1-2

But you, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name’s sake;

because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!

Psalms 109:21

Let them know that this is your hand;

you, O LORD, have done it!

Psalms 109:27

Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success!

Psalms 118:25

Open my eyes,

that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

Psalms 119:18

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;

and give me life in your ways.

Psalms 119:36-37

Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD,

your salvation according to your promise;

Psalms 119:41

Teach me good judgment and knowledge,

for I believe in your commandments.

Psalms 119:66

Turn to me and be gracious to me,

as is your way with those who love your name.

Keep steady my steps according to your promise,

and let no iniquity get dominion over me.

Psalms 119:132-133

Let my cry come before you, O LORD;

give me understanding according to your word!

Let my plea come before you; deliver me according to your word.

Psalms 119:169-170

Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me.

Psalms 119:175

Search me, O God, and know my heart!

Try me and know my thoughts!

And see if there be any grievous way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting!

Psalms 139:23-24

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;

keep watch over the door of my lips!

Do not let my heart incline to any evil,

… and let me not eat of their delicacies!

Psalms 141:3-4

Bring me out of prison,

that I may give thanks to your name!

Psalms 142:7

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

Psalms 143:8

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God!

Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!

Psalms 143:10

In the path of your judgments, O LORD, we wait for you;

your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.

My soul yearns for you in the night;

my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.

Isaiah 26:8-9

O LORD, you will ordain peace for us,

for you have indeed done for us all our works.

O LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,

but your name alone we bring to remembrance.

Isaiah 26:12-13

O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you.

Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 33:2

O Lord, by these things men live,

and in all these is the life of my spirit.

Oh restore me to health and make me live!

Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness;

but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction,

for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

Isaiah 38:16-17

Correct me, O LORD, but in justice;

not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

Jeremiah 10:24

But you, O LORD, know me;

you see me, and test my heart toward you.

Jeremiah 12:3

We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD,

and the iniquity of our fathers,

for we have sinned against you.

Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake;

do not dishonor your glorious throne;

remember and do not break your covenant with us.

Jeremiah 14:20-21

Bring me back that I may be restored,

for you are the LORD my God.

Jeremiah 31:18

Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

“We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven.”

Lamentations 3:40-42

You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life.

Lamentations 3:58

Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored!

Renew our days as of old.

Lamentations 5:21

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act.

Delay not, for your own sake, O my God,

because your city and your people are called by your name.

Daniel 9:19

O LORD, I have heard the report of you,

and your work, O LORD, do I fear.

In the midst of the years revive it;

in the midst of the years make it known;

in wrath remember mercy.

Habakkuk 3:2

My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me;

nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.

Matthew 26:39

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

2 Corinthians 13:14

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might.

Ephesians 1:17-19

That according to the riches of his glory

he may grant you to be strengthened with power

through his Spirit in your inner being,

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith –

that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

may have strength to comprehend with all the saints

what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,

that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:16-19

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you,

asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will

in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him,

bearing fruit in every good work

and increasing in the knowledge of God.

May you be strengthened with all power,

according to his glorious might,

for all endurance and patience with joy.

Colossians 1:9-11

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Philippians 1:9-11

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 3:11-13

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

To this end we always pray for you,

that our God may make you worthy of his calling

and may fulfill every resolve for good

and every work of faith by his power,

so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,

and you in him, according to the grace of our God

and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

4 Scripture Faith Affirmations

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy.

Psalms 5:11

I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

Psalms 7:17

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;

I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad

and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Psalms 9:1-2

I will sing to the LORD,

because he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 13:6

The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

Psalms 16:6

I have set the LORD always before me;

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Psalms 16:8

As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;

when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

Psalms 17:15

You have given me the shield of your salvation,

and your right hand supported me,

and your gentleness made me great.

You gave a wide place for my steps under me,

and my feet did not slip.

Psalms 18:35-36

For your steadfast love is before my eyes,

and I walk in your faithfulness.

Psalms 26:3

Into your hand I commit my spirit;

you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

Psalms 31:5

My times are in your hand.

Psalms 31:15

Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.

Psalms 33:20-21

As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me.

Psalms 40:17

I will thank you forever, because you have done it.

I will wait for your name, for it is good.

Psalms 52:9

You have kept count of my tossings;

put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

Psalms 56:8

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Psalms 56:3

For God alone my soul waits in silence;

from him comes my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress;

I shall not be greatly shaken.

Psalms 62:1-2

Trust in him at all times, O people;

pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.

Psalms 62:8

Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

Psalms 63:3

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Psalms 63:8

For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth. Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you.

Psalms 71:5-6

I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.

My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come;

I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

Psalms 71:14-17

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalms 73:25-26

But for me it is good to be near God;

I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

Psalms 73:28

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks,

for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.

Psalms 75:1

I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.

Psalms 77:12

All my springs are in you.

Psalms 87:7

I will ponder the way that is blameless.

Oh when will you come to me?

I will walk with integrity of heart within my house.

Psalms 101:2

Bless the LORD, O my soul,

and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Psalms 103:1

May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

Psalms 104:34

Return, O my soul, to your rest;

for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

Psalms 116:7

What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?

I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.

Psalms 116:12-13

I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the LORD.

Psalms 116:17

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

Psalms 119:15-16

I have stored up your word in my heart,

that I might not sin against you.

Psalms 119:11

I will run in the way of your commandments

when you enlarge my heart!

Psalms 119:32

I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous,

and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Psalms 119:75

I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.

Psalms 119:147

The sum of your word is truth,

and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

Psalms 119:160

To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us.

Psalms 123:1-2

The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.

Psalms 126:3

But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

like a weaned child with its mother;

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Psalms 131:2

But as for me, I will look to the LORD;

I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise;

when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.

Micah 7:7-8

Though the fig tree should not blossom,

nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail

and the fields yield no food,

the flock be cut off from the fold

and there be no herd in the stalls,

yet I will rejoice in the LORD;

I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

Let it be to me according to your word.

Luke 1:38

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.

Luke 1:45

But we will devote ourselves to prayer

and to the ministry of the word.

Acts 6:4

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 20:24

So I always take pains

to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.

Acts 24:16

To this day I have had the help that comes from God.

Acts 26:22

The God to whom I belong and whom I worship.

Acts 27:23

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Romans 5:11

For I decided to know nothing among you

except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 2:2

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

1 Corinthians 4:20

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion

raised against the knowledge of God,

and take every thought captive to obey Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:5

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

2 Corinthians 11:30

I have been crucified with Christ.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.

And the life I now live in the flesh

I live by faith in the Son of God,

who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

But far be it from me to boast

except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,

by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Galatians 6:14

I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.

In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret

of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:11-13

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

2 Timothy 4:8

But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens

and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

2 Peter 3:13

So we have come to know

and to believe the love that God has for us.

1 John 4:16

The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ,

and he shall reign forever and ever.

Revelation 11:15

5 Prayers of Confession

Promises of Forgiveness

You are a God ready to forgive.

Nehemiah 9:17

Let the wicked forsake his way,

and the unrighteous man his thoughts;

let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,

and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:7

I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me,

and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.

Jeremiah 33:8

I will sprinkle clean water on you,

and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses,

and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:25

They shall not defile themselves anymore

with their idols and their detestable things,

or with any of their transgressions.

But I will save them from all the backslidings

in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them;

and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:23

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9

Confessing Our Own Sins

Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your steadfast love;

according to your abundant mercy

blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin!

Psalms 51:1-2

Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!

Mark 10:47

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

Psalms 51:9

For your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.

Psalms 25:11

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 6:12

O God, you know my folly;

the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

Psalms 69:5

Who can discern his errors?

Declare me innocent from hidden faults.

Psalms 19:12

Search me, O God, and know my heart!

Try me and know my thoughts!

And see if there be any grievous way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting!

Psalms 139:23-24

Confessing Sins Corporately

Listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel,

when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your

dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.

1 Kings 8:30

Then hear in heaven your dwelling place

and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know,

according to all his ways

(for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind).

1 Kings 8:39

Forgive your people who have sinned against you,

and all their transgressions

that they have committed against you,

and grant them compassion

in the sight of those who carried them captive,

that they may have compassion on them.

1 Kings 8:50

Hear from heaven your dwelling place

their prayer and their pleas,

and maintain their cause

and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

2 Chronicles 6:39

If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord,

please let the Lord go in the midst of us,

for it is a stiff-necked people,

and pardon our iniquity and our sin,

and take us for your inheritance.

Exodus 34:9

Please pardon the iniquity of this people,

according to the greatness of your steadfast love,

just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.

Numbers 14:19

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive.

O Lord, pay attention and act.

Delay not, for your own sake, O my God,

because your city and your people are called by your name.

Daniel 9:19

Restore us again, O God of our salvation,

and put away your indignation toward us!

Will you be angry with us forever?

Will you prolong your anger to all generations?

Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.

Psalms 85:4-7

6 Prayers of Joyful Gratitude

The Priority of Expressing Our Joy and Gratitude to God

And there you shall eat before the LORD your God,

and you shall rejoice, you and your households,

in all that you undertake,

in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 12:7

You shall rejoice before the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 27:7

Because you did not serve the LORD your God

with joyfulness and gladness of heart,

because of the abundance of all things,

therefore you shall serve your enemies

whom the LORD will send against you,

in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and lacking everything.

And he will put a yoke of iron on your neck

until he has destroyed you.

Deuteronomy 28:47-48

Let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation,

and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.

2 Chronicles 6:41

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;

let them ever sing for joy,

and spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name may exult in you.

Psalms 5:11

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous,

and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Psalms 32:11

But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!”

Psalms 40:16

The one who offers thanks giving as his sacrifice glorifies me;

to one who orders his way rightly

I will show the salvation of God!

Psalms 50:23

Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD

and take refuge in him!

Let all the upright in heart exult!

Psalms 64:10

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,

to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

to declare your steadfast love in the morning,

and your faithfulness by night.

Psalms 92:1-2

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;

let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

Psalms 95:2

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous,

and give thanks to his holy name!

Psalms 97:12

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!

Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Psalms 100:4

And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,

and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

Psalms 107:22

This is the day that the LORD has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalms 118:24

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,

who stand by night in the house of the LORD!

Psalms 134:1

All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD,

and all your saints shall bless you!

Psalms 145:10

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 35:10

For the LORD comforts Zion; he comforts all her waste places

and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden

of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her,

thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Isaiah 51:3

But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create;

for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,

and her people to be a gladness.

Isaiah 65:18

Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,

and the voices of those who celebrate.

I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;

I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.

Jeremiah 30:19

Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,

and the young men and the old shall be merry.

I will turn their mourning into joy;

I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:13

Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things!

Joel 2:21

Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel!

Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

The LORD has taken away the judgments against you.

Zephaniah 3:14

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion,

for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.

Zechariah 2:10

Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,

and their hearts shall be glad as with wine.

Their children shall see it and be glad;

their hearts shall rejoice in the LORD.

Zechariah 10:7

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:2

I give thanks to my God always for you

because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus

1 Corinthians 1:4

For it is all for your sake,

so that as grace extends to more and more people

it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 4:15

You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way,

which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

2 Corinthians 9:11

I do not cease to give thanks for you,

remembering you in my prayers.

Ephesians 1:16

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Ephesians 5:4

Be filled with the Spirit,

addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:18-20

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy.

Philippians 1:3-4

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

Philippians 4:4

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith,

just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:6-7

And whatever you do, in word or deed,

do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:17

Continue steadfastly in prayer,

being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Colossians 4:2

We give thanks to God always for all of you,

constantly mentioning you in our prayers.

1 Thessalonians 1:2

For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you,

for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God.

1 Thessalonians 3:9

Give thanks in all circumstances;

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,

as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly,

and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers

beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits

to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit

and belief in the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

For everything created by God is good,

and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 4:4

Though you have not seen him, you love him.

Though you do not now see him, you believe in him

and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.

1 Peter 1:8

We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

Revelation 11:17

Prayers of Joy and Gratitude to God

Say also: “Save us, O God of our salvation,

and gather and deliver us from among the nations,

that we may give thanks to your holy name,

and glory in your praise.”

1 Chronicles 16:35

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;

I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

Psalms 9:1

But I have trusted in your steadfast love;

my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

Psalms 13:5

The LORD is my strength and my shield;

in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;

my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Psalms 28:7

I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,

because you have seen my affliction;

you have known the distress of my soul.

Psalms 31:7

In God we have boasted continually,

and we will give thanks to your name forever.

Psalms 44:8

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;

I will sing praises to you among the nations.

Psalms 57:9

I will praise the name of God with a song;

I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Psalms 69:30

We give thanks to you, O God;

we give thanks, for your name is near.

We recount your wondrous deeds.

Psalms 75:1

But we your people, the sheep of your pasture,

will give thanks to you forever;

from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

Psalms 79:13

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,

and I will glorify your name forever.

Psalms 86:12

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,

that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalms 90:14

Bless the LORD, O my soul,

and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.

Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion.

Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Psalms 103:1, 2, 22

May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

Psalms 104:34

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

Psalms 106:47

I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the LORD.

Psalms 116:17

Open to me the gates of righteousness,

that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

Psalms 118:19

I thank you that you have answered me

and have become my salvation.

Psalms 118:21

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;

you are my God; I will extol you.

Psalms 118:28

Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.

Psalms 142:7

I will give thanks to you, O LORD,

for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away,

that you might comfort me.

Isaiah 12:1

Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name,

make known his deeds among the peoples,

proclaim that his name is exalted.

Isaiah 12:4

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD;

my soul shall exult in my God,

for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;

he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,

as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest

with a beautiful headdress,

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 61:10

Though the fig tree should not blossom,

nor fruit be on the vines,

the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food,

the flock be cut off from the fold

and there be no herd in the stalls,

yet I will rejoice in the LORD;

I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

You have made known to me the paths of life;

you will make me full of gladness with your presence.

Acts 2:28

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,

because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

Romans 1:8

May you be strengthened with all power,

according to his glorious might,

for all endurance and patience with joy,

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you

to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Colossians 1:11-12

7 Benedictions

Prayer Blessings

The LORD bless you and keep you;

the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Numbers 6:24-26

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely,

and may your whole spirit and soul and body

be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God

and to the steadfastness of Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord make you increase

and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father,

who loved us and gave us eternal comfort

and good hope through grace,

comfort your hearts and establish them

in every good work and word.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Now may the Lord of peace himself

give you peace at all times in every way.

The Lord be with you all.

2 Thessalonians 3:16

Now may the God of peace

who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,

the great shepherd of the sheep,

by the blood of the eternal covenant,

equip you with everything good that you may do his will,

working in us that which is pleasing in his sight,

through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20-21

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

2 Corinthians 13:14

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling

and to present you blameless

before the presence of his glory with great joy,

to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority,

before all time and now and forever. Amen.

Jude 1:24-25

To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God,

be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:17

He who is the blessed and only Sovereign,

the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality,

who dwells in unapproachable light,

whom no one has ever seen or can see.

To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:15-16

To the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Romans 16:27

8 Appendices

Praying with Faith

Lack of faith lies at the root of all poor praying,

feeble praying, little praying, unanswered praying.

E.M.Bounds

There are two common extremes when it comes to the exercise of faith in prayer. The first extreme is the “name it and claim it” approach which makes man supreme and God the “geniein the lamp” who serves us “on demand”. The second extreme is the passive approach to faith. This group looks on faith as something that starts the Christian life, but is “used” only occasionally after conversion.

The idea of praying with faith would, at most, mean praying something like: “if it be your will”. There are, of course, times where such acquiescence is the very model of godliness (Matt 26:39). To accept what God providentially gives displays great faith and trust in God. Yet it is not always so. Sometimes it displays a refusal to trust God for greater things; really just plain old unbelief masquerading as surrender (Mk 9:22-24, 28-29). There are more unbelieving believers than we might be willing to admit. Well then, what is real faith supposed to look like in our lives? And how does faith function in our prayers? Here is a simple example that will hopefully make this a little clearer.

A light switch holds no intrinsic power. Yet the power supply in the house only reaches the light bulbs when the switch is thrown. The switch does not power the light, yet it is the conduit that connects the real power to the bulb. So it is with faith. Think of how the Holy Spirit connected your life to the saving power of Christ. Did he do it apart from faith or through faith?

Think with me briefly about two well known stories in the gospels. One involves a woman who touched Jesus in a crowd. There were many people pressing and touching Jesus as was plain by Peter’s answer (Luke 8:45) yet only one was healed by an infusion of Divine power.

But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.”

Luke 8:46

What was the difference between her “touch” and the others’? Only one reached out with faith (Luke 8:48)! Faith was the connecting point.

Scene two: Jesus is in His hometown, but seems hindered in the display of His power among them. The cause is not presented in terms of God’s sovereignty (though God was certainly sovereign over the situation) but in terms of human unbelief. No switch to connect the power to the lights.

And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief.

Mark 6:5-6

So then how do we get the kind of faith that Christ is looking for? How do believers “grow faith” in God for praying boldly? Here are three wonderful sources that germinate faith:

1. The person of Christ generates faith.

Study His life in the gospels and perceive how He reveals God to us. Here we behold the infinite and timeless Creator wrapped in human skin with feet and hands, and living on our planet. In Him we see God’s heart to work on behalf of the needy (for example: Luke 7:12-15; Mark 2:4-11; Matt 8:2-3; Matt 15:22-28; etc).

The faith which creates powerful praying is the faith which centers itself on a powerful person. Faith in Christ’s ability to do and to do greatly, is the faith which prays greatly.

E.M. Bounds

2. The cross of Christ generates faith.

The “Christ-focused word” generates faith both for the brand-new believer and the long-time believer. The look at Christ on the cross in our place generates faith. For one, saving faith. For the other, sanctifying faith.

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 10:17

The cross, in a particular way, reveals God’s heart for unworthy sinners. It reveals the incomprehensible measures He will take to rescue His enemies. It reveals God to us as nothing else in all Scripture does. God does nothing that He isn’t. Everything He does reveals His intrinsic nature. The cross reveals God’s glorious nature to us in all its splendor.

The supreme moment of divine self-disclosure, the greatest moment of displayed glory, was in the shame of the cross.

D.A. Carson

Many of us never move beyond the faith of “God can” (ability). But the cross surely shows us more of God than that! It shows us that God is not only able, but willing (attitude). And even more than that! It displays in bold strokes that God does (action)! Doesn’t the following well-worn verse declare this very truth to our often unbelieving hearts?

If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Romans 8:31-32

Faith in Christ’s ability to do and to do greatly, is the faith which prays greatly.

E.M. Bounds

3.The promises of Scripture generate faith

The promises assure us that God is a “rewarder of those who seek Him”(Heb 11:6; Rom 4:19-21; Heb 11:26; etc). Remember John Bunyan’s classic story, “Pilgrims Progress”? What was it that ignited the faith that released Christian from the dungeon of despair? It was a small key that he found in his pocket that unlocked all the doors of Doubting Castle. The name of the key was “the key of promise”. These promises include many wonderful revelations about who God is. Seeing the greatness of God leads to faith in a great God.

Those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalms 9:10

Faith and The Prayerful Use of Promises

The promises of God are rooted in the character and purposes of God:

Because of your promise, and according to your own heart,

you have brought about all this greatness,

to make your servant know it.

2 Samuel 7:21

Many of the promises of the Old Testament, made to Israel, are now for the Church:

What agreement has the temple of God with idols?

For we are the temple of the living God;

as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them

and walk among them, and I will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

Therefore go out from their midst,

and be separate from them, says the Lord,

and touch no unclean thing;

then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you,

and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Since we have these promises, beloved,

let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit,

bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1

God’s promises granted in Christ are vital for our growth in godliness:

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

2 Peter 1:3-4

The promises center on Christ and are granted through faith in Him:

This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs,

members of the same body,

and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Ephesians 3:6

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you… was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

2 Corinthians 1:19-20

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD,

when I will fulfill the promise I made

to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

In those days and at that time

I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David,

and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

In those days Judah will be saved,

and Jerusalem will dwell securely.

And this is the name by which it will be called:

“The LORD is our righteousness.”

Jeremiah 33:14-16

That is why it depends on faith,

in order that the promise may rest on grace.

Romans 4:16

Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.

Galatians 3:16

Promises are often delayed but never forgotten by God:

Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD:

None of my words will be delayed any longer,

but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 12:28

As the time of the promise drew near,

which God had granted to Abraham.

Acts 7:17

Promises are inherited through faith in Christ and patience in prayer:

So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators

of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:12

And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

Hebrews 6:15

Therefore do not throw away your confidence,

which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance,

so that when you have done the will of God

you may receive what is promised.

Hebrews 10:35-36

Who through faith… obtained promises.

Hebrews 11:33

Jacob’s example of praying promises:

Then the LORD said to Jacob,

“Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred,

and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:3

And Jacob said,

“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac,

O LORD who said to me,

‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’

But you said,

‘I will surely do you good,

and make your offspring as the sand of the sea,

which cannot be numbered for multitude.’”

Genesis 32:9, 12

Daniel’s example of praying Scripture:

In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel,

perceived in the books the number of years that,

according to the word of the LORD

to Jeremiah the prophet,

must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem,

namely, seventy years.

Then I turned my face to the Lord God,

seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy

with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Daniel 9:2-3

Asaph’s example of pleading with God to honor His promises:

“Will the Lord spurn forever,

and never again be favorable?

Has his steadfast love forever ceased?

Are his promises at an end for all time?

Has God forgotten to be gracious?

Has he in anger shut up his compassion?”

Then I said,“I will appeal to this,

to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

Psalms 77:7-10

Other examples of using God’s word in prayer:

Remember your word to your servant,

in which you have made me hope.

Psalms 119:49

I entreat your favor with all my heart;

be gracious to me according to your promise.

Psalms 119:58

What Does it Mean to Pray in Jesus’ Name?

By Harold Burchett

A key phrase that opens to us the heart of the New Testament is: “In Christ” or “In Him.” Related to this is our present subject, “Praying in Jesus’ Name.” Grasp that truth and you can approach the God of the universe with a confidence befitting to his own child.

A personal experience, back in WWII, opened my eyes as to what this means. I stood there in a very busy jewelry store in my home town hoping for attention from the owner himself. My request was a very special one—dear to me and a challenge for such a busy place.

“Be sure and tell him that you are my son,” my father had instructed me, “or he might not take on your project.” I was a sailor on a very short leave, and I held in my hand a unique replica of the destroyer I had just left in the Pacific. So much I wanted to have this pin made into a tie clasp that I could wear after my discharge!

“You are Mr. Burchett’s sailor son?” the proprietor asked with warm enthusiasm. “I’ll see what I can do: Come right back this afternoon!” And back I came! After another warm greeting, he held up the finished product. My precious pin mounted between gold chains attaching to a tie clasp. “Wow! Now what will that cost?” I gasped. “Oh,” he said, “there is no charge. You see, your Father is my friend!”

Then and there I learned what it means to approach a benefactor in the name of another. That is what Jesus tells us to do—going in his name to the Father who loves him so:

I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

John 16:23-24

When we take time to align ourselves in this manner with the Father in heaven, in the name of his only beloved Son, God binds himself to hear us. This arrangement shakes us free from our tendency to make selfish, sinful requests.We ask what is pleasing and in alignment with our Savior’s mind. Lining up our hearts with his becomes a key issue in making intercessions with traction and power.

This requires study and practice. As John 15:7 instructs us: Position yourself in the Savior, using his Word, and you will be on your way to new power in prayer.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

John 15:7

Dr. Harold E. Burchett has pastored churches in New England, Virginia, and Ontario and has been a seminary professor. He is a graduate of Gordon College (B.A.), Gordon-Conwell Seminary (M.Div.), and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (D.Min.). He has published “People Helping People: How Every Christian Can Counsel” (Moody Press, 1979) and “Last Light: Staying True through the Darkness of Alzheimer’s” (NavPress, 2002), as well as “Spiritual Life Studies: A Manual for Personal Edification” (1980) and “Healing for the Church: New Life for You and Your Church” (1989). More recent books are “Bringing Christ Back” (2006) and “Wisdom Words” (2008). www.bcbministries.com

The Importance of Praying“Cross-Eyed”

How we look at people has a great deal to do with how we talk to God about them. Our prayers can (ever so subtlety) become man-centered, or sin-centered, or need-centered. We begin with the person we want to pray for, assess the need or problem, and then go to God for the solution.

When we closely examine the prayers of Paul, however, we find him praying from a different perspective. For example, let’s briefly examine this familiar text of Scripture:

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:3-6

When praying for others, we usually pray based on what we see in the present. There is, however, a kind of praying that prays not based on what is, but what shall be.

When this bird’s-eye view of God’s purposes is believed and clearly perceived, it creates joy and tremendous motivation for prayer. In Phil 1:3-6, Paul prays for the Philippians not because he thinks they have arrived, but because he knows that they will arrive one day. He is sure of this. He knows that their commitment to the gospel in Phil 1:5 is the fruit of God’s prior and unending commitment to them expressed in Phil 1:6.

Paul knows the outcome of their lives. He sees the big picture of what God is doing. What God began, He will complete. God is absolutely sovereign in accomplishing His purposes in every struggling believer’s life. God’s sovereignty does not make Paul pray less. Rather it motivates Paul to pray with joy because he knows that his prayers will be fully answered!

In a sense, Paul prayed for others by peeking over God’s shoulder and looking at them through God’s eyes. What he saw excited him! It filled him with joy in spite of all the remaining sin he observed in them. He saw the future and it was very bright indeed (Prov 4:18)!

Just as God looks at us in relation to the cross, so we need to look at each other that way. What would happen if we started “peeking over God’s shoulder” and praying in light of what we saw? What if we started to pray for family members this way? When we look at our children “cross-eyed” our vision for them becomes clearer than ever!

Think of certain ones for whom you are praying. What will their completed masterpiece look like (Phil 1:6) when God is done with them? Thank God specifically with gratitude and joy for this person based on what they will one day become! Be as specific as possible.

Those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.

Romans 8:29

Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:2

So, rather than just asking for God to do something in the lives of those for whom we are praying, let’s thank God for the future vision of what God is going to do in each believer’s life. May this motivate us to pray… even for those who seem so far from God… and may this truth motivate us to pray with joy.

Father, I thank you for_______!

One day they will never sin again.

One day they will never want to sin again!

One day they will love you will all their heart and soul!

There will no longer be any idols lurking in their hearts,

no resentments festering in their soul,

no lusts devouring them.

Their heart will be filled with joy

for they will see Christ as he is and will be like Him!

The world will no longer be a delight or temptation to them

for the Lamb will be their everlasting treasure

as they join the great chorus that worships him forever!

Why is it Often So Hard to Pray? The Hidden Root of Prayerlessness

In a nutshell, what we believe or disbelieve about the cross determines whether or not our life is characterized by “drawing near” to God (Heb 10:22) or “falling away” from God (Heb 3:12). Let’s look at this, briefly, since this will help us understand how sin works within our hearts to sabotage our prayers. In Hebrews 3:12-13 we find the following written:

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews 3:12-13

If we follow the sequence of events in these two verses we will discover that the end result of the spiritual collapse is to “fall away” from God (surely characterized in large part by prayerlessness). We discover by looking at the text that the initial cause of this is an “evil, unbelieving heart”. So, unbelief produces prayerlessness.

But where does this unbelief come from? Verse 13 tells us that it comes from “the deceitfulness of sin”. This speaks of sin not as an evil expression but as an evil power and inclination within. This is the sinful gravity that makes all spiritual progress difficult. Now notice something very significant. Sin’s “deceitfulness” is the cause of evil unbelief. The pattern is clear: Deceit leads to Hardening which leads to Unbelief which leads to Falling away.

Deceitfulness presents lies to the mind, to be believed as truth. Deceit (trusting lies) leads to Unbelief (not trusting truth). So underneath unbelief is belief. Believing lies (verse 13b) leads to unbelief regarding the truth (verse 12)! I cannot believe “A” if I am convinced that “Not A” is true! The solution for the wrong belief problem (presented in verse 13) is exhortation from other believers. Amazingly, words change beliefs. And the context makes it clear that the word that needs to be given is the gospel of grace, centered on Christ (Heb 3:1, Heb 3:14, Heb 4:2, 14-16).

Somehow the word of the gospel, spoken into the socket of the heart, has the power to flip the switch of a person’s belief system. Practically speaking, the deceitful beliefs that paralyze and hinder many believers from praying are such untruths as: “God is not good unless my life is easy” or “God hates sin; I am a big sinner, therefore God hates me” (consider how the cross, if comprehended, informs and changes each of these outlooks).

The simple truth is this: until I believe with conviction what the gospel declares to be true about God’s attitude to me in light of the cross, I will be disinclined to pray. The greatest hindrance to my prayer life is unbelief fed by false beliefs about God. The exact reverse of this heart trend is seen here:

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 10:19-22

Note the words, “since we have”. These are words of confident belief. This faith centers on the work and person of Christ. The result is the opposite of Hebrews 3:12. Rather than a distancing from God because of unbelief, there is a drawing near to God because of confident belief. The quality of our prayer life reveals what we are trusting in. Confident faith in the Gospel always moves us toward intimacy with God.

There are two simple applications we may draw from this:

1. If we find that prayer is continuously difficult and uncomfortable for us, we need to examine what we are believing about God, and the cross, in a functional way. Many times the blockage to prayer is sinful beliefs that need to be acknowledged and repented of. Remember that beliefs are the underlying cause of “unbeliefs”. Godly faith is birthed by renewing our thinking and beliefs through the ministry of the Holy Spirit using the “word of Christ” (Rom 10:17).

2. As we pray for others, we need to center much of our praying around the area of others’ beliefs. Beliefs and Unbeliefs deeply affect how a person prays… or avoids prayer altogether.

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Prayerlessness:

The Habituated Silence of the Proud Heart

There is no one who calls upon your name,

who rouses himself to take hold of you;

for you have hidden your face from us,

and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities.

Isaiah 64:7

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him.

Psalms 10:4

Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!

Psalms 79:6

And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come no more to you’?

Jeremiah 2:31

But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

Psalms 106:13

They say continually to those who despise the word of the LORD,

‘It shall be well with you’;

and to everyone who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say,

‘No disaster shall come upon you.’

For who among them has stood in the council of the LORD

to see and to hear his word,

or who has paid attention to his word and listened?

Jeremiah 23:17-18

Those who have turned back from following the LORD, who do not seek the LORD or inquire of him.

Zephaniah 1:6

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?

Job 21:15

Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD?

Psalms 14:4

No one seeks for God.

Romans 3:11

The Silence of God:

When God Doesn’t Answer Prayer

by Harold E. Burchett

Remarkable as it may sound, the step in solving the mystery of unanswered prayer is to admit frankly, “My prayer is not being answered!” Cease rationalizing and explaining the time delay or saying that God is not denying me; he is simply working with me in some way other than granting a direct answer to my prayers.

Maybe so—but surely not always. King David and Israel faced this critical problem when, in spite of their many petitions to God, the deadly grip of a three-year famine continued to devastate the land. David then “sought the face of then Lord” (2 Sam 21:1). Soon a forgotten sin was brought to light and put right. Now, see what follows in verse 14: After that God answered prayer. Therefore, we should pray earnestly:

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalms 139:23, 24

When Jesus promises to do whatever we ask in his name (Jn 14:13), we are bound to admit that when God doesn’t answer prayer it is no regular happening. Then, what are we to make of this unusual period? Such a time is of critical importance for learning—

Learning about God

Learning about ourselves

Learning about the issues involved

in our particular request

Good friend, when you enter this period of no-answer from God, seize the moment! With all your heart search the Scriptures and pray for new insights into the knowledge of God. Particularly, study what it means that God gave Christ on the cross for our sins. Study carefully Romans 8:32:

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Then in that new light, make careful inventory of yourself as you are in God’s sight.

After that, go over with God what your burden and need really is.

Connect your request to the cross in loving persistence.

Dr. Harold E. Burchett has pastored churches in New England, Virginia, and Ontario and has been a seminary professor. He is a graduate of Gordon College (B.A.), Gordon-Conwell Seminary (M.Div.), and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (D.Min.). He has published “People Helping People: How Every Christian Can Counsel” (Moody Press, 1979) and “Last Light: Staying True through the Darkness of Alzheimer’s” (NavPress, 2002), as well as “Spiritual Life Studies: A Manual for Personal Edification” (1980) and “Healing for the Church: New Life for You and Your Church” (1989). More recent books are “Bringing Christ Back” (2006) and “Wisdom Words” (2008). www.bcbministries.com

Why is it Important to Pray with Others? The Gospel and Corporate Intercession

Both the Old and New Testaments give examples of individuals praying, as well as believers praying together with others as part of a faith community. Yet we find the emphasis in the two Testaments a bit different. While the Old Testament lays greater stress on the prayers of the individual, the New Testament emphasizes the church at prayer - the communal aspect of prayer. Many believers feel they accomplish this communal prayer when they pray with their family or in small groups. Without a doubt that is part of what it means to pray together corporately. But is that what the New Testament means when it talks about the church being “a house of prayer for the nations” (Isa 56:7)? This is a large theme and space does not allow for a full treatment here. This short article is just a preliminary attempt to make the case that corporate prayer is important because it’s part of the new covenant blessings we receive through the gospel.

Jesus emphasized the corporate element of prayer when he taught the church to pray “our Father” rather than simply “my Father”. Later he taught that the temple was intended by God to be “a house of prayer for all the nations” (Mark 11:17). Yet, in the same passage, He also foretold how the days of the temple were numbered because it no longer bore the fruit God intended for it (Mark 11:13-14,20). Instead we see it is to be replaced by the new temple, the church (Eph 2:21-22), which will become the place of collective prayer for the nations.

The church itself is birthed in a place where believers are praying for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit: “All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers” (Acts 1:13-14). This prayer meeting resulted in the pouring out of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1 ) as the Spirit fell on the praying community of faith.

The newborn church is soon characterized by a few vital elements, one of which was prayer with others in their corporate gatherings:

And they devoted themselves

to the apostles’teaching and the fellowship,

to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Acts 2:42

We see this pattern repeated again in Acts 4. A community prayer meeting results in the Spirit being poured out on those praying:

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

Acts 4:31

Again, in Acts 12 we see the church in earnest prayer for Peter when he was taken prisoner. Why risk a communal gathering for prayer, when they could all just pray for him in the privacy of their own homes? Yet we see the church gathered for prayer and a mighty answer comes in response to their praying:

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church… When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

Acts 12:5, 12

Later, we find that the launching of the world-wide mission to the non-Jewish world comes out of a time of worship in prayer by church leaders. Here we see the beginnings of the fulfilment of Jesus’prediction that the church would become the new temple where prayer would be offered for the salvation of the nations of the world:

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

Acts 13:2-3

The well known command to “pray without ceasing” is given to the entire Thessalonian church (compare 1 Thess 5:17 with 1 Thess 5:12-22). It implies that churches are to be so engaged in corporate prayer that it would appear to onlookers as an unceasing priority and activity of church life.

The Christian life is lived both individually and in community. Both are necessary. But the emphasis in the New Testament is living life as a Christian in community with other believers. We live and grow as a community. And part of that growth is expressed in prayer offered up collectively as a church. Most of the appeals for prayer in the New Testament are addressed to whole congregations rather than individuals! (see Rom 15:30, Eph 6:18, Col 4:2, 2 Thess 3:1, etc.)

The great prayer for power in Ephesians 3:14-19 is expressed as being answered in the community rather than primarily individually:

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21

Typically churches do not encourage the practice of baptism or the Lord’s supper in small group gatherings. If the entire church is a house church, then it is entirely appropriate. But if the entire church is larger than the small group, baptisms and the Lord's supper are typically practiced as the entire church gathers together. It is a church-wide event of grace that displays its purpose and unity in a visible manner. Why then is prayer not also seen as a visible “corporate grace” of the entire gathered church? Why is prayer relegated to the private sphere or exclusively to small group gatherings of the church? Why is prayer not a regular expression of the entire gathered church?

The gospel gave us the church. We are now the people of the Lord (Titus 2:14) who live our life in community. Our pursuit of sanctification is no longer a solitary project. It involves others. We are the Body of Christ that reflects the plurality and singularity of the Godhead through our diversity and unity. God is a community of three in One that communicates in eternal intra-Trinitarian fellowship. And the church is a mirror community that communicates with God, no longer just as individuals, but as many united voices.

A biblical theology of corporate prayer teaches us that God’s people will become what they are—united in Christ—as we learn to speak to the Lord together. Speaking together, after all, trains the desires of our hearts to be united in faith, united in hope, united in love. Corporate prayer in the church requires the church to agree, to be without division, to be of the same mind and judgment (1 Cor. 1:10). It’s one way the church “stands firm in one spirit” and “with one mind strives side by side for the faith” (Phil. 1:27).

James Hamilton

Corporate prayer is a wonderful acting-out of the ontological unity that we have spiritually as we literally speak with one voice to God. To deny that, and to instead view the church’s gathering as your quiet time with five hundred other people, is to miss out. It screens out the local church from the reality experienced as a Christian. It’s an impoverishment. Participating in corporate prayer helps us discover that our lives as followers of Christ are tied up with one another’s.

Mark Dever

This is not an apologetic for not praying alone. Praying alone is vital to our spiritual lives and Jesus commanded us to do so (Matt 6:6)! Rather it is an appeal for the church to gather together for prayer that we might truly become “a house of prayer for the nations”. Just as the word taught and proclaimed corporately is a vital part of a true gospel church, so is corporate prayer with the gathered church. Most churches fulfill this in part by our songs lifted up in worship to God. Now may we extend that corporate “voice” to intercession for the nations of the world!

These I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer… for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Isaiah 56:7

Putting it into Practice: Lists, or Led by the Spirit?

What is the best way to carry on a regular ministry of intercession? The question is very much like the question about how to carry on a regular ministry of evangelism to unbelievers. Should we just look for opportunities that God opens up as we go through life? Or should we schedule time with unbelievers and practice outreach as a regular discipline?

Another form of the question is whether or not set times of prayer are necessary. Do we set aside certain amounts of time each day for prayer, or do we practice “an attitude of prayer” throughout the day?

It seems the best answer to these questions is simply, “yes”. Our prayer life with God needs to be both planned (disciplined) and spontaneous (flowing from our relationship with Him). We see both types of praying in Scripture. Daniel prayed three times a day (Dan 6:10) and Nehemiah prayed “on the fly” as he worked (Neh 2:4).

Epaphrus prayed earnestly for a set group of people that he knew (Col 4:12) as did the apostle Paul, who prayed for people by name (2 Tim 1:2-3, Philemon 1:4). Their prayers seem to have been disciplined, as well as labors of love propelled by the Spirit.

Eph 6:18 gives clear directives to allow the Spirit to guide and direct our praying as we intercede for others. The context makes it clear that Scripture plays a large part in how the Spirit will guide our praying:

Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.

Ephesians 6:17-18

Since there are so many varied times and patterns of prayer in Scripture, we may rest assured that there is no single pattern that every believer should be bound to use. What matters is not the pattern, but the praying itself. The hardest part of praying is just to get started and do it!

Here are a few thoughts on praying for others that will hopefully prove helpful and suggestive:

1. Make a list of primary relationships that God has entrusted to you. This would mean husbands and wives would pray for each other. Parents would pray for their children. Pastors would pray for those “in their charge” (1 Peter 5:3).

2. Pray for people who don’t like you, who have a tense relationship with, or who mistreat you (Luke 6:28).

3. Pray for those in authority, including leaders of countries (1 Tim 2:1). This may effect the spread of the gospel in those lands (1 Tim 2:2-4)!

4. Pray for fellow believers in your local church. Perhaps in large churches this could be confined to your small group etc. Use Scripture prayers and promises, making the prayers specific, practical and focusing on spiritual realities as Paul did in his prayers for believers. The “Take Words With You” manual is intended to supply much Scripture for this very task.

5. Pray for people to take the gospel to the world (Matt 9:38). The great need in outreach is for willing and bold believers. Also pray for the Spirit’s three-fold work towards unbelievers (John 16:8-10).

6. Pray for those that God “lays on your heart” with a special burden. This sometimes comes before prayer and often while praying. Always respond to a prompt to pray, lifting the person or persons or situation up to the Lord (Eph 1:6, 1 Thess 1:2, 2 Thess 1:3, Philemon 1:4).

7. Follow “the risings of faith” in your heart as you pray for others. The Puritans used to speak of this assurance in prayer as “praying through”. It is a God-given joy and assurance that God has granted the answer before it is given. I believe God does this when prayer according to His will (1 Jn 5:14-15) is mixed with the leading of the Spirit. We follow His promptings and the prayer burdens He gives until we “pray through” to the place of praise for the answer given!

For example, in Isa 54:1 we find God telling a “barren one” to rejoice and break forth into singing. There are many spiritually barren believers, pastors and congregations that seem unable to bring others to “new birth” as the gospel is shared. The womb is barren. It is deeply discouraging, but God says, “Sing praise because I’m going to make the barren womb fruitful!” It is an amazing promise of spiritual fruitfulness and the expansion of the gospel among the nations of the world (vs 1-3)! The apostle Paul applies this very text to the church in Gal 4:27-28. And we discover that the promise that launches this great blessing is the redemption of our Lord in Isa 53. Tie “risings of faith” solidly to gospel promises, and you will be amazed at the answers God brings!

Putting it into Practice:

Some Possible Patterns for Prayer

The following are some suggestions for private, family and corporate prayer gatherings of the church. They are only intended to be suggestive. Railway lines help trains get to their destinations but provide no power to do so. So with all methods for prayer. They are only helpful when desperate and willing hearts, moved by the Spirit, are using the Scriptures to propel their praying forward!

Suggested Pattern for Private Prayer (30-60 min)

a)

Always begin with Scripture. Our conversation with God is best begun with Him speaking to us. Meditate on Scripture until your heart is drawn up to God in worship, surrender and faith. Express your love and praise to God. Surrender yourself to Him afresh.

“I give myself to you today. I cast my cares on you. I believe your word. I trust in your unfailing love.”

Realize that the great aim of your prayer time is to renew and refresh your mind with the gospel promises. The effect of this will be joy in your heart. A simple but effective way to apply the gospel to your heart each day is to answer the following four questions while meditating on gospel promises:

1. What does Christ deserve?

2. What has Christ received?

3. What do I deserve?

4. What have I received?

b)

Ask a further two questions as you go over Scripture to inform your praying:

1. Who are you Lord? (Acts 9:5)

2. What do you want me to do? (Acts 9:6)

c)

Turn Scripture into prayer. Personalize what you can (without being unfaithful to the text).

“I choose to set the Lord before me today moment by moment. Because you are at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” (Ps 16:8)

d)

Ask yourself, “What is the greatest burden on my heart right now?” and pray about that specifically. Try to link this burden to a promise of Scripture.

“Lord today I feel discouraged by my sin of unbelief. I worry and fret about my children rather than praying for them and trusting you to work in them. But I trust your word that says, “The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.” (Ps 102:28). I trust my children to you and pray that this promise will be accomplished in their lives.”

e)

Develop a small list of people you regularly pray for. Here are a few suggestions:

- Your wife or husband

- Your children

- Your pastor(s)

- Your small group members

- Your unbelieving friends

- Special needs among those you know

f)

Keep a log in a journal of items you are grateful for. Try to write down one to three each day. Try not to repeat yourself. Now use this list (and other repeating items) to express your gratitude to God. Try to “extend your communion with God” by expressing one-line prayers of gratitude to God throughout the day.

And whatever you do, in word or deed,

do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving

thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:17

Suggested Pattern for Family Prayer (20 min)

a)

Set a regular time for family prayer. Many find right after meals is a good time. Arm yourself to deal with awkwardness and forgetfulness, if this is not a habit yet. Persevere, and it will become a precious and fruitful habit.

b)

When children are small, keep this time short (5-10 minutes maximum).

c)

Try to read one chapter of the Bible each day. With younger children you might just read a paragraph and use a simple translation such as *NIrV. Read consecutively through books using both the Old and New Testaments.

*NIrVis an actual translation set no higher than a grade 3 reading level.

d)

Ask a question or two of the text and then turn the text into prayer by asking:

Who are you Lord? (Acts 9:5)

What do you want me to do? (Acts 9:6)

The parent should often pray for the spiritual well being and salvation of the children in the family (our children should hear us pleading to God for them). Encourage the ones in your family who find prayer more difficult. Take turns praying. Sometimes have everyone pray. Other times have only one pray.

e)

Pray for one family of the church each day and for the pastor(s) once a week. If you have a picture directory use it.

f)

Use a book like Operation World to start to pray for the nations of the world. Take time once a week to read more extensively about one nation. Have various members of the family pray for various needs of each country. This will develop a global vision in your family.

g)

Regularly express gratitude in prayer. Don’t forget to share answers when they come! Practice praying prayers of gratitude for different ones in the family.

i.e. “Tonight we are going to thank God for the good things he is doing in Laura’s life. How about everybody thinking of one thing that we are grateful for about Laura. After speaking it out loud for her encouragement, let's thank God in prayer one by one for the grace that we have seen (Acts 11:23a)!”

h)

If someone is musical and the family is not uncomfortable with it, sing songs together.

Suggested Pattern for Church-Wide Prayer Meetings (60+ min)

While Standing:

a)

Begin with a time of worship in song. Sing two songs focusing on Christ and his great redemption (10 min).

b)

Lead the people to pray one to two line prayers of praise (no petitions yet). The leader should begin to set the pattern. Pray in a loud clear voice and urge others to do the same. Encourage people to read out or pray verses that exalt God and Christ (many such verses are in “Take Words With You” and it is helpful to have the manual in hand during times of corporate prayer) (5-7 min).

c)

Read a Psalm of Confession like Ps 51 (2 min) or use the section on Confessions in the manual.

While Sitting:

d)

Ask the people to pray privately, and confess their sins to God. Direct them to a text like 1 Jn 1:7-9 to help them with this. Later a leader or two can pray a prayer of public confession (5 min).

While Standing:

e)

Sing another song of worship to God (3-5 min) perhaps beginning with a couple of Scriptures centered on God’s greatness (the section in the manual “Praising God for Who He is and What He has Done” might make things easier).

f)

Have 4 or 5 different ones in the congregation read various “Scripture Faith Affirmations” from the manual to express collective faith for the gathered church.

g)

Break into small groups (5-8 people) and have them pray for each other. Rather than taking requests, have each person pray their own request. Then they can also pray for requests of others that have been prayed. Encourage prayers to be shorter so each one can pray more than once (approx 10 min).

h)

Get them to break into smaller groups of 2-3 people and ask them to pray for revival in the church and in churches in the area (countryside, town or city) naming specific churches and pastors. Use the promises about revival in this manual to help in prayer (7-10 min).

While Standing:

i)

Sing another song of praise (3 min).

j)

Read several promises from the section “God's Intention to Save the Nations” from this manual. Then put up 2-3 prayer points on Power Point with a clear map concerning a particular nation of the world. Have various individuals pray in a loud voice for this nation using the promises of God in prayer (10 minutes). Encourage children and teenagers to participate.

k)

Close with a time of praise in song (3-5 min).

Praying Always

I am indebted to John Piper for insight I received from one of his messages that forms the basis of these thoughts:

There is an interesting incident in Jesus’ life that gives us an insight into the importance of prayer in our lives. We know the story well. Jesus comes down from the Mount of Transfiguration and meets a crowd in confusion. A man with a demonized son is there but the disciples have been unable to cast the demon out (Mark 9:18). Jesus casts the demon out and then later when the disciples ask Him why they were unable to do so, He answers them this way:

And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why could we not cast it out?” And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”

Mark 9:28-29

Now what is remarkable about that answer is that there is absolutely no record whatsoever of Jesus praying before He cast out the demon. In fact, it seemed to be done in a hurry when He saw the crowd starting to grow rapidly (Mark 9:25). What then did Jesus mean when He said that “this kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer”? I believe He meant the secret life of prayer. His constant contact with the Father meant that He was ready to do battle when large spiritual challenges presented themselves. He was a man that was continuously filled with the Spirit.

He would seek out time alone with God, often for hours at a time (Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, etc.) but would also “pray without ceasing” as He lived and taught and ministered to people (compare John 8:28-29 and John 12:49-50 with the Messianic passage in Isa 50:4 for insight into how Jesus functioned). This life of prayer—both His set times of communion and crying out, as well as His living in a continuous fellowship with God by “walking in the light of His presence” (Ps 89:15)—was the secret of Jesus’powerful life.

His life of prayer meant that He was ready each day for whatever came at Him. It appears that the disciples didn’t live this way. Perhaps they prayed hard before big challenges but loosened the grip on prayer during the mundane and ordinary (crises-praying rather than continuous-praying).

It is interesting that Jesus defeated Satan in the wilderness using two inter-related weapons. He used the word of God but was at the same time filled with the Spirit (Luke 3:22, Luke 4:1,14). The Word is the “sword of the Spirit”after all (Eph 6:17). If the Spirit is not in control, the sword stays in it’s sheath.

The life of prayer is a wonderful means of grace for the ongoing practice of prayer and living the Spirit-filled life. We eat that we may have the strength to continue to eat. We breathe that we may continue to breathe. So it is with prayer. It can’t be just an application point for a few months or something we get serious about before we preach or witness or counsel. Prayer is a precious gift of the gospel, and the gospel is believed and nurtured through prayer. We enjoy the greatest gift of the gospel, God Himself, in prayer. In the gospel, God gave Himself for us so that He could give Himself to us! Amazing grace!

Scripture Index

The Scripture references are linked to the top of the corresponding page of the print version. Depending on your screen size you may have to flip to the next page to view it.

Genesis 3:15 134

Genesis 15:1 123

Genesis 17:7 137

Genesis 17:18 139

Genesis 22:18 72

Genesis 28:15 105

Genesis 31:3 197

Genesis 32:9,12 197

Genesis 39:2-3 102

Genesis 39:21 102

Genesis 39:23 102

Genesis 46:4 25

Exodus 4:12 88, 105

Exodus 14:14 131

Exodus 15:11 25

Exodus 15:13 127

Exodus 20:24 108

Exodus 29:46 107

Exodus 31:3 117

Exodus 33:14 107

Exodus 33:15-16 155

Exodus 33:18 155

Exodus 34:9 177

Leviticus 20:26 101

Leviticus 26:3, 5-6 124

Leviticus 26:11-12 101

Leviticus 26:13 111

Numbers 6:24-26 189

Numbers 14:19 177

Numbers 18:20 102

Numbers 24:17 134

Deuteronomy 1:30-31 131

Deuteronomy 1:33 127

Deuteronomy 2:7 128

Deuteronomy 4:7 107

Deuteronomy 4:29 140

Deuteronomy 4:37 137

Deuteronomy 4:40 138

Deuteronomy 5:16 139

Deuteronomy 5:29 138

Deuteronomy 7:6 101

Deuteronomy 7:9 23

Deuteronomy 10:14 26

Deuteronomy 10:17-18 26

Deuteronomy 11:2 26

Deuteronomy 11:8 148

Deuteronomy 11:18-21 139

Deuteronomy 12:7 179

Deuteronomy 12:28 138

Deuteronomy 15:10 147

Deuteronomy 18:18 35

Deuteronomy 20:1 131

Deuteronomy 20:4 132

Deuteronomy 23:20 147

Deuteronomy 24:19 147

Deuteronomy 27:7 179

Deuteronomy 28:47-48 179

Deuteronomy 31:8 26

Deuteronomy 32:4 26

Deuteronomy 32:36 116

Deuteronomy 32:39 26

Deuteronomy 33:3 74

Deuteronomy 33:12 129

Joshua 1:5 102

Joshua 1:8 89

Joshua 1:9 105

Joshua 6:27 103

Joshua 10:25 132

Joshua 10:8 132

Joshua 23:14 23

Judges 6:12 103

Judges 13:12 140

1 Samuel 2:8 77

1 Samuel 2:30 108

1 Samuel 2:35 35

1 Samuel 3:19 103

1 Samuel 12:22 101

1 Samuel 14:6 116

1 Samuel 17:47 132

1 Samuel 18:12 103

1 Samuel 18:14 103

2 Samuel 5:10 103

2 Samuel 7:3 103

2 Samuel 7:12-13 35

2 Samuel 7:21 195

2 Samuel 7:28 25

2 Samuel 22:4 52

2 Samuel 22:18-19 117

2 Samuel 22:20 76

2 Samuel 22:31 24

2 Samuel 22:37 109

2 Samuel 23:3-4 88

2 Samuel 23:5 109

2 Samuel 24:14 26

1 Kings 3:9 155

1 Kings 6:13 107

1 Kings 8:27 26

1 Kings 8:30 177

1 Kings 8:39 177

1 Kings 8:50 177

1 Kings 8:57-58 103

1 Kings 17:14 128

1 Kings 18:37 155

2 Kings 3:16-18 128

2 Kings 6:16 123

2 Kings 17:39 132

2 Kings 18:7 103

2 Kings 19:19 155

2 Kings 19:30 109

1 Chronicles 11:9 104

1 Chronicles 16:24 21

1 Chronicles 16:35 185

1 Chronicles 17:8 104

1 Chronicles 17:21-22 102

1 Chronicles 22:11 104

1 Chronicles 28:20 104

1 Chronicles 29:10-13 27

2 Chronicles 1:1 104

2 Chronicles 6:39 177

2 Chronicles 6:41 179

2 Chronicles 7:14 52, 140

2 Chronicles 15:2 105

2 Chronicles 15:4 141

2 Chronicles 16:9 114, 148

2 Chronicles 20:6 27

2 Chronicles 20:12 155

2 Chronicles 20:17 132

2 Chronicles 30:9 70, 112

2 Chronicles 34:27 52

Ezra 8:22 148

Nehemiah 9:5 155

Nehemiah 9:8 23

Nehemiah 9:17 175

Job 8:7 109

Job 8:21 118

Job 11:18-19 130

Job 12:22 117

Job 14:17 70

Job 16:19 36

Job 17:9 149

Job 19:25-27 36

Job 21:15 206

Job 23:10 109

Job 23:14 19

Job 26:14 27

Job 29:5-6 109

Job 33:26 52

Job 35:10 119

Job 36:7 109

Job 36:15-16 120

Psalms 1:2-3 89

Psalms 1:3 109

Psalms 2:8 36, 52

Psalms 3:5 130

Psalms 4:3 52

Psalms 4:6 156

Psalms 4:8 130

Psalms 5:11 62, 167, 179

Psalms 6:2-4 156

Psalms 7:17 167

Psalms 9:1 185

Psalms 9:1-2 167

Psalms 9:9 130

Psalms 9:10 24, 57, 194

Psalms 9:12 121

Psalms 10:4 205

Psalms 10:14 117

Psalms 10:17 121

Psalms 13:5 185

Psalms 13:6 167

Psalms 14:4 206

Psalms 14:5 105

Psalms 16:6 167

Psalms 16:8 167

Psalms 16:10-11 119

Psalms 17:7 156

Psalms 17:15 167

Psalms 18:16-18 112

Psalms 18:28 118

Psalms 18:30 62

Psalms 18:35-36 167

Psalms 19:7 24, 91

Psalms 19:8 119

Psalms 19:12 176

Psalms 19:14 156

Psalms 22:26 142

Psalms 22:31 137

Psalms 23:1-3 129

Psalms 23:4 105

Psalms 24:3-6 142

Psalms 25:8-9 146

Psalms 25:11 156, 176

Psalms 25:12-14 143

Psalms 25:20-21 156

Psalms 26:3 168

Psalms 27:4 156

Psalms 27:5 130

Psalms 28:2 156

Psalms 28:7 185

Psalms 30:5 119

Psalms 30:11 119

Psalms 31:5 168

Psalms 31:7 185

Psalms 31:15 168

Psalms 31:19 62

Psalms 31:19-20 143

Psalms 31:21 112

Psalms 32:8 127

Psalms 32:11 180

Psalms 33:10-11 27

Psalms 33:18 143

Psalms 33:20-21 168

Psalms 33:21 61

Psalms 34:4 142

Psalms 34:4-5 52

Psalms 34:7 144

Psalms 34:10 140

Psalms 34:18-19 121

Psalms 34:22 59

Psalms 35:3 156

Psalms 35:9-10 119

Psalms 36:7-9 110

Psalms 36:10 157

Psalms 37:4-5 52

Psalms 37:5-6 61

Psalms 37:23-24 76

Psalms 37:26 147

Psalms 37:34 110

Psalms 37:39 122

Psalms 37:40 62

Psalms 38:9 157

Psalms 39:4 157

Psalms 39:12 157

Psalms 40:3 119

Psalms 40:5 74

Psalms 40:16 142, 180

Psalms 40:17 168

Psalms 42:8 74

Psalms 44:3 76

Psalms 44:4 157

Psalms 44:8 185

Psalms 44:23-24 157

Psalms 44:26 157

Psalms 45:7 36

Psalms 46:1-2 122

Psalms 46:7 105

Psalms 48:14 127

Psalms 50:23 149, 180

Psalms 51:1-2 176

Psalms 51:9 176

Psalms 51:10 157

Psalms 51:12 157

Psalms 51:15 157

Psalms 51:17 146

Psalms 52:9 168

Psalms 54:4 130

Psalms 55:18 132

Psalms 55:22 114

Psalms 56:3 168

Psalms 56:8 168

Psalms 57:9 185

Psalms 60:4 144

Psalms 61:2 158

Psalms 62:1-2 168

Psalms 62:8 168

Psalms 63:2 18

Psalms 63:3 169

Psalms 63:8 169

Psalms 64:10 180

Psalms 65:4 107

Psalms 65:8 119

Psalms 66:2 18

Psalms 66:12 122

Psalms 66:18-20 53

Psalms 67:1 158

Psalms 68:28 158

Psalms 68:35 114

Psalms 69:5 176

Psalms 69:13 158

Psalms 69:16-17 158

Psalms 69:30 185

Psalms 69:32 142

Psalms 69:33 112

Psalms 70:4 142

Psalms 71:3 158

Psalms 71:5-6 169

Psalms 71:8 18

Psalms 71:9 158

Psalms 71:14-17 169

Psalms 71:18 158

Psalms 71:21 110

Psalms 72:4 139

Psalms 72:12 53

Psalms 72:19 18

Psalms 73:23-24 108

Psalms 73:25-26 169

Psalms 73:28 169

Psalms 74:10 159

Psalms 74:18 159

Psalms 74:20 159

Psalms 74:22 159

Psalms 75:1 169, 186

Psalms 75:3 130

Psalms 77:2 123

Psalms 77:7-10 198

Psalms 77:12 169

Psalms 79:6 205

Psalms 79:9 20

Psalms 79:9-10 159

Psalms 79:13 186

Psalms 80:4 159

Psalms 80:18 51, 114

Psalms 81:10 129

Psalms 81:13-16 132

Psalms 84:5-7 122

Psalms 84:11-12 149

Psalms 85:2-3 70

Psalms 85:4 159

Psalms 85:4-7 178

Psalms 85:6 159

Psalms 85:9 20

Psalms 86:3-4 159

Psalms 86:5 70

Psalms 86:7 53

Psalms 86:9 72

Psalms 86:11 160

Psalms 86:12 186

Psalms 86:16 160

Psalms 86:17 160

Psalms 87:5-6 77

Psalms 87:7 169

Psalms 88:13-14 160

Psalms 89:27-29 36

Psalms 90:14 186

Psalms 90:14-17 160

Psalms 91:1 108

Psalms 91:9-11 130

Psalms 91:14 130

Psalms 91:15-16 53

Psalms 92:1-2 180

Psalms 93:1-2, 5 27

Psalms 93:5 25

Psalms 94:18-19 75

Psalms 95:2 180

Psalms 96:6 27

Psalms 97:11 119

Psalms 97:12 180

Psalms 98:1 19

Psalms 99:6 53

Psalms 100:4 180

Psalms 101:2 170

Psalms 102:1-2 160

Psalms 102:13 110

Psalms 102:15 16

Psalms 102:17 53

Psalms 102:28 137

Psalms 103:1 170

Psalms 103:1,2,22 186

Psalms 103:5 77

Psalms 103:10-12 71

Psalms 103:13 144

Psalms 103:14 117

Psalms 103:17 144

Psalms 103:19 27

Psalms 104:1-2 28

Psalms 104:27-28 129

Psalms 104:31 16

Psalms 104:34 170, 186

Psalms 105:3 142

Psalms 106:8 63

Psalms 106:13 205

Psalms 106:47 21, 186

Psalms 107:14 118

Psalms 107:20 63

Psalms 107:22 180

Psalms 107:92 77

Psalms 109:21 160

Psalms 109:27 161

Psalms 110:1-2 36

Psalms 110:3 91

Psalms 111:6 117

Psalms 112:1-2 139, 144

Psalms 112:4 118

Psalms 112:5 147

Psalms 112:7-8 144

Psalms 113:4 15

Psalms 115:1 21

Psalms 115:3 15, 28

Psalms 115:13 144

Psalms 116:5 28

Psalms 116:7 170

Psalms 116:12-13 170

Psalms 116:17 170, 186

Psalms 118:5 53

Psalms 118:6 123

Psalms 118:14 114

Psalms 118:19 186

Psalms 118:21 187

Psalms 118:24 181

Psalms 118:25 161

Psalms 118:28 187

Psalms 119:11 170

Psalms 119:15-16 170

Psalms 119:18 161

Psalms 119:32 170

Psalms 119:36-37 161

Psalms 119:41 161

Psalms 119:49 5, 198

Psalms 119:58 198

Psalms 119:66 161

Psalms 119:68 28

Psalms 119:75 170

Psalms 119:132-133 161

Psalms 119:140 24

Psalms 119:147 171

Psalms 119:160 171

Psalms 119:165 124

Psalms 119:169-170 161

Psalms 119:175 161

Psalms 121:7-8 131

Psalms 123:1-2 171

Psalms 125:1 61

Psalms 125:2 131

Psalms 126:3 171

Psalms 128:1-4 144

Psalms 130:3-4 71

Psalms 130:8 77

Psalms 131:2 171

Psalms 132:17-18 36

Psalms 133:1,3 77

Psalms 134:1 181

Psalms 135:14 78

Psalms 138:3 115

Psalms 138:5 18

Psalms 138:6 146

Psalms 139:2-3 28

Psalms 139:16-18 75

Psalms 139:23 162, 176, 206

Psalms 141:3-4 162

Psalms 142:3 75

Psalms 142:7 162, 187

Psalms 143:8 162

Psalms 143:10 162

Psalms 145:3 28

Psalms 145:9 28

Psalms 145:10 181

Psalms 145:18-19 53

Psalms 146:8 146

Psalms 147:5 28

Psalms 147:11 145

Proverbs 2:1-7 125

Proverbs 2:3-5 141

Proverbs 3:5-6 61, 127

Proverbs 3:16-18 125

Proverbs 3:26 62

Proverbs 4:8-9 125

Proverbs 4:18 110

Proverbs 6:22-23 89

Proverbs 8:15-17 125

Proverbs 8:34-35 126

Proverbs 9:10-11 126

Proverbs 14:26-27 145

Proverbs 16:3 128

Proverbs 16:9 128

Proverbs 18:10 131

Proverbs 18:22 110

Proverbs 19:17 147

Proverbs 19:23 145

Proverbs 20:7 139, 149

Proverbs 21:21 149

Proverbs 24:3-4 126

Proverbs 24:5-6 126

Proverbs 28:5 140

Proverbs 28:27 147

Proverbs 30:5 24, 89

Ecclesiastes 2:25-26 149

Ecclesiastes 7:12 126

Isaiah 2:2-3 92

Isaiah 7:14 37

Isaiah 9:1-4 37

Isaiah 9:6-7 37

Isaiah 10:20-21 92

Isaiah 11:2-4 37

Isaiah 11:10-11 38

Isaiah 12:1 187

Isaiah 12:4 187

Isaiah 14:32 121

Isaiah 22:22 38

Isaiah 24:15 21

Isaiah 25:7-8 123

Isaiah 26:3 124

Isaiah 26:8-9 162

Isaiah 26:12-13 162

Isaiah 27:1 134

Isaiah 27:6 92

Isaiah 28:5-6 115

Isaiah 29:17-19 92

Isaiah 29:22 92

Isaiah 30:15 61

Isaiah 30:18 28

Isaiah 30:19 54

Isaiah 30:26 121

Isaiah 30:29 121

Isaiah 30:30 133

Isaiah 30:32 133

Isaiah 32:15 92, 95

Isaiah 32:17 93, 125

Isaiah 33:2 162

Isaiah 33:6 145

Isaiah 35:1-2 93

Isaiah 35:6 93

Isaiah 35:10 181

Isaiah 38:16-17 163

Isaiah 40:5 17

Isaiah 40:11 77

Isaiah 40:15 29

Isaiah 40:17 29

Isaiah 40:28 29

Isaiah 40:28-31 117

Isaiah 41:10 106

Isaiah 41:11-15 133

Isaiah 41:18 93

Isaiah 42:1-4 38

Isaiah 42:6-7 38

Isaiah 42:16 128

Isaiah 43:2 106

Isaiah 43:4-7 106

Isaiah 43:7 16

Isaiah 43:20-21 93

Isaiah 43:25 71

Isaiah 44:3-5 93, 137

Isaiah 44:6 29

Isaiah 44:22 71

Isaiah 45:7 29

Isaiah 45:17 63

Isaiah 45:19 141

Isaiah 45:24 29

Isaiah 46:3-4 131

Isaiah 48:11 16

Isaiah 48:17 128

Isaiah 48:18 149

Isaiah 49:6 72

Isaiah 49:8-10 39

Isaiah 49:15 78

Isaiah 49:25 133

Isaiah 50:4 126

Isaiah 51:3 94, 181

Isaiah 51:16 88, 110

Isaiah 53:5 38

Isaiah 53:10-11 39

Isaiah 54:1 78

Isaiah 54:13 94

Isaiah 54:15 133

Isaiah 54:17 133

Isaiah 55:5 39, 63

Isaiah 55:6-7 142

Isaiah 55:7 175

Isaiah 55:11 89

Isaiah 56:7 78, 211

Isaiah 57:15 108

Isaiah 57:17-19 112

Isaiah 58:8-9 54

Isaiah 58:10 118

Isaiah 58:10-12 78

Isaiah 59:21 137

Isaiah 60:1-5 79

Isaiah 60:10 110

Isaiah 60:15 79

Isaiah 60:17 125

Isaiah 60:21 16

Isaiah 61:1-2 39

Isaiah 61:3 20

Isaiah 61:7 120

Isaiah 61:9 138

Isaiah 61:10 187

Isaiah 61:11 73

Isaiah 62:2-4 79

Isaiah 64:4 54

Isaiah 64:5 149

Isaiah 64:7 3, 205

Isaiah 65:1 63

Isaiah 65:16 111

Isaiah 65:18 181

Isaiah 65:23-24 138

Isaiah 66:2 111

Isaiah 66:18 16

Isaiah 66:19-20 21

Jeremiah 1:8 106

Jeremiah 1:9 88

Jeremiah 1:19 106

Jeremiah 2:31 205

Jeremiah 3:12 94, 112

Jeremiah 3:15 88

Jeremiah 3:22 112

Jeremiah 4:1-2 73

Jeremiah 7:23 149

Jeremiah 10:6-7 29

Jeremiah 10:10 29

Jeremiah 10:24 163

Jeremiah 12:3 163

Jeremiah 14:9 108

Jeremiah 14:20-21 163

Jeremiah 15:19 88

Jeremiah 17:7-8 57

Jeremiah 23:4 88

Jeremiah 23:6 40

Jeremiah 23:17-18 205

Jeremiah 23:23-24 30

Jeremiah 23:28-29 88

Jeremiah 24:7 94

Jeremiah 27:18 3

Jeremiah 29:12-13 54

Jeremiah 30:9 40

Jeremiah 30:10 138

Jeremiah 30:17 94

Jeremiah 30:19 94, 181

Jeremiah 30:21 108

Jeremiah 31:9 80, 94, 112

Jeremiah 31:12 120

Jeremiah 31:13 181

Jeremiah 31:13-14 120

Jeremiah 31:16-17 138

Jeremiah 31:18 163

Jeremiah 31:25 115

Jeremiah 31:31, 33-34 79

Jeremiah 32:17 30

Jeremiah 32:27 30

Jeremiah 32:38-40 145

Jeremiah 33:8 175

Jeremiah 33:14-16 196

Jeremiah 33:22 40

Jeremiah 42:11-12 106

Jeremiah 46:27-28 124

Jeremiah 50:4-5 63

Jeremiah 50:20 71

Jeremiah 50:33-34 133

Jeremiah 51:10 71

Lamentations 2:17 15

Lamentations 2:19 140

Lamentations 3:31-33 121

Lamentations 3:40-42 163

Lamentations 3:57 124

Lamentations 3:58 163

Lamentations 5:21 163

Ezekiel 1:26 40

Ezekiel 1:28 40

Ezekiel 6:9 30

Ezekiel 7:8-9 30

Ezekiel 11:19-20 64

Ezekiel 12:28 196

Ezekiel 16:59-60 113

Ezekiel 17:24 30

Ezekiel 18:23 64

Ezekiel 18:32 64

Ezekiel 22:15 113

Ezekiel 22:30 3

Ezekiel 34:15 30

Ezekiel 34:23 40

Ezekiel 34:27 134

Ezekiel 34:31 80

Ezekiel 36:25 175

Ezekiel 36:25-27 95, 113

Ezekiel 37:14 95

Ezekiel 37:23 113, 175

Ezekiel 37:24 40

Ezekiel 37:26-28 80

Ezekiel 38:23 73

Ezekiel 39:29 96

Daniel 2:20-22 31

Daniel 4:35 15, 31

Daniel 5:23 31

Daniel 7:13-14 41

Daniel 7:27 80

Daniel 9:2-3 198

Daniel 9:17 100

Daniel 9:19 164, 178

Daniel 9:23 54

Daniel 10:12 54

Hosea 1:10 80

Hosea 2:19-20 64

Hosea 3:1 75

Hosea 3:5 40

Hosea 6:1-3 95, 141

Hosea 7:2 31

Hosea 10:12 141

Hosea 11:4 31

Hosea 14:4 113

Hosea 14:8 54

Joel 2:21 182

Joel 2:25 95

Joel 2:28-29 96

Joel 2:32 64

Amos 4:13 31

Amos 5:4 143

Amos 5:8 31

Micah 2:13 134

Micah 4:1-2 81

Micah 5:2,4-5 41

Micah 5:11-12 134

Micah 7:7-8 171

Micah 7:8-9 118

Micah 7:15 81

Micah 7:17-18 32

Nahum 1:3 32

Nahum 1:7 32, 57

Nahum 1:12 121

Habakkuk 1:12 32

Habakkuk 1:13 32

Habakkuk 2:14 16

Habakkuk 2:20 32

Habakkuk 3:2 101, 164

Habakkuk 3:17-18 171, 187

Zephaniah 1:6 205

Zephaniah 3:9 51

Zephaniah 3:11-12 81

Zephaniah 3:14 182

Zephaniah 3:15 71

Zephaniah 3:17 75

Zephaniah 3:19-20 81

Haggai 2:4 104

Haggai 2:5 81

Haggai 2:7 41

Zechariah 2:5 81

Zechariah 2:10 182

Zechariah 2:10-11 82

Zechariah 3:4 72

Zechariah 3:9 41

Zechariah 4:6 115

Zechariah 6:12-13 41

Zechariah 8:8 82

Zechariah 8:13 124

Zechariah 9:16-17 82

Zechariah 10:6-7 113

Zechariah 10:7 182

Zechariah 10:12 115

Zechariah 12:10 42, 51

Zechariah 13:1 42

Zechariah 14:9 15

Malachi 1:11 73

Malachi 1:14 73

Malachi 4:2 145

Matthew 3:11 96

Matthew 5:16 22

Matthew 5:45 32

Matthew 6:8 54

Matthew 6:12 176

Matthew 6:33 129, 143

Matthew 7:7 143

Matthew 7:8 54

Matthew 7:11 55

Matthew 8:13 57

Matthew 10:19-20 126

Matthew 10:29-31 75

Matthew 13:43 82

Matthew 16:18-19 82

Matthew 17:20 60

Matthew 21:13 82

Matthew 23:12 146

Matthew 24:14 73

Matthew 24:35 24

Matthew 25:29 150

Matthew 25:34 82

Matthew 26:39 164

Matthew 28:19-20 83, 107

Mark 6:5-6 192

Mark 9:23 61

Mark 9:28-29 220

Mark 10:29-30 150

Mark 10:45 42

Mark 10:47 176

Mark 11:24 55, 60

Mark 12:10-11 42

Mark 12:24 23

Mark 13:31 89

Luke 1:32 42

Luke 1:37 32

Luke 1:38 171

Luke 1:45 172

Luke 1:73-74 124

Luke 1:78-79 118

Luke 5:32 64

Luke 6:21 141

Luke 6:38 147

Luke 8:46 192

Luke 10:19 135

Luke 11:13 55, 96

Luke 12:32 129

Luke 12:37 42

Luke 12:42-44 150

Luke 14:12-14 148

Luke 15:20 32

Luke 17:21 42

Luke 19:10 42, 64

Luke 19:17 150

Luke 21:15 127

Luke 22:22 43

Luke 22:37 23, 43

Luke 22:69 43

Luke 24:44 35

Luke 24:49 96

John 1:12 58

John 1:14 17, 41, 43

John 1:18 43

John 1:29 72

John 3:16 58

John 3:27 15

John 3:34-35 43

John 5:19 43

John 5:24-25 64

John 5:26 43

John 5:39 35

John 6:35 60

John 6:37 65

John 6:65 65

John 7:37-39 60, 96

John 8:12 44

John 8:29 152

John 8:31-32 150

John 10:4 83

John 10:9 65

John 10:11 44

John 10:14-15 83

John 10:27-28 83

John 10:35 24

John 11:25-26 65

John 11:26 58

John 11:50-52 44

John 12:23-24 44

John 12:31-32 135

John 12:44 58

John 12:46 61, 118

John 12:49-50 44

John 14:6 65

John 14:12 60, 97

John 14:13-14 55

John 14:16-17 97

John 14:18 77

John 14:21 150

John 14:23 150

John 14:26-27 97

John 15:2 121

John 15:4-5 111

John 15:7 55

John 15:9 75

John 15:10-11 120

John 15:16 55

John 16:13-14 97

John 16:23-24 55

John 16:27 62

John 16:32 44

John 16:33 123

John 17:6 83

John 17:23-24 83

John 17:26 83

John 20:22 97

John 20:31 65

Acts 1:8 97

Acts 1:16 23

Acts 2:23 44

Acts 2:28 188

Acts 2:38-39 65

Acts 2:42 209

Acts 3:19-20 65

Acts 3:24 35

Acts 3:26 32

Acts 4:12 45

Acts 4:31 209

Acts 5:32 151

Acts 6:4 172

Acts 7:9-10 104

Acts 7:17 197

Acts 7:34 45

Acts 10:38 45, 105

Acts 10:43 57

Acts 11:18 66

Acts 11:21 65

Acts 12:5,12 209

Acts 13:2-3 209

Acts 13:38 66

Acts 13:39 57

Acts 13:48 19

Acts 15:11 58

Acts 15:16-17 73

Acts 16:31 58, 66

Acts 17:24-25 33

Acts 17:28 33

Acts 18:9-10 107

Acts 20:24 172

Acts 20:28 84

Acts 20:32 89

Acts 24:16 172

Acts 26:18 66

Acts 26:22 172

Acts 27:23 172

Romans 1:5 21, 74

Romans 1:7 75

Romans 1:8 188

Romans 1:16 58, 66

Romans 3:11 206

Romans 3:21-22 58, 66

Romans 4:5 59, 66

Romans 4:16 196

Romans 4:17 33

Romans 4:20 20

Romans 5:1 66

Romans 5:2 20, 55, 182

Romans 5:5 97

Romans 5:8 66

Romans 5:11 172

Romans 6:6 67

Romans 6:14 67

Romans 7:4 67

Romans 7:6 98

Romans 8:1 67

Romans 8:13 98

Romans 8:14-15 98

Romans 8:16 98

Romans 8:26-27 51

Romans 8:28-29 19

Romans 8:29 201

Romans 8:31-32 76, 193

Romans 8:37 115

Romans 8:38-39 76

Romans 9:16 67

Romans 9:24-26 80

Romans 10:4 58, 67

Romans 10:9 59, 67

Romans 10:11 59

Romans 10:12-13 67

Romans 10:17 67, 193

Romans 10:20 68

Romans 11:32-36 33

Romans 11:36 16

Romans 14:4 115

Romans 15:4 90

Romans 15:7 22

Romans 15:13 98, 189

Romans 16:25 115

Romans 16:25-26 74

Romans 16:27 17, 33, 190

1 Corinthians 1:4 182

1 Corinthians 1:18 68

1 Corinthians 1:21 59

1 Corinthians 2:2 172

1 Corinthians 2:8 17

1 Corinthians 2:9-10 98

1 Corinthians 2:12 98

1 Corinthians 2:16 84

1 Corinthians 3:21-23 84

1 Corinthians 4:20 172

1 Corinthians 5:4 84

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 22

1 Corinthians 8:6 33

1 Corinthians 10:31 22

1 Corinthians 12:7 98

1 Corinthians 12:11 99

1 Corinthians 12:18 84

1 Corinthians 12:24-26 84

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 23, 45

1 Corinthians 15:10 111

1 Corinthians 15:22 68

1 Corinthians 15:28 33

1 Corinthians 15:49 68

2 Corinthians 1:10 123

2 Corinthians 1:19-20 196

2 Corinthians 1:20 20

2 Corinthians 2:14 84

2 Corinthians 3:6 99

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 99

2 Corinthians 3:18 18

2 Corinthians 4:4 17

2 Corinthians 4:6 17

2 Corinthians 4:7 115

2 Corinthians 4:15 21, 182

2 Corinthians 4:16-17 122

2 Corinthians 5:15 45

2 Corinthians 5:19 68

2 Corinthians 5:21 68

2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1 195

2 Corinthians 9:6 148

2 Corinthians 9:8 148

2 Corinthians 9:10-11 148

2 Corinthians 9:11 182

2 Corinthians 10:5 172

2 Corinthians 11:30 173

2 Corinthians 12:9 116

2 Corinthians 13:14 164, 190

Galatians 1:3-4 45

Galatians 1:3-5 19

Galatians 2:20 173

Galatians 3:16 196

Galatians 3:26-27 84

Galatians 3:29 84

Galatians 4:6 51, 99

Galatians 4:27-29 78

Galatians 5:16 99

Galatians 5:18 99

Galatians 5:22-23 99

Galatians 6:8 99

Galatians 6:14 173

Ephesians 1:4-5 76

Ephesians 1:7 72

Ephesians 1:12 16

Ephesians 1:13-14 100

Ephesians 1:16 182

Ephesians 1:17-19 164

Ephesians 1:19 60

Ephesians 2:6 85

Ephesians 2:8-9 68

Ephesians 2:18 56

Ephesians 2:22 85

Ephesians 3:6 196

Ephesians 3:10 85

Ephesians 3:11 17

Ephesians 3:11-12 56

Ephesians 3:16 19

Ephesians 3:16-17 100

Ephesians 3:16-19 164

Ephesians 3:20 56

Ephesians 3:20-21 85, 210

Ephesians 4:8, 11-13 87

Ephesians 4:11-12 85

Ephesians 5:4 183

Ephesians 5:18-20 183

Ephesians 6:8 151

Ephesians 6:16 62

Ephesians 6:17-18 212

Philippians 1:3-4 183

Philippians 1:3-6 201

Philippians 1:9-11 21, 165

Philippians 1:19 100

Philippians 2:9-11 18, 45

Philippians 2:12-13 116

Philippians 4:4 183

Philippians 4:6-7 56

Philippians 4:9 107, 151

Philippians 4:11-13 173

Philippians 4:19 129

Colossians 1:9-11 165

Colossians 1:11-12 188

Colossians 1:13 135

Colossians 1:15-17 46

Colossians 1:27 22, 111

Colossians 1:29 116

Colossians 2:2-3 46

Colossians 2:3 127

Colossians 2:6-7 183

Colossians 2:14-15 135

Colossians 2:16-17 46

Colossians 2:19 85

Colossians 3:3 85

Colossians 3:4 20

Colossians 3:17 183, 217

Colossians 4:2 183

1 Thessalonians 1:2 183

1 Thessalonians 1:5 100

1 Thessalonians 2:13 90

1 Thessalonians 3:5 204

1 Thessalonians 3:9 183

1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 165

1 Thessalonians 3:12 189

1 Thessalonians 5:5 85

1 Thessalonians 5:9 68

1 Thessalonians 5:18 184

1 Thessalonians 5:23 165, 189

1 Thessalonians 5:24 25

2 Thessalonians 1:3 184

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 165

2 Thessalonians 2:13 184

2 Thessalonians 2:16 166, 189

2 Thessalonians 3:5 189

2 Thessalonians 3:16 190

1 Timothy 1:17 34, 190

1 Timothy 2:3-4 68

1 Timothy 4:4 184

1 Timothy 4:4-5 90

1 Timothy 6:15-16 34, 190

1 Timothy 6:17 34

2 Timothy 1:10 69

2 Timothy 1:12 59

2 Timothy 2:13 24

2 Timothy 2:19-21 151

2 Timothy 3:15-17 90

2 Timothy 4:8 173

2 Timothy 4:17 116

2 Timothy 4:18 134

Titus 1:2 24

Titus 1:9 23

Titus 2:13 17

Titus 2:13-14 46, 102

Titus 3:5-6 69

Hebrews 1:3 17, 46

Hebrews 1:8 46

Hebrews 2:10 47

Hebrews 2:11 85

Hebrews 2:14-15 135

Hebrews 2:16-18 47

Hebrews 3:12-13 203

Hebrews 3:14 59

Hebrews 4:12 90

Hebrews 4:13 34

Hebrews 4:14-15 47

Hebrews 4:15-16 56

Hebrews 4:16 60

Hebrews 5:7-9 47

Hebrews 6:12 197

Hebrews 6:15 197

Hebrews 6:17-19 25

Hebrews 7:16 47

Hebrews 7:25 48, 69

Hebrews 8:1 48

Hebrews 8:6 48

Hebrews 8:10-12 69

Hebrews 9:14 48

Hebrews 9:22 72

Hebrews 9:26 69

Hebrews 10:12-13 48

Hebrews 10:14 69

Hebrews 10:19-22 56, 204

Hebrews 10:23 25

Hebrews 10:35 57

Hebrews 10:35-36 197

Hebrews 11:6 61, 143

Hebrews 11:16 86

Hebrews 11:33 197

Hebrews 12:11 122

Hebrews 12:29 34

Hebrews 13:4 34

Hebrews 13:20-21 153, 190

James 1:5 127

James 1:12 122

James 1:17-18 90

James 1:22-24 114

James 1:25 151

James 2:1 17

James 4:6 146

James 4:7 135

James 4:8 108

James 4:10 146

James 5:16 56

James 5:19-20 114

1 Peter 1:5 62

1 Peter 1:8 184

1 Peter 1:23-25 91

1 Peter 2:5 86

1 Peter 2:9 86

1 Peter 3:12 151

1 Peter 3:22 135

1 Peter 4:11 22

1 Peter 4:14 20

1 Peter 5:5-7 146

1 Peter 5:10 122

2 Peter 1:3 19

2 Peter 1:3-4 195

2 Peter 1:19 24

2 Peter 1:20-21 91

2 Peter 3:9 69

2 Peter 3:13 173

1 John 1:7 86

1 John 1:9 72, 175

1 John 2:1 86

1 John 2:2 48

1 John 2:10 152

1 John 2:14 91

1 John 2:20 100

1 John 2:27 100

1 John 3:1 76

1 John 3:2 202

1 John 3:2-3 86

1 John 3:8 136

1 John 3:21-22 60, 152

1 John 4:4 136

1 John 4:9-10 76

1 John 4:16 173

1 John 4:18-19 124

1 John 5:1 59

1 John 5:4 136

1 John 5:5 62

1 John 5:11-12 70

1 John 5:13 59

1 John 5:14 61

1 John 5:14-15 57

1 John 5:18 136

1 John 5:20 70

Jude 1:1 86

Jude 1:24 116

Jude 1:24-25 22, 190

Revelation 1:3 91, 152

Revelation 1:5 48, 70

Revelation 1:16 49

Revelation 1:18 49

Revelation 11:15 173

Revelation 11:17 184

Revelation 12:10-11 136

Revelation 14:13 152

Revelation 15:3-4 34

Revelation 17:14 136

Revelation 19:16 50

Revelation 21:3-4 87

Revelation 21:22-23 50

Revelation 22:3-5 87

Revelation 22:6 24

Revelation 22:7 152

Revelation 22:17 70

Revelation 3:4-5 152

Revelation 5:4-7 49

Revelation 5:9 49

Revelation 5:12-13 49

Revelation 7:9-10 74

Revelation 7:15 86

Revelation 7:17 87