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Monday, May 27, 2019

How To Pray

 


With faith (not doubting):
Mark 11:22-24

With persistence:
Matthew 7:7-11
Luke 11:5-13
Luke 18:1-8
1 Thessalonians 5:17

Fervently:
James 5:16b

Earnestly:
James 5:17-18

With thanksgiving:
Philippians 4:6
1 Thessalonians 5:18

According to God's will:
1 John 5:14-15

Being right with God (righteous) and not a sinner:
John 9:31
James 5:16b
1 John 3:22
1 Peter 3:12
Psalm 66:18 

With tenacity:
Luke 5:18-20
Luke 8:43-48

In private (as applicable) but never for show:
Matthew 6:5-6

Without vain repetitions*:
Matthew 6:7-8

With reverence and with God at the center:
Matthew 6:9-13
-for his will to be done
-for our needs to be met
-for forgiveness
-for protection from evil (including temptations to sin)

Without unforgiveness in one's heart:
Mark 11:25-26

Along with fasting:
Matthew 6:16-18
Mark 9:29
Luke 2:37
Acts 13:3
Acts 14:23
1 Corinthians 7:5

In agreement with fellow followers of Jesus:
Matthew 18:19-20

With loud cries and tears (as applicable):
Hebrews 5:7

▷ Keep it real with your Father God about how you feel about any situation or about Him.

 
*Persistence is not "vain repetitions."
Example:
2 Corinthians 12:8
Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord THREE TIMES that it might depart from me.


Related Principles of Faith:
John 15:7-11, 16; John 14:13-14; Mark 11:22-24; John 16:23-24; Matthew 21:22; Matthew 9:29; Mark 9:23; Luke 1:37; Ephesians 3:20-21