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MANY
APPLICATIONS OF PRAYER
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reference)
by
James Berkley
House
of Prayer
Matthew 21:13 And said unto them,
It is written, My house shall be
called the house of prayer; but ye
have made it a den of thieves.
Mark 11:17 And he taught, saying
unto them, Is it not written, My
house shall be called of all
nations the house of prayer? but
ye have made it a den of thieves.
Prayer
Closet
Matthew 6:6, "But thou, when
thou prayest, enter into thy
closet, and when thou hast shut
thy door, pray to thy Father which
is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee
openly."
Praying
always with all prayer
Ephesians 6:18-19 Praying always
with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance
and supplication for all
saints; And for me, that
utterance may be given unto me,
that I may open my mouth boldly,
to make known the mystery of the
gospel, For which I am an
ambassador in bonds: that therein
I may speak boldly, as I ought to
speak.
Petitions
Philippians 1:4 Always in every
prayer of mine for you all making
request with joy,
Supplications
1) To ask for favor from God or
man the idea of approaching for a
favor
1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore,
that, first of all,
supplications…
1 Timothy 5:3-5 Honour widows that
are widows indeed. But if any
widow have children or nephews,
let them learn first to shew piety
at home, and to requite their
parents: for that is good and
acceptable before God. Now she
that is a widow indeed, and
desolate, trusteth in God, and
continueth in supplications and
prayers night and day.
Hebrews 5:5-7 So also Christ
glorified not himself to be made
an high priest; but he that said
unto him, Thou art my Son, to day
have I begotten thee. As he saith
also in another place, Thou art a
priest forever after the order of
Melchisedec. Who in the days
of his flesh, when he had offered
up prayers and supplications with
strong crying and tears unto him
that was able to save him from
death, and was heard in that he
feared;
Prayers
Luke 2:37 And she was a widow of
about fourscore and four years,
which departed not from the
temple, but served God with
fastings and prayers night and
day.
Acts 2:42 And they continued
stedfastly in the apostles'
doctrine and fellowship, and in
breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Romans 1:8-11 First, I thank my
God through Jesus Christ for you
all, that your faith is spoken of
throughout the whole world.
For God is my witness, whom I
serve with my spirit in the gospel
of his Son, that without ceasing I
make mention of you always in my
prayers; Making request, if by any
means now at length I might have a
prosperous journey by the will of
God to come unto you.
For I long to see you, that I may
impart unto you some spiritual
gift, to the end ye may be
established;
Romans 15:29-33 And I am sure
that, when I come unto you, I
shall come in the fullness of the
blessing of the gospel of
Christ. Now I beseech you,
brethren, for the Lord Jesus
Christ's sake, and for the love of
the Spirit, that ye strive
together with me in your prayers
to God for me; That I may be
delivered from them that do not
believe in Judea; and that my
service which I have for Jerusalem
may be accepted of the saints;
That I may come unto you with joy
by the will of God, and may with
you be refreshed. Now the God of
peace be with you all. Amen.
2 Timothy 1:2-3 To Timothy, my
dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy,
and peace, from God the Father and
Christ Jesus our Lord. I
thank God, whom I serve from my
forefathers with pure conscience,
that without ceasing I have
remembrance of thee in my prayers
night and day;
Example
Prayers:
Ephesians
1:15-23 Wherefore I also, after I
heard of your faith in the Lord
Jesus, and love unto all the
saints, Cease not to give
thanks for you, making mention of
you in my prayers; That the God of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of glory, may give unto you the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in
the knowledge of him: The eyes of
your understanding being
enlightened; that ye may know what
is the hope of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory of
his inheritance in the saints, And
what is the exceeding greatness of
his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his
mighty power, Which he wrought in
Christ, when he raised him from
the dead, and set him at his own
right hand in the heavenly places,
Far above all principality, and
power, and might, and dominion,
and every name that is named, not
only in this world, but also in
that which is to come: And hath
put all things under his feet, and
gave him to be the head over all
things to the church, Which is his
body, the fullness of him that
filleth all in all.
Ephesians
3:14-21 For this cause I bow my
knees unto the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole
family in heaven and earth is
named, That he would grant you,
according to the riches of his
glory, to be strengthened with
might by his Spirit in the inner
man; That Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith; that ye, being
rooted and grounded in love, May
be able to comprehend with all
saints what is the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height; And
to know the love of Christ, which
passeth knowledge, that ye might
be filled with all the fullness of
God. Now unto him that is able to
do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh in us, Unto
him be glory in the church by
Christ Jesus throughout all ages,
world without end. Amen.
Intercessions
Isaiah 53:11-12 He shall see of
the travail of his soul, and shall
be satisfied: by his knowledge
shall my righteous servant justify
many; for he shall bear their
iniquities. Therefore will I
divide him a portion with the
great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the strong; because he
hath poured out his soul unto
death: and he was numbered with
the transgressors; and he bare the
sin of many, and made intercession
for the transgressors.
Romans 8:26-27 Likewise the Spirit
also helpeth our infirmities: for
we know not what we should pray
for as we ought: but the Spirit
itself maketh intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be
uttered. And he that
searcheth the hearts knoweth what
is the mind of the Spirit, because
he maketh intercession for the
saints according to the will of
God.
Romans 8:34 Who is he that
condemneth? It is Christ that
died, yea rather, that is risen
again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us.
Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able
also to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by him, seeing
he ever liveth to make
intercession for them.
Praying
in the Spirit or in the Holy Ghost
Vain Repetitions – Much Speaking
in Unbelief -
Matthew 6:7-8 But when ye pray,
use not vain repetitions, as the
heathen do: for they think that
they shall be heard for their much
speaking. Be not ye
therefore like unto them: for your
Father knoweth what things ye have
need of, before ye ask him.
Pray
Like this
Matthew 6:9-13: After this manner
therefore pray ye: Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it
is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us
our debts, as we forgive our
debtors. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us
from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, for ever. Amen.
Forgiveness
Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men
their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you:
Matthew 6:15 But if ye forgive not
men their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your
trespasses.
When
you Fast
Matthew 6:16-18 Moreover when ye
fast, be not, as the hypocrites,
of a sad countenance: for they
disfigure their faces, that they
may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have
their reward. But thou, when thou
fastest, anoint thine head, and
wash thy face; That thou appear
not unto men to fast, but unto thy
Father which is in secret: and thy
Father, which seeth in secret,
shall reward thee openly.
Laying
up Treasures –Where Is Your
Heart?
Matthew 6:19-22 Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth,
where moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves break through
and steal: But lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal: For where
your treasure is, there will your
heart be also. The light of the
body is the eye: if therefore
thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light.
Ask,
Seek & knock Expecting to
Receive!
Matthew 7:7-11 Ask, and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you: For every one
that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened. Or
what man is there of you, whom if
his son ask bread, will he give
him a stone? Or if he ask a fish,
will he give him a serpent? If ye
then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your Father which
is in heaven give good things to
them that ask him?
Fasting
to Remove Difficult Problems
Mark 9:28-29 And when he was come
into the house, his disciples
asked him privately, Why could not
we cast him out? And he said unto
them, This kind can come forth by
nothing, but by prayer and
fasting.
Pray
& Not Faint! Don’t Give Up!
Luke 18:1-8 And he spake a parable
unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to
faint; Saying, There was in a city
a judge, which feared not God,
neither regarded man: And there
was a widow in that city; and she
came unto him, saying, Avenge me
of mine adversary. And he
would not for a while: but
afterward he said within himself,
Though I fear not God, nor regard
man; Yet because this widow
troubleth me, I will avenge her,
lest by her continual coming she
weary me. And the Lord said, Hear
what the unjust judge saith. And
shall not God avenge his own
elect, which cry day and night
unto him, though he bear long with
them? I tell you that he will
avenge them speedily. Nevertheless
when the Son of man cometh, shall
he find faith on the earth?
Self
Righteousness Moves you out of
Grace!
Luke 18:9-14:
And he spake this parable unto
certain which trusted in
themselves that they were
righteous, and despised
others: Two men went up into
the temple to pray; the one a
Pharisee, and the other a
publican. The Pharisee stood
and prayed thus with himself, God,
I thank thee, that I am not as
other men are, extortioners,
unjust, adulterers, or even as
this publican. I fast twice
in the week, I give tithes of all
that I possess. And the
publican, standing afar off, would
not lift up so much as his eyes
unto heaven, but smote upon his
breast, saying, God be merciful to
me a sinner. I tell you,
this man went down to his house
justified rather than the other:
for every one that exalteth
himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be
exalted.
Pray
in the Holy Ghost!
Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit
also helpeth our infirmities: for
we know not what we should pray
for as we ought: but the Spirit
itself maketh intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
1 Corinthians 14:15 What is it
then? I will pray with the spirit,
and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing
with the spirit, and I will sing
with the understanding also.
Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved,
building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost,
1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak
with the tongues of men and of
angels, and have not charity, I am
become as sounding brass, or a
tinkling cymbal.
1 Corinthians 14:1-5 Follow after
charity, and desire spiritual
gifts, but rather that ye may
prophesy. For he that
speaketh in an unknown tongue
speaketh not unto men, but unto
God: for no man understandeth him;
howbeit in the spirit he speaketh
mysteries. But he that prophesieth
speaketh unto men to edification,
and exhortation, and comfort. He
that speaketh in an unknown tongue
edifieth himself; but he that
prophesieth edifieth the church. I
would that ye all spake with
tongues, but rather that ye
prophesied: for greater is he that
prophesieth than he that speaketh
with tongues, except he interpret,
that the church may receive
edifying.
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No
Worries Mate! Don’t Sweat It!
Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoice in the
Lord always: and again I say,
Rejoice. Let your moderation be
known unto all men. The Lord is at
hand. Be careful for nothing; but
in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let
your requests be made known unto
God. And the peace of God, which
passeth all understanding, shall
keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus.
The
Mindset of Prayer
Philippians 4:8-9 Finally,
brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise, think
on these things.
Those things, which ye have both
learned, and received, and heard,
and seen in me, do: and the God of
peace shall be with you.
Prayer
That Opens Doors of Utterance!
Colossians 4:2-4 Continue in
prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving; Withal praying also
for us, that God would open unto
us a door of utterance, to speak
the mystery of Christ, for which I
am also in bonds: That I maymake
it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Misc.
Prayer Practices
1 Thessalonians 5:16-21
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for
this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench
not the Spirit. 20 Despise not
prophesyings. 21 Prove all things;
hold fast that which is good.
1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore
that men pray every where, lifting
up holy hands, without wrath and
doubting.
Hebrews 4:14-16:
14 Seeing then that we have a
great high priest, that is passed
into the heavens, Jesus the Son of
God, let us hold fast our
profession. 15 For we have not an
high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as we are, yet
without sin. 16 Let us therefore
come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of
need.
James 5:13-18:
13 Is any among you afflicted? let
him pray. Is any merry? let him
sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders
of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil
in the name of the Lord: 15 And
the prayer of faith shall save the
sick, and the Lord shall raise him
up; and if he have committed sins,
they shall be forgiven him. 16
Confess your faults one to
another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed. The
effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much. 17
Elias was a man subject to like
passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain:
and it rained not on the earth by
the space of three years and six
months. 18 And he prayed again,
and the heaven gave rain, and the
earth brought forth her fruit.
Revelation 5:8 And when he had
taken the book, the four beasts
and four and twenty elders fell
down before the Lamb, having every
one of them harps, and golden
vials full of odours, which are
the prayers of saints.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while
he may be found, call ye upon him
while he is near:
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