Devotionals about Prayer

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Prayer

Jehoshaphat’s Prayer for Deliverance

Read: 2 Chronicles 20:5-17 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

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David’s Prayer of Desperation

Read: 2 Samuel 12:15-23                                                                                                                  David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. (v. 16) Perhaps you

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Prayer

Hannah’s Prayer of Deep Distress

Read: 1 Samuel 1 I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.

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Samson’s Prayer of Revenge

Read: Judges 16:23-31 O Lord God, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes.

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Moses’ Prayer of Repentance

Read: Exodus 32:15-34 Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold. But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please

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Abraham’s Prayer for Mercy

Read: Genesis 18:23-33 Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? . . . Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous

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Prayers of Faith

Read: Psalm 6 The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer. (v. 9) The “prayer book of the Bible” is certainly the book of Psalms. Treasured by

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Prayer

Give God No Rest

Read: Luke 11: 5-12 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (v.

Ephesians

God’s Grief

Read: Ephesians 4:25-32 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God. (v. 30) This passage offers myriad dos and don’ts. The essence, however, is to “not grieve the Holy