John 9:31
225 helpful votesWe know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
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We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
Pray without ceasing.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings. Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. . . .
and 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, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Rejoice at all times. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men, yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’” . . .
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” . . .
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: 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 already possess what we have asked of Him.
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Peter replied, “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.
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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