A place for fishermen's nets-The fall of Tyre
Tyre was a city in ancient Lebanon which still exists today. In the years when the prophecy was given, Tyre was part of a country called Phoenicia. This was about 600 years before Jesus was born.
In the year 590 B.C., God spoke to the prophet Ezekiel and told him what was going to happen in the future to the city of Tyre.
From Ezekiel chapters 26-30-Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken.' And hast said, ‘I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas-I am of perfect beauty!' Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again. I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt. Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: … and they shall know that I am the Lord [when] I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus.
God told Ezekiel that because the city of Tyre was proud and rebellious against God, then God was going to allow the king of another country to come and destroy the city. He said that the city would end up in ruins, just piles of rocks for the fishermen to spread their nets over.
If you were living in Tyre in those days, you would have thought this was a silly prediction. Tyre was the great city of the Phoenicians, built on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in what is now the modern nation of Lebanon. The Phoenicians were a great seafaring and trading people- "all the ships of the sea" came to Tyre. The Phoenicians were one of the outstanding civilizations of ancient times.
Ezekiel 27:9-Elders of Gebal and its wise men were in you to caulk your seams; all the ships of the sea and their oarsmen were in you to market your merchandise.
But just look what happened to Tyre!
Nebuchadnezzar was the heathen king of Babylon. He went out conquering many countries.
God even allowed him to conquer His people in the land of Israel because they had turned their backs on God's ways.
In 586 B.C. four years later, Nebuchadnezzar's armies went through the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Just like God had told Ezekiel, Nebuchadnezzar tore down ancient Tyre and leveled it to the very ground, but left the ruins there.
The whole prophecy still had not been fulfilled because the old city of Tyre had not been scraped "as bare as the top of a rock" and its ruins were not yet "a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea."
Nebuchadnezzar received no wages for destroying Tyre-no jewels or gold or loot-because the people of Tyre fled to a little island that was a half mile offshore. There the people built a new city and took all of their wealth with them. Nebuchadnezzar was not a seafaring man. He had no ships or navy and he was unable to cross that little half mile of ocean between him and the island to conquer them.
So on the mainland lay the ruins of ancient Tyre, while a new city of Tyre was built on the island. The prophecy was still not completely fulfilled.
But what God says, eventually comes to pass! Sometimes it takes a long time, but God's prophecies never fail! And that's what happened. About 250 years later a Macedonian king named Alexander the Great came along sweeping the world with his armies, fighting great battles with minimal losses on his side.
Tyre was a city in ancient Lebanon which still exists today. In the years when the prophecy was given, Tyre was part of a country called Phoenicia. This was about 600 years before Jesus was born.
In the year 590 B.C., God spoke to the prophet Ezekiel and told him what was going to happen in the future to the city of Tyre.
From Ezekiel chapters 26-30-Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken.' And hast said, ‘I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas-I am of perfect beauty!' Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again. I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt. Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: … and they shall know that I am the Lord [when] I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus.
God told Ezekiel that because the city of Tyre was proud and rebellious against God, then God was going to allow the king of another country to come and destroy the city. He said that the city would end up in ruins, just piles of rocks for the fishermen to spread their nets over.
If you were living in Tyre in those days, you would have thought this was a silly prediction. Tyre was the great city of the Phoenicians, built on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in what is now the modern nation of Lebanon. The Phoenicians were a great seafaring and trading people- "all the ships of the sea" came to Tyre. The Phoenicians were one of the outstanding civilizations of ancient times.
Ezekiel 27:9-Elders of Gebal and its wise men were in you to caulk your seams; all the ships of the sea and their oarsmen were in you to market your merchandise.
But just look what happened to Tyre!
Nebuchadnezzar was the heathen king of Babylon. He went out conquering many countries.
God even allowed him to conquer His people in the land of Israel because they had turned their backs on God's ways.
In 586 B.C. four years later, Nebuchadnezzar's armies went through the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Just like God had told Ezekiel, Nebuchadnezzar tore down ancient Tyre and leveled it to the very ground, but left the ruins there.
The whole prophecy still had not been fulfilled because the old city of Tyre had not been scraped "as bare as the top of a rock" and its ruins were not yet "a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea."
Nebuchadnezzar received no wages for destroying Tyre-no jewels or gold or loot-because the people of Tyre fled to a little island that was a half mile offshore. There the people built a new city and took all of their wealth with them. Nebuchadnezzar was not a seafaring man. He had no ships or navy and he was unable to cross that little half mile of ocean between him and the island to conquer them.
So on the mainland lay the ruins of ancient Tyre, while a new city of Tyre was built on the island. The prophecy was still not completely fulfilled.
But what God says, eventually comes to pass! Sometimes it takes a long time, but God's prophecies never fail! And that's what happened. About 250 years later a Macedonian king named Alexander the Great came along sweeping the world with his armies, fighting great battles with minimal losses on his side.
In 332 B.C., Alexander came to Tyre. He heard all about this wealthy city out there on the island. Alexander was a very smart general. He looked out across that half mile of water and said, "How can I get there? I want to get all that money they have out there!"
So he began looking around for something to use, and he saw this big pile of rubble that used to be the ancient city of Tyre-all those bricks and stones and mortar and timbers. So Alexander's army got it all together and they scraped everything they could find right into the Mediterranean Sea. They scraped the area bare and used the materials to build a causeway right across the shallow floor of the Mediterranean to the island city! And soon Alexander captured and plundered the island city of Tyre.
And do you know what? Along the sides of that road the fishermen spread their nets exactly like God had prophesied! Tyre was thrown into the sea! This exact end of ancient Tyre was predicted over 250 years before it happened! Only God could have predicted that so many years before!
So he began looking around for something to use, and he saw this big pile of rubble that used to be the ancient city of Tyre-all those bricks and stones and mortar and timbers. So Alexander's army got it all together and they scraped everything they could find right into the Mediterranean Sea. They scraped the area bare and used the materials to build a causeway right across the shallow floor of the Mediterranean to the island city! And soon Alexander captured and plundered the island city of Tyre.
And do you know what? Along the sides of that road the fishermen spread their nets exactly like God had prophesied! Tyre was thrown into the sea! This exact end of ancient Tyre was predicted over 250 years before it happened! Only God could have predicted that so many years before!
86. OBEDIENCE --{page 696}--
If ye love Me, keep My commandments ( Jn.14:15 ).
[HomeARC Note (03/04): Please refer to The Charter and Family policy statements for official policy and doctrine regarding many of the following topics.]
1. We know that God does not fail and will never let us down if we are trusting and obeying Him and operating according to His Will and what He knows best.
2. If you don't take a hint from the Lord, sometimes He has to give you a shove.
3. God loves all His children, although of course He is bound to appreciate more those who please Him.
4. There's no little disobedience to God, any disobedience is a big one.
5. Yours not to make reply,
Yours not to reason why,
Yours but to do or die.
6. I believe in obeying God if it means facing all Hell & high water & turning the World upside-down…! If I hadn't obeyed, you wouldn't be here! I'm willing to go to any extreme [within God's will] to get the job done, & I'm not about to begin to let anybody stand in the way!
7. Your own spirit becomes evil when you disobey & are out of fellowship with God and out of His Spirit. Then it becomes an evil spirit because you're in disobedience, defiance, compromise, failure, lack of faith, doubting & grumbling!
8. If you obey God's standard, His laws & rules of conduct, whether they be physical, spiritual, psychological or even financial, you will reap some good results, even if you're not really saved or a believer.
9. Since when are you supposed to wait until all the conditions are just right before you have enough faith to obey!
10. Yesterday's obedience isn't good enough for today!
11. One little disobedience leads to another, one bit of selfishness leads to more.
12. If God never tells you another thing, if you just go according to what you have already, you'll get along great!
13. Nothing short of right is right.
14. Even the unsaved can be blessed by the Lord if they obey the Lord and do their duty & what they're supposed to do.
15. God won't exactly make you do what He wants, but He can sure make you awfully sorry you didn't!
16. For God's sake, follow God!--Not yourself, not your own ideas, not your own plans and programs, but God!
17. Do what you can, and God will do what you can't.
18. Your obedience in doing what God tells you to do shows your faith that God is going to do the rest, what you can't do.
19. Without obedience it's impossible to have faith.
20. There is no such a thing as halfway obedience!
21. If you refuse the easy way of obedience, "the way of the transgressor is hard."
22. As far as the Will of God is concerned, there's only one best, and that's His first choice. And if you take second choice, it is your best, not His!
23. If I can just get you to follow God, I know you'll do the right thing!
24. You can't serve God unless you obey God!
25. Don't tell me you can't, because if you couldn't, God wouldn't have asked it of you!
26. Spiritual maturity is not a matter of years or time, it's just a matter of your connection with the Lord and His Word, and your obedience and your humility.
27. Right or wrong, if he's the boss, it's your duty to obey.
28. In any Man's army, you've got to have faith, trust and confidence in leadership, and strict loyalty and obedience thereto--or you've got trouble.
29. You do not have to leave the ship to be in mutiny against the captain! All you have to do is interfere with his control!
30. You'll get away with defying God's natural laws no easier than you'll get away with defying His spiritual laws.
31. The right thing is to obey.
32. God expects of His army total absolute unquestioning obedience and faithfulness, even if sometimes His officers might be wrong! [See #38.]
33. You don't have to worry about anything, all you have to do is obey!
34. If you disobey God about one thing, you'll disobey Him about almost anything!
35. Try to follow suggestions before they have to become tough orders!
If ye love Me, keep My commandments ( Jn.14:15 ).
[HomeARC Note (03/04): Please refer to The Charter and Family policy statements for official policy and doctrine regarding many of the following topics.]
1. We know that God does not fail and will never let us down if we are trusting and obeying Him and operating according to His Will and what He knows best.
2. If you don't take a hint from the Lord, sometimes He has to give you a shove.
3. God loves all His children, although of course He is bound to appreciate more those who please Him.
4. There's no little disobedience to God, any disobedience is a big one.
5. Yours not to make reply,
Yours not to reason why,
Yours but to do or die.
6. I believe in obeying God if it means facing all Hell & high water & turning the World upside-down…! If I hadn't obeyed, you wouldn't be here! I'm willing to go to any extreme [within God's will] to get the job done, & I'm not about to begin to let anybody stand in the way!
7. Your own spirit becomes evil when you disobey & are out of fellowship with God and out of His Spirit. Then it becomes an evil spirit because you're in disobedience, defiance, compromise, failure, lack of faith, doubting & grumbling!
8. If you obey God's standard, His laws & rules of conduct, whether they be physical, spiritual, psychological or even financial, you will reap some good results, even if you're not really saved or a believer.
9. Since when are you supposed to wait until all the conditions are just right before you have enough faith to obey!
10. Yesterday's obedience isn't good enough for today!
11. One little disobedience leads to another, one bit of selfishness leads to more.
12. If God never tells you another thing, if you just go according to what you have already, you'll get along great!
13. Nothing short of right is right.
14. Even the unsaved can be blessed by the Lord if they obey the Lord and do their duty & what they're supposed to do.
15. God won't exactly make you do what He wants, but He can sure make you awfully sorry you didn't!
16. For God's sake, follow God!--Not yourself, not your own ideas, not your own plans and programs, but God!
17. Do what you can, and God will do what you can't.
18. Your obedience in doing what God tells you to do shows your faith that God is going to do the rest, what you can't do.
19. Without obedience it's impossible to have faith.
20. There is no such a thing as halfway obedience!
21. If you refuse the easy way of obedience, "the way of the transgressor is hard."
22. As far as the Will of God is concerned, there's only one best, and that's His first choice. And if you take second choice, it is your best, not His!
23. If I can just get you to follow God, I know you'll do the right thing!
24. You can't serve God unless you obey God!
25. Don't tell me you can't, because if you couldn't, God wouldn't have asked it of you!
26. Spiritual maturity is not a matter of years or time, it's just a matter of your connection with the Lord and His Word, and your obedience and your humility.
27. Right or wrong, if he's the boss, it's your duty to obey.
28. In any Man's army, you've got to have faith, trust and confidence in leadership, and strict loyalty and obedience thereto--or you've got trouble.
29. You do not have to leave the ship to be in mutiny against the captain! All you have to do is interfere with his control!
30. You'll get away with defying God's natural laws no easier than you'll get away with defying His spiritual laws.
31. The right thing is to obey.
32. God expects of His army total absolute unquestioning obedience and faithfulness, even if sometimes His officers might be wrong! [See #38.]
33. You don't have to worry about anything, all you have to do is obey!
34. If you disobey God about one thing, you'll disobey Him about almost anything!
35. Try to follow suggestions before they have to become tough orders!
36. If you don't obey, you can't expect to trust, because that's what it takes, trust & obedience! For if you trust, you can obey, & if you obey, you can certainly trust God to take care of you. It takes both!--Trust & obedience!
37. How can God bless disobedience? He cannot protect, prosper, or bless you when you are out of His will & running around outside of the secret place & from under His shadow--His wings--& His fortress of perfect fellowship with Him.
38. Although I believe in unity & loyal, faithful obedience to leadership in the Lord, I still do not believe that these are total absolutes which must be put above reason, right, Scripture & personal conviction of God's truth.
39. If you're not fully obeying the Lord, then you can't have faith for God to bless you when you know you're not obeying Him.
40. God's a tough Commanding Officer when to comes to obedience in His Army, where nothing is more important than His War against death to save lives!
41. If your people's obedience doesn't come from the heart, because of love & loyalty & devotion to both the cause & its leadership, you're going to have discontent, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, murmuring, disobedience & even open rebellion!--And a lot of backsliders.
42. Delayed obedience can become total disobedience if prolonged too long.
43. The boss may not always be right, but he still has to be the boss.
44. You don't always have to know why you're fighting or what you're fighting for! All you have to know is that Jesus gave the order & you obey it, no matter what the outcome…!
45. You can't get along without God, you can't do His work without His will, you can't follow without listening, & you can't accomplish anything without obeying His Words.
46. Those who love Him most, follow Him closest.
47. Have you lost the road to happiness?
Oh, I can lead you back!
Take the road marked "obedience,"
To the right, up God's Own track!
48. God's only time is NOW--or forget it!
49. Insubordination and rebellion against leadership cannot be countenanced in any man's army.
50. Love, honour, respect & obey your leadership, not only for their words, their works, and their good fruits, but because God has chosen them and placed them in that position of responsibility.
51. If you don't go, He can't show!
If you don't obey, He can't make a way!
52. Move with God! Don't run ahead of Him--but don't lag behind Him!
53. Only what's right is right! If it's not completely right, then it's wrong!
54. Truth resisted loses its power over the mind.
55. God is the One that has to understand--we just obey.
56. The most important thing any crew has to do is to learn to obey the shipmaster. Even the captain has to obey the shipmaster, or the owner of the ship, the one who is really in charge.
57. You can find the World's shortest sermon on a thousand traffic signs: "Keep Right."
58. The further from God people go
The greater their troubles grow!
59. When God speaks, He expects you to
Listen, receive, remember & DO!
60. The Lord really blesses the farmers because they're doing what God wants them to do--till the land & raise food for the people!
61. I fear God!--I'm afraid not to obey the Lord.
62. I just don't understand people who are not afraid of God and not afraid to disobey.
63. When God says, "Now! Right now!" let me tell you, you had better do it now or you are going to miss the boat & suffer for it!
64. Everybody's on probation--for the rest of their life!
65. If you have even one talent and God calls on you to do something with it, don't be afraid of what people will think or whether you'll succeed: Just obey!
66. There's only one kind of law that you don't really have to obey, & that's the kind that says you can't preach the Gospel!
67. God has a scrap pile for people He can no longer use, because they have blown their engines & lost their usefulness because of the improper relationship between the parts and the Power.
68. Your happiness, your health and your blessings depend on your obedience to God.
37. How can God bless disobedience? He cannot protect, prosper, or bless you when you are out of His will & running around outside of the secret place & from under His shadow--His wings--& His fortress of perfect fellowship with Him.
38. Although I believe in unity & loyal, faithful obedience to leadership in the Lord, I still do not believe that these are total absolutes which must be put above reason, right, Scripture & personal conviction of God's truth.
39. If you're not fully obeying the Lord, then you can't have faith for God to bless you when you know you're not obeying Him.
40. God's a tough Commanding Officer when to comes to obedience in His Army, where nothing is more important than His War against death to save lives!
41. If your people's obedience doesn't come from the heart, because of love & loyalty & devotion to both the cause & its leadership, you're going to have discontent, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, murmuring, disobedience & even open rebellion!--And a lot of backsliders.
42. Delayed obedience can become total disobedience if prolonged too long.
43. The boss may not always be right, but he still has to be the boss.
44. You don't always have to know why you're fighting or what you're fighting for! All you have to know is that Jesus gave the order & you obey it, no matter what the outcome…!
45. You can't get along without God, you can't do His work without His will, you can't follow without listening, & you can't accomplish anything without obeying His Words.
46. Those who love Him most, follow Him closest.
47. Have you lost the road to happiness?
Oh, I can lead you back!
Take the road marked "obedience,"
To the right, up God's Own track!
48. God's only time is NOW--or forget it!
49. Insubordination and rebellion against leadership cannot be countenanced in any man's army.
50. Love, honour, respect & obey your leadership, not only for their words, their works, and their good fruits, but because God has chosen them and placed them in that position of responsibility.
51. If you don't go, He can't show!
If you don't obey, He can't make a way!
52. Move with God! Don't run ahead of Him--but don't lag behind Him!
53. Only what's right is right! If it's not completely right, then it's wrong!
54. Truth resisted loses its power over the mind.
55. God is the One that has to understand--we just obey.
56. The most important thing any crew has to do is to learn to obey the shipmaster. Even the captain has to obey the shipmaster, or the owner of the ship, the one who is really in charge.
57. You can find the World's shortest sermon on a thousand traffic signs: "Keep Right."
58. The further from God people go
The greater their troubles grow!
59. When God speaks, He expects you to
Listen, receive, remember & DO!
60. The Lord really blesses the farmers because they're doing what God wants them to do--till the land & raise food for the people!
61. I fear God!--I'm afraid not to obey the Lord.
62. I just don't understand people who are not afraid of God and not afraid to disobey.
63. When God says, "Now! Right now!" let me tell you, you had better do it now or you are going to miss the boat & suffer for it!
64. Everybody's on probation--for the rest of their life!
65. If you have even one talent and God calls on you to do something with it, don't be afraid of what people will think or whether you'll succeed: Just obey!
66. There's only one kind of law that you don't really have to obey, & that's the kind that says you can't preach the Gospel!
67. God has a scrap pile for people He can no longer use, because they have blown their engines & lost their usefulness because of the improper relationship between the parts and the Power.
68. Your happiness, your health and your blessings depend on your obedience to God.
69. Some people think that stubbornness isn't all that bad. Most people seem to think that's part of your virtue of independence. But when it comes to being that way with God, God says it's as bad as witchcraft & idolatry! Stubbornness is really rebellion. "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, & to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, & stubbornness is as iniquity & idolatry." ( 1Sam.15:23 )
70. Do today what God tells you to do today! Do it now! Don't wait for tomorrow!
71. Don't just sit there & do nothing! Stand up & be counted & let God be the judge.
72. It's God that wins the battle, it's obedience that wins the battle. It's humble faith that wins the battle. It's meekness & quietness, believing in God & the quietness of faithful obedience to the Lord which wins the battle, regardless of how few you have & how weak you seem to be & how little you've got, it's God that honours your faith & your meekness & your quietness & your obedience to win the battle.
73. Obedience comes before the blessing. Obedience comes before the reward. Obedience comes before the anointing. You don't get the anointing to obey, you get the anointing because you obey. You get the faith to obey if you'll believe His Word. He will give you the faith to make that step of obedience & the moment you, because of faith, obey, then you get the blessing & the anointing to carry on.
74. One little disobedience leads to another, one little tiny thing leads to another, if you don't follow the pattern & the plan, then you're just going to have problems.
75. If you obey what you know God wants you to do, then He'll show you more Truth.
76. If you are only willing to believe & obey the Lord as long as everything goes all right, you won't be believing or obeying very much, because a lot of things go wrong when you're serving the Lord. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous." ( Psa.34:19. )
77. There is no such thing as halfway obedience.
78. If you haven't got the faith for God to supply your needs, you're displeasing Him, & the reason you haven't got the faith is that you are not obeying. If you're obeying, God will be blessing you in some way & will take care of your needs.
79. You can't be obedient unless you have faith.
80. The mother of happiness is just plain old-fashioned obedience.
81. Perfect obedience will be perfect happiness if we have perfect confidence in the One we are obeying.
82. We've got to do the obeying! We've got to do the "wenting." "As they went they were healed!" We've got to do what we know God has told us to do!
83. When you miss God's timetable, you have to wait for the next train, & it's a long hard wait sometimes. When you miss God's schedule, you've got to wait for the next boat, & let me tell you, things can get tough & rough!
84. Blind obedience can sometimes be too blind!
85. I don't care if it's social pressure that makes you do the right thing, even if it's not the right motive, even if you do it just because you think you have to, it's better than not at all.
86. Faith & obedience come first, then God answers prayer!
87. He never fails if we obey!
88. If we'll obey, He'll give us faith.
89. Blessings don't precede obedience.
90. Trust & obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust & obey!
91. Help us to follow those leadings & checks & warnings of Thy Spirit in every step we make, Lord, every word we say, every look, every action, how we drive, even the way we dress, Lord, everything.
92. King Saul had the anointing as long as he obeyed, but when he started disobeying the Prophet & rebelling against doing the Lord's Will, he lost the anointing.
93. You don't have to understand, all you have to do is obey!
94. If you're saved, you can't "lose the Holy Spirit"!--But you can sure lose the power & anointing for service by disobedience!
(See also No. A , 4 , 117 , 117A , 126 , 313 , 354 , 575, 635 , 678 , 679 , 716 , 721, 829 , 849 , 952-1 , 953-3 , 956 , 1250 , 1268 , 1377 , 1392 , 1467 .)
70. Do today what God tells you to do today! Do it now! Don't wait for tomorrow!
71. Don't just sit there & do nothing! Stand up & be counted & let God be the judge.
72. It's God that wins the battle, it's obedience that wins the battle. It's humble faith that wins the battle. It's meekness & quietness, believing in God & the quietness of faithful obedience to the Lord which wins the battle, regardless of how few you have & how weak you seem to be & how little you've got, it's God that honours your faith & your meekness & your quietness & your obedience to win the battle.
73. Obedience comes before the blessing. Obedience comes before the reward. Obedience comes before the anointing. You don't get the anointing to obey, you get the anointing because you obey. You get the faith to obey if you'll believe His Word. He will give you the faith to make that step of obedience & the moment you, because of faith, obey, then you get the blessing & the anointing to carry on.
74. One little disobedience leads to another, one little tiny thing leads to another, if you don't follow the pattern & the plan, then you're just going to have problems.
75. If you obey what you know God wants you to do, then He'll show you more Truth.
76. If you are only willing to believe & obey the Lord as long as everything goes all right, you won't be believing or obeying very much, because a lot of things go wrong when you're serving the Lord. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous." ( Psa.34:19. )
77. There is no such thing as halfway obedience.
78. If you haven't got the faith for God to supply your needs, you're displeasing Him, & the reason you haven't got the faith is that you are not obeying. If you're obeying, God will be blessing you in some way & will take care of your needs.
79. You can't be obedient unless you have faith.
80. The mother of happiness is just plain old-fashioned obedience.
81. Perfect obedience will be perfect happiness if we have perfect confidence in the One we are obeying.
82. We've got to do the obeying! We've got to do the "wenting." "As they went they were healed!" We've got to do what we know God has told us to do!
83. When you miss God's timetable, you have to wait for the next train, & it's a long hard wait sometimes. When you miss God's schedule, you've got to wait for the next boat, & let me tell you, things can get tough & rough!
84. Blind obedience can sometimes be too blind!
85. I don't care if it's social pressure that makes you do the right thing, even if it's not the right motive, even if you do it just because you think you have to, it's better than not at all.
86. Faith & obedience come first, then God answers prayer!
87. He never fails if we obey!
88. If we'll obey, He'll give us faith.
89. Blessings don't precede obedience.
90. Trust & obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust & obey!
91. Help us to follow those leadings & checks & warnings of Thy Spirit in every step we make, Lord, every word we say, every look, every action, how we drive, even the way we dress, Lord, everything.
92. King Saul had the anointing as long as he obeyed, but when he started disobeying the Prophet & rebelling against doing the Lord's Will, he lost the anointing.
93. You don't have to understand, all you have to do is obey!
94. If you're saved, you can't "lose the Holy Spirit"!--But you can sure lose the power & anointing for service by disobedience!
(See also No. A , 4 , 117 , 117A , 126 , 313 , 354 , 575, 635 , 678 , 679 , 716 , 721, 829 , 849 , 952-1 , 953-3 , 956 , 1250 , 1268 , 1377 , 1392 , 1467 .)
95. EXO.23:22 If thou shalt indeed obey His voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
96. LEV.25:18 Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep My judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
97. DEU.28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
98. 1SAM.15:22,23 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the Word of the Lord. He hath also rejected thee from being king.
99. JOB.36:11,12 If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
100. ECC.12:13 Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of Man.
101. ISA.1:19,20 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
102. JER.7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be My people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
103. MAT.7:24,25 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his upon a Rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a Rock.
104. LUK.6:46 And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
105. LUK.11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgement and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
106. JOH.2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.
107. JOH.13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
108. JOH.14:15 If ye love Me, keep My commandments.
109. ACT.4:13-21 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this Name. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the Name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
110. ROM.5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
111. 2COR.2:9b Be obedient in all things.
112. GAL.3:1a O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth?
113. COL.3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers: but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
114. PHM.21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
96. LEV.25:18 Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep My judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
97. DEU.28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
98. 1SAM.15:22,23 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the Word of the Lord. He hath also rejected thee from being king.
99. JOB.36:11,12 If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
100. ECC.12:13 Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of Man.
101. ISA.1:19,20 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
102. JER.7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be My people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
103. MAT.7:24,25 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his upon a Rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a Rock.
104. LUK.6:46 And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
105. LUK.11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgement and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
106. JOH.2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.
107. JOH.13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
108. JOH.14:15 If ye love Me, keep My commandments.
109. ACT.4:13-21 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this Name. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the Name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
110. ROM.5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
111. 2COR.2:9b Be obedient in all things.
112. GAL.3:1a O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth?
113. COL.3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers: but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
114. PHM.21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
115. HEB.13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
116. JAM.1:23,24 For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, & goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
117. 1JO.2:3,4 And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
118. 1JO.2:28 And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
119. 1JO.3:24a And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in Him.
(See also 1KI.20:42 ; ROM.13:1-7 .)
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116. JAM.1:23,24 For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, & goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
117. 1JO.2:3,4 And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
118. 1JO.2:28 And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
119. 1JO.3:24a And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in Him.
(See also 1KI.20:42 ; ROM.13:1-7 .)
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97. PRAYER --{page 768}--
Pray without ceasing ( 1Thes.5:17 ).
1. Why does the Lord in the Bible repeatedly tell you to pray, when all the time He knows what you need better than you do & He knows what you're going to pray about? Sometimes He even says He'll answer you before you ask. It's mostly for your benefit you have to pray, not for His, a confession to Him that you can't do without Him.
2. I know that Christ is, because I talked with Him this morning.
3. The power's always on. The message is always there. God's Spirit is like a broadcasting station broadcasting all the time. All you have to do is throw the switch and tune in.
4. I don't care how many gifts you have--if you don't keep in touch with the Lord all the time you are in trouble.
5.When you're strong in the Spirit, God will do anything for you! You're one with Him, & when this happens, you can command Him to do anything.
6. God's broadcasting all the time, You just have to learn how to tune in!
7. The Lord does not always answer us right away, which sometimes tests our faith & draws us closer to Him in the Spirit.
8. Drown yourself in Jesus--like the drunk drowns his sorrows in drink!
9. I don't know all the answers, but I know the answer Man!
10. The worst thing in the World you can do is to keep on going when you don't know what to do.
11. You cannot do the Master's Work without the Master's Power!--And to get it, you must spend time with the Master!
12. Do not have your concert first, then tune your instruments afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God & prayer, & get first of all in harmony with Him.
13. No one can continue to keep pouring out to others, without spending some time alone with the Lord, getting filled up again.
14. You just get busy listening to the Lord, and you won't have to be bothered with these other things you think you have to do.
15. If you don't get alone with the Lord and lick the Devil first, you might as well forget it!
16. If you're on His channel in constant communication with Him & constantly receiving His vibes, you're constantly hearing from Him, and you're hearing His voice all the time in the mind's eye of your spirit. All day long & even at night in your sleep, you're in tune with Jesus!
17. He likes to woo you in the softness of the night with His tender, gentle, loving voice whispering in your heart.
18. On wings of prayer our burdens take flight
And our load of care becomes bearably light
And our heavy hearts are lifted above
To be healed by the balm of God's wonderful love!
And the tears in our eyes are dried by the hands
Of a Loving Father who understands
All of our problems, our fears & despair
When we take them to Him on the wings of prayer.
19. You must learn to make personal contact with the power of God to let Him do the work of bringing you joy, health and happiness.
20. Man is great only when he is kneeling.
21. If God is your Father, please call home!
22. The secret of prayer is secret prayer.
23. Prayer digs the channels from the reservoir of God's boundless resources to the tiny pools of our lives.
24. Discouraged, weeping, full of care? Keep on believing, God answers prayer!
25. Some folks just don't seem to realize when they're moaning about not getting prayers answered, that NO is the answer--or WAIT!
26. I am going to be so busy that I must spend more time in prayer that usual.
27. God likes to smell prayers,
Like you like to smell flowers.
Up your prayers dance,
In pillars & towers.
28. God's delays are not denials.
29. If you're too busy to get alone with God & pray, You're too busy.
30. Man 's greatest power lies in the power of prayer.
Pray without ceasing ( 1Thes.5:17 ).
1. Why does the Lord in the Bible repeatedly tell you to pray, when all the time He knows what you need better than you do & He knows what you're going to pray about? Sometimes He even says He'll answer you before you ask. It's mostly for your benefit you have to pray, not for His, a confession to Him that you can't do without Him.
2. I know that Christ is, because I talked with Him this morning.
3. The power's always on. The message is always there. God's Spirit is like a broadcasting station broadcasting all the time. All you have to do is throw the switch and tune in.
4. I don't care how many gifts you have--if you don't keep in touch with the Lord all the time you are in trouble.
5.When you're strong in the Spirit, God will do anything for you! You're one with Him, & when this happens, you can command Him to do anything.
6. God's broadcasting all the time, You just have to learn how to tune in!
7. The Lord does not always answer us right away, which sometimes tests our faith & draws us closer to Him in the Spirit.
8. Drown yourself in Jesus--like the drunk drowns his sorrows in drink!
9. I don't know all the answers, but I know the answer Man!
10. The worst thing in the World you can do is to keep on going when you don't know what to do.
11. You cannot do the Master's Work without the Master's Power!--And to get it, you must spend time with the Master!
12. Do not have your concert first, then tune your instruments afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God & prayer, & get first of all in harmony with Him.
13. No one can continue to keep pouring out to others, without spending some time alone with the Lord, getting filled up again.
14. You just get busy listening to the Lord, and you won't have to be bothered with these other things you think you have to do.
15. If you don't get alone with the Lord and lick the Devil first, you might as well forget it!
16. If you're on His channel in constant communication with Him & constantly receiving His vibes, you're constantly hearing from Him, and you're hearing His voice all the time in the mind's eye of your spirit. All day long & even at night in your sleep, you're in tune with Jesus!
17. He likes to woo you in the softness of the night with His tender, gentle, loving voice whispering in your heart.
18. On wings of prayer our burdens take flight
And our load of care becomes bearably light
And our heavy hearts are lifted above
To be healed by the balm of God's wonderful love!
And the tears in our eyes are dried by the hands
Of a Loving Father who understands
All of our problems, our fears & despair
When we take them to Him on the wings of prayer.
19. You must learn to make personal contact with the power of God to let Him do the work of bringing you joy, health and happiness.
20. Man is great only when he is kneeling.
21. If God is your Father, please call home!
22. The secret of prayer is secret prayer.
23. Prayer digs the channels from the reservoir of God's boundless resources to the tiny pools of our lives.
24. Discouraged, weeping, full of care? Keep on believing, God answers prayer!
25. Some folks just don't seem to realize when they're moaning about not getting prayers answered, that NO is the answer--or WAIT!
26. I am going to be so busy that I must spend more time in prayer that usual.
27. God likes to smell prayers,
Like you like to smell flowers.
Up your prayers dance,
In pillars & towers.
28. God's delays are not denials.
29. If you're too busy to get alone with God & pray, You're too busy.
30. Man 's greatest power lies in the power of prayer.
31. God is just waiting on you to command the situation! He said "Command thou Me!" He's given such faith and power to you that you can even command God to do what you want Him to do for you! ( Isa.45:11 ) If you're righteous, doing the right thing and trying to please God, you can command Him to do what you want Him to do. He's already promised to do it in His Word, to answer your prayer.
32. I've never put myself out on a limb and demanded God to do a certain thing, without His doing something! It wasn't always the thing that I necessarily was demanding--usually it was--but always He showed me the answer or did what I needed.
33. If God can hear one man's prayers and change history for it and spare whole nations or slaughter whole nations, He can certainly hear all of our prayers put together!
34. Every time you pray the Lord's prayer, you pray for the Kingdom of God to come!
35. One of the greatest proofs of God's existence is answers to prayer.
36. It's not the quantity of your prayer that counts, it's the quality!
37. If you're going to work for the Lord, you'd better listen to him first!
38. No matter what you're doing, you can always be praying!
39. God has confined Himself and His operations to our faith and our requests.
40. That's how this work began: Praying in the spirit, waiting in the spirit, listening in the spirit, speaking in the spirit, And then obeying in the spirit what the Lord told us to do!
41. Your prayers can do mighty things and change the course of history!
42. If you're in the habit of praying privately, it won't be hard for you to pray publicly.
43. As long as you're calling, you can expect God to answer, as long as you're empty, you can be filled!
44. If you're a child of God and asking Him about something, usually the first voice you hear is God's, the second one is most likely the Devil's!
45. The busier your day, the more you have to pray.
46. You could accomplish so much through prayer! The World will never know how much has not been accomplished because you didn't pray!
47. Prayer is the hand of faith that flips the switch.
48. Please pray! You're the Operator. It's your responsibility to pass on the message. Please don't fail!--or someone will miss God's important call. Be a faithful Operator--pray!
49. To pray when you do not feel like praying is not hypocrisy--it is faithfulness to the greatest duty of life.
50. Prayer has nothing to do with the position of your body it's all in how you position your heart.
51. What God does depends on your will and your action and what you want and how you pray! You're not supposed to just stand there and let God and the Devil fight it out!
52. There's something about the hands and holding hands which has spiritual significance! Maybe it has some kind of power, like completing an electrical circuit!
53. There is an actual natural spiritual power in your hands, especially in prayer in the Name of Jesus!
54. I believe in the power of laying on of hands!--if for no other reason but just obedience!--But there's a certain natural spiritual power there too!
55. Pray before you act.--Don't let your zeal run away with you!
56. You'd better take time for the Lord and prayer, or you're going to find out you're running out of time!
57. It's not how long you pray or how much you pray, it's how much you believe.
58. The Lord wants to be recognized. He wants you to know that you need Him. That's why He wants you to pray.
59. Lord, bless these ears that hear thy Words. Bless these eyes that see Thy truths. Bless this mouth that speaks Thy message. Bless this heart that gives Thy love! In Jesus' name.
60. The Lord wants you to be specific! It's a sign of your faith!
61. Prayers come from the Spirit of God!
62. So much depends on us, so much depends on our prayers!
63. It really costs something to pray!
32. I've never put myself out on a limb and demanded God to do a certain thing, without His doing something! It wasn't always the thing that I necessarily was demanding--usually it was--but always He showed me the answer or did what I needed.
33. If God can hear one man's prayers and change history for it and spare whole nations or slaughter whole nations, He can certainly hear all of our prayers put together!
34. Every time you pray the Lord's prayer, you pray for the Kingdom of God to come!
35. One of the greatest proofs of God's existence is answers to prayer.
36. It's not the quantity of your prayer that counts, it's the quality!
37. If you're going to work for the Lord, you'd better listen to him first!
38. No matter what you're doing, you can always be praying!
39. God has confined Himself and His operations to our faith and our requests.
40. That's how this work began: Praying in the spirit, waiting in the spirit, listening in the spirit, speaking in the spirit, And then obeying in the spirit what the Lord told us to do!
41. Your prayers can do mighty things and change the course of history!
42. If you're in the habit of praying privately, it won't be hard for you to pray publicly.
43. As long as you're calling, you can expect God to answer, as long as you're empty, you can be filled!
44. If you're a child of God and asking Him about something, usually the first voice you hear is God's, the second one is most likely the Devil's!
45. The busier your day, the more you have to pray.
46. You could accomplish so much through prayer! The World will never know how much has not been accomplished because you didn't pray!
47. Prayer is the hand of faith that flips the switch.
48. Please pray! You're the Operator. It's your responsibility to pass on the message. Please don't fail!--or someone will miss God's important call. Be a faithful Operator--pray!
49. To pray when you do not feel like praying is not hypocrisy--it is faithfulness to the greatest duty of life.
50. Prayer has nothing to do with the position of your body it's all in how you position your heart.
51. What God does depends on your will and your action and what you want and how you pray! You're not supposed to just stand there and let God and the Devil fight it out!
52. There's something about the hands and holding hands which has spiritual significance! Maybe it has some kind of power, like completing an electrical circuit!
53. There is an actual natural spiritual power in your hands, especially in prayer in the Name of Jesus!
54. I believe in the power of laying on of hands!--if for no other reason but just obedience!--But there's a certain natural spiritual power there too!
55. Pray before you act.--Don't let your zeal run away with you!
56. You'd better take time for the Lord and prayer, or you're going to find out you're running out of time!
57. It's not how long you pray or how much you pray, it's how much you believe.
58. The Lord wants to be recognized. He wants you to know that you need Him. That's why He wants you to pray.
59. Lord, bless these ears that hear thy Words. Bless these eyes that see Thy truths. Bless this mouth that speaks Thy message. Bless this heart that gives Thy love! In Jesus' name.
60. The Lord wants you to be specific! It's a sign of your faith!
61. Prayers come from the Spirit of God!
62. So much depends on us, so much depends on our prayers!
63. It really costs something to pray!
64. You ought to really get down to business with God! There must be times when you really cry out to the Lord and really pray and seek the Lord and really pray in the Spirit with strong tongues and tears and really call upon the Lord with a whole heart!
65. Since you can pray and your prayers can change things, if things aren't changed, it's your fault for not praying and believing and asking God to do something.
66. Your intentions and motives may be good, but if you don't seek God for His wisdom and how to go about it, you can be misled.
67. Before you call anybody or talk to anybody, talk to God. Get your orders from Him for the day.
68. You must pray desperately all the time, every moment, if you expect to be spared for troubles caused by the Enemy.
69. Get your orders from the Lord today and don't go only by what you were told yesterday.
70. There's something about the power of prayer that will stop people cold in their tracks and shut them up!
71. If even a honest atheist, an honest unbeliever, will cry out to God, God will answer!
72. It's better to pray them out than throw them out!
73. Never underestimate the power of prayer.
74. Instead of waiting upon the Lord, some people want the Lord to wait upon them.
75. You've got to get not only in prayer, but you've got to get in the spirit!
76. You need to learn to talk to the Lord , and learn to listen most of all.
77. Prayer is something you can be doing all the time, no matter what else you're doing. It's like thinking on your feet!
78. Most Christians are more concerned about having God hear what they have to say than they are about hearing what God has to say.
79. You have to play it by ear--and it had better by your ear and the Lord's music!
80. Prayer is not just speaking your piece, but most of all letting God speak His piece.
81. Take time to hear form God, and He'll take time to straighten out the problem.
82. Read the Bible before praying--it will give you faith!
83. Desperate prayer that is full of faith is the most powerful weapon we have, and can radically alter any situation or heart.
84. God knows your needs, but He likes you to be humble and be willing to pray and acknowledge His power and show your faith by asking, then He likes to answer so you can give Him the thanks and the glory!
85. Prayer is like breathing, just breathing the Holy Spirit all the time. You're constantly in communication with the Lord and you're constantly thinking about the Lord, keeping your mind stayed on Him so He'll keep you in perfect peace.
86. We make enough mistakes that we can't help, without making a mistake that we can help! We cannot afford to make snap judgments on major issues that instead require real desperate prayer together to ask God what He wants done.
87. God expects you to put feet to your prayers.
88. Start the day off right, hear from the Lord. He'll solve a lot of the problems before the day even starts if you listen to what He has to say.
89. The family that prays together stay together.
90. Work without prayer is work without God.
91. The Lord's own model prayer was only 66 words long!--It must be enough!--And it covers everything!
92. How wonderful are the ways of the Lord--but they're not past finding out, if you ask Him!
93. Prayer is powerful! When we pray, things will happen and things will be different! God will answer prayer! But God said to Israel one time that bad things were happening because "No man stirreth himself to call upon Me". ( Isa.64:7 )
94. Ask God first!--It's a lot easier and cheaper than long distance telephone calls to leadership.
95. All of our little prayers are well and good, but there are time when you should really get desperate with the Lord in prayer about certain thing and certain people.
96. The Lord wants us to be happy, but there should be times when you are not satisfied with just the usual run to things, when you really seek the Lord for a needed change and really pray, pouring out your heart to the Lord.
65. Since you can pray and your prayers can change things, if things aren't changed, it's your fault for not praying and believing and asking God to do something.
66. Your intentions and motives may be good, but if you don't seek God for His wisdom and how to go about it, you can be misled.
67. Before you call anybody or talk to anybody, talk to God. Get your orders from Him for the day.
68. You must pray desperately all the time, every moment, if you expect to be spared for troubles caused by the Enemy.
69. Get your orders from the Lord today and don't go only by what you were told yesterday.
70. There's something about the power of prayer that will stop people cold in their tracks and shut them up!
71. If even a honest atheist, an honest unbeliever, will cry out to God, God will answer!
72. It's better to pray them out than throw them out!
73. Never underestimate the power of prayer.
74. Instead of waiting upon the Lord, some people want the Lord to wait upon them.
75. You've got to get not only in prayer, but you've got to get in the spirit!
76. You need to learn to talk to the Lord , and learn to listen most of all.
77. Prayer is something you can be doing all the time, no matter what else you're doing. It's like thinking on your feet!
78. Most Christians are more concerned about having God hear what they have to say than they are about hearing what God has to say.
79. You have to play it by ear--and it had better by your ear and the Lord's music!
80. Prayer is not just speaking your piece, but most of all letting God speak His piece.
81. Take time to hear form God, and He'll take time to straighten out the problem.
82. Read the Bible before praying--it will give you faith!
83. Desperate prayer that is full of faith is the most powerful weapon we have, and can radically alter any situation or heart.
84. God knows your needs, but He likes you to be humble and be willing to pray and acknowledge His power and show your faith by asking, then He likes to answer so you can give Him the thanks and the glory!
85. Prayer is like breathing, just breathing the Holy Spirit all the time. You're constantly in communication with the Lord and you're constantly thinking about the Lord, keeping your mind stayed on Him so He'll keep you in perfect peace.
86. We make enough mistakes that we can't help, without making a mistake that we can help! We cannot afford to make snap judgments on major issues that instead require real desperate prayer together to ask God what He wants done.
87. God expects you to put feet to your prayers.
88. Start the day off right, hear from the Lord. He'll solve a lot of the problems before the day even starts if you listen to what He has to say.
89. The family that prays together stay together.
90. Work without prayer is work without God.
91. The Lord's own model prayer was only 66 words long!--It must be enough!--And it covers everything!
92. How wonderful are the ways of the Lord--but they're not past finding out, if you ask Him!
93. Prayer is powerful! When we pray, things will happen and things will be different! God will answer prayer! But God said to Israel one time that bad things were happening because "No man stirreth himself to call upon Me". ( Isa.64:7 )
94. Ask God first!--It's a lot easier and cheaper than long distance telephone calls to leadership.
95. All of our little prayers are well and good, but there are time when you should really get desperate with the Lord in prayer about certain thing and certain people.
96. The Lord wants us to be happy, but there should be times when you are not satisfied with just the usual run to things, when you really seek the Lord for a needed change and really pray, pouring out your heart to the Lord.
97. If you're not really moved when you pray, I wonder how far it gets!--How do you expect God to be moved?
98. There are very few people who don't respect prayer or at least your right to pray.
99. There's something electrifying about prayer!
100. You get what you ask for and what you have the faith for! God takes you exactly at your word!
101. If your day is hemmed with prayer, it is less likely to unravel.
102. The prayers of Godly men and women can accomplish more than all the military forces in the World. Prayer-craft is better that aircraft!
103. You'd better pray at the first sign if little troubles, so they don't get to be big ones!
104. No man or woman accomplishes so much with so little expenditure of time as when he or she is praying.
105. When we get to Heaven we're going to find out a lot of things that happened or didn't happen were not the Devil's fault or God's fault, but they were our fault, because we failed to pray!
106. He who ceases to pray ceases to prosper.
107. Prayer is the stop that keeps you going.
108. Prayer is a powerful thing, for God has bound and tied Himself thereto.
109. The quickest way to get back on your feet is to get down on your knees.
110. Your life is fragile!--Handle with prayer!
111. If a care is too small for you to turn into a prayer, it is too small for you to turn into a burden.
112. Prayer flies where the eagle never flew.
113. If you will work FOR God, form a committee. If you will work WITH God, form a prayer group.
114. Pray in faith!--If a friend gave you a cheque, would you wait until you cashed it to thank him?
115. If you believe, the World can still be moved by your prayers.
116. One can chase a thousand, but two can put ten thousand to flight, and it helps greatly to have someone else pray with you when you feel oppressed or distressed or attacked by the Enemy.
117. There is great power in united prayer together.
118. If you're not willing to listen to God, then God's not going to listen to you!
119. When you stop listening, it's time for God to stop talking!
120. Most people pray, "Hear Lord thy servant speaketh!"--instead of like dear little Samuel, the baby prophet, who at five years of age said, "Speak, Lord Thy servant heareth!"
121. With most people, prayer is a one-way street and they to all the talking!
122. If the need is there, the answer must be there too, so look around and pray it in.
123. Faith and obedience come first--then God answers prayer!
124. One of the main rules for reaching a decision: Don't keep talking--pray
125. God will give you spiritual solutions alone with Him that will make the mountains melt away!
126. Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees!
127. You can pioneer something new every day if you pray!
128. We should live to listen!
129. To reach someone for whom you care,
Start from your heart and say a prayer.
130. God always answers: Sometimes He says yes, sometimes He says no, and sometimes He says wait!
131. I shed my tears for them like Jesus shed His blood.
132. My tears reach God's ears in the big hall of Heaven.
133. Prayers are so beautiful, like incense ascending up to the Father.
134. Those prayers are so beautiful! They're like angels, like maidens fair, that flow intertwined just like they're dancing!
135. I burn my heart and I pour our my soul unto Jesus, and the smoke thereof rises and there is sweet vapor.
136. As a sweet smelling savour rise the prayers of the saints in the House of the Lord.
137. He likes to smell our prayers like the fragrance of flowers.
138. We burn, we consume, we pour out our heart and it pours up to Him.
139. You must learn how to contact His power through prayer, a spiritual seeking of contact with His Spirit through obedience to the laws of His Word.
140. "Blessed is he that beseecheth Me for My poor!"
141. Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, it is laying ahold of His highest willingness.
98. There are very few people who don't respect prayer or at least your right to pray.
99. There's something electrifying about prayer!
100. You get what you ask for and what you have the faith for! God takes you exactly at your word!
101. If your day is hemmed with prayer, it is less likely to unravel.
102. The prayers of Godly men and women can accomplish more than all the military forces in the World. Prayer-craft is better that aircraft!
103. You'd better pray at the first sign if little troubles, so they don't get to be big ones!
104. No man or woman accomplishes so much with so little expenditure of time as when he or she is praying.
105. When we get to Heaven we're going to find out a lot of things that happened or didn't happen were not the Devil's fault or God's fault, but they were our fault, because we failed to pray!
106. He who ceases to pray ceases to prosper.
107. Prayer is the stop that keeps you going.
108. Prayer is a powerful thing, for God has bound and tied Himself thereto.
109. The quickest way to get back on your feet is to get down on your knees.
110. Your life is fragile!--Handle with prayer!
111. If a care is too small for you to turn into a prayer, it is too small for you to turn into a burden.
112. Prayer flies where the eagle never flew.
113. If you will work FOR God, form a committee. If you will work WITH God, form a prayer group.
114. Pray in faith!--If a friend gave you a cheque, would you wait until you cashed it to thank him?
115. If you believe, the World can still be moved by your prayers.
116. One can chase a thousand, but two can put ten thousand to flight, and it helps greatly to have someone else pray with you when you feel oppressed or distressed or attacked by the Enemy.
117. There is great power in united prayer together.
118. If you're not willing to listen to God, then God's not going to listen to you!
119. When you stop listening, it's time for God to stop talking!
120. Most people pray, "Hear Lord thy servant speaketh!"--instead of like dear little Samuel, the baby prophet, who at five years of age said, "Speak, Lord Thy servant heareth!"
121. With most people, prayer is a one-way street and they to all the talking!
122. If the need is there, the answer must be there too, so look around and pray it in.
123. Faith and obedience come first--then God answers prayer!
124. One of the main rules for reaching a decision: Don't keep talking--pray
125. God will give you spiritual solutions alone with Him that will make the mountains melt away!
126. Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees!
127. You can pioneer something new every day if you pray!
128. We should live to listen!
129. To reach someone for whom you care,
Start from your heart and say a prayer.
130. God always answers: Sometimes He says yes, sometimes He says no, and sometimes He says wait!
131. I shed my tears for them like Jesus shed His blood.
132. My tears reach God's ears in the big hall of Heaven.
133. Prayers are so beautiful, like incense ascending up to the Father.
134. Those prayers are so beautiful! They're like angels, like maidens fair, that flow intertwined just like they're dancing!
135. I burn my heart and I pour our my soul unto Jesus, and the smoke thereof rises and there is sweet vapor.
136. As a sweet smelling savour rise the prayers of the saints in the House of the Lord.
137. He likes to smell our prayers like the fragrance of flowers.
138. We burn, we consume, we pour out our heart and it pours up to Him.
139. You must learn how to contact His power through prayer, a spiritual seeking of contact with His Spirit through obedience to the laws of His Word.
140. "Blessed is he that beseecheth Me for My poor!"
141. Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, it is laying ahold of His highest willingness.
142. The only footprints on the sands of time that will really last are the ones made after knee-prints.
143. Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.
144. Talk to the Shepherd when you can't sleep,
Don't just lie there counting sheep!
145. Before you eat take care
To cleanse your food with a prayer!
146. Ask for prayer! It's a sign of your faith in the Lord.
147. Prayer moves the hand & heart of God!
148. You're to pray in the Name of Jesus, you're to ask in the Name of Jesus, you're to claim victories in the Name of Jesus & you're to rebuke the Enemy in the Name of Jesus!
149. The only time I ever address God is when I pray the Lord's prayer, and then I always say it in Jesus' name.
150. You can always call on the Lord & through Him have power over everything.
151. If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies! Yet distance makes no difference: He is praying for me! "He ever liveth to make intercession." ( Ro.8:34 )
152. In prayer, it's the attitude of our hearts that counts, not the position of our bodies!
153. If our hearts are on their knees in humility, prostrated before the Lord, & our minds are centered on Him, that's what counts!
154. You don't have to be on your knees physically, if you're on your knees in the Spirit!--But it helps!
155. Quote Scripture when you pray. Hold God to His Promises.
156. There's always hope if there's love & prayer!
157. God's business has always been communication.--The Lord's communication with man & man communication with Him.--His giving the message, the Word, & man receiving it!
158. I think maybe the Lord allowed radio to be invented for a lot of reasons, including to demonstrate prayer & spiritual communications.
159. Don't hesitate to use the name of Jesus. Make the subject pray in the name of Jesus & say the name of Jesus & ask to be delivered in the name of Jesus, again and again.
160. There's so much in the Bible on prayer, & every time you're talking about prayer you're talking about begging!--So why not beg?
161. One reason I got to know the Lord so well, I was alone with Him a great deal.
162. "Effectual are the faithful prayers of David's children."
163. If you're on His channel in constant communication with Him & constantly receiving His vibes, you're constantly hearing from Him, & you're hearing His voice all the time in the inner ear of your spirit.
164. Prayer is the soul of man tired of Earthly wanderings, flying to the bosom of God, & waiting there in prayer until God speaks to his heart & revives his spirit.
165. Often God is not stirred because we are not stirred!
166. Everything that God in His Word has promised to do, prayer can bring to pass.
167. The Dew of Heaven & the choicest blessings fall on that soul that gets quiet & waits for His presence.
168. Prayer is a connecting link between human needs & Divine resources.
169. Public prayer is a means of uniting all hearts together at one time & is also for the benefit of the listeners, that they may hear the prayer & know that it is prayed in faith & that an answer is expected, so when the answer comes they'll know it was the prayer that did it!
170. You can change God's mind by prayer. Moses prayed so hard that God finally repented of what He would do to the Children of Israel.
171. Can you change God's mind? Within certain limits, yes. God's overall plan has never changed, His overall will has never changed. But in certain details you can change His mind, otherwise you might as well quit praying. If prayer won't change anything forget it.
172. If our meetings are supposed to be anything, they are supposed to be spiritual meetings where the Spirit has full sway & you pray in tongues & you speak in tongues & you interpret & you prophesy & God does miracles!
173. You'd be surprised how much God depends on your prayers, on how concerned you are & how interested you are. The Lord answers your prayers, so why don't you pray?
143. Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.
144. Talk to the Shepherd when you can't sleep,
Don't just lie there counting sheep!
145. Before you eat take care
To cleanse your food with a prayer!
146. Ask for prayer! It's a sign of your faith in the Lord.
147. Prayer moves the hand & heart of God!
148. You're to pray in the Name of Jesus, you're to ask in the Name of Jesus, you're to claim victories in the Name of Jesus & you're to rebuke the Enemy in the Name of Jesus!
149. The only time I ever address God is when I pray the Lord's prayer, and then I always say it in Jesus' name.
150. You can always call on the Lord & through Him have power over everything.
151. If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies! Yet distance makes no difference: He is praying for me! "He ever liveth to make intercession." ( Ro.8:34 )
152. In prayer, it's the attitude of our hearts that counts, not the position of our bodies!
153. If our hearts are on their knees in humility, prostrated before the Lord, & our minds are centered on Him, that's what counts!
154. You don't have to be on your knees physically, if you're on your knees in the Spirit!--But it helps!
155. Quote Scripture when you pray. Hold God to His Promises.
156. There's always hope if there's love & prayer!
157. God's business has always been communication.--The Lord's communication with man & man communication with Him.--His giving the message, the Word, & man receiving it!
158. I think maybe the Lord allowed radio to be invented for a lot of reasons, including to demonstrate prayer & spiritual communications.
159. Don't hesitate to use the name of Jesus. Make the subject pray in the name of Jesus & say the name of Jesus & ask to be delivered in the name of Jesus, again and again.
160. There's so much in the Bible on prayer, & every time you're talking about prayer you're talking about begging!--So why not beg?
161. One reason I got to know the Lord so well, I was alone with Him a great deal.
162. "Effectual are the faithful prayers of David's children."
163. If you're on His channel in constant communication with Him & constantly receiving His vibes, you're constantly hearing from Him, & you're hearing His voice all the time in the inner ear of your spirit.
164. Prayer is the soul of man tired of Earthly wanderings, flying to the bosom of God, & waiting there in prayer until God speaks to his heart & revives his spirit.
165. Often God is not stirred because we are not stirred!
166. Everything that God in His Word has promised to do, prayer can bring to pass.
167. The Dew of Heaven & the choicest blessings fall on that soul that gets quiet & waits for His presence.
168. Prayer is a connecting link between human needs & Divine resources.
169. Public prayer is a means of uniting all hearts together at one time & is also for the benefit of the listeners, that they may hear the prayer & know that it is prayed in faith & that an answer is expected, so when the answer comes they'll know it was the prayer that did it!
170. You can change God's mind by prayer. Moses prayed so hard that God finally repented of what He would do to the Children of Israel.
171. Can you change God's mind? Within certain limits, yes. God's overall plan has never changed, His overall will has never changed. But in certain details you can change His mind, otherwise you might as well quit praying. If prayer won't change anything forget it.
172. If our meetings are supposed to be anything, they are supposed to be spiritual meetings where the Spirit has full sway & you pray in tongues & you speak in tongues & you interpret & you prophesy & God does miracles!
173. You'd be surprised how much God depends on your prayers, on how concerned you are & how interested you are. The Lord answers your prayers, so why don't you pray?
174. When God answers your prayers He translates those prayers, He amplifies their power & the desire of that prayer to influence the person you are praying for. You have actual influence on them through your prayers.
175. The Lord leaves a lot to us & your concern & prayer. If you only cry with half a heart you only get half an answer. If you stir yourself, then God will stir Himself.
176. An awful lot depends on us, our prayers & what we want done! A lot of people have a lazy attitude & seem to think the Lord will do it all no matter what.--But the truth of the matter is, a lot depends on us.
177. He wants us to show concern and pray about a situation. If you really believe, every prayer is heard and answered--but if you don't pray, it is not done. An awful lot depends on you.
178. He often answers before you call--because He knows you're going to.
179. The very intensity with which you pray and really mean it or desire it is reflected in the answer.
180. Prayer depends on three factors: Your position, God's position and the position of the other persons for whom you're praying. You don't control it completely and God has specifically limited Himself not to control it completely , but to let it be affected by your position and their position.
181. Who knows the Will of God?--All we can do is pray and expect some kind of an answer.
182. Demand and expect an answer! He has promised it! I know He'll not fail, He cannot deny Himself! He is bound by His Word. Remind Him of it, cling to His promises, memorize and quote them continually and never doubt for a moment that God is going to answer--and He will! He has to! He wants to! Trust Him and thank Him for the answer, even if you don't see it immediately. For behold, the trying of your faith is much more precious than gold!
183. You determine you're going to pray more, and then you desperately cry out to God and boom! Boom! Boom! The Holy Spirit goes to work right away and you begin to see some action!
184. God is still upon the Throne and prayer changes things!
185. If you don't meet and pray, you'll become the Devil's meat and prey!
186. The Lord's answers to prayer are infinitely perfect, and they will show that often when we were asking for a stone that looked like bread, He was giving us bread that to our shortsightedness looked like a stone.
187. What a friend we have in Jesus
All our sins and griefs to bear,
What a privilege to carry,
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear!
--All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.
188. I will direct my prayer as an arrow, and after that "I will look up," to see if it has hit. When the prayer is directed in the morning, the "look up" lasts all day. ( Psa.5. )
189. Prayer is the opening of a channel from your emptiness to God's fullness.
190. The greatest undeveloped resource is faith; the greatest unused power is prayer.
191. I like to get down on my knees and pray when I get desperate enough. It's a good position for your body as well as your heart!
192. Get together first of all in prayer and praise the Lord and get in the Spirit and pray desperately that God will use you! Get down on you hands and knees, old-fashioned prayer meeting style, and beg the Lord and cry out to the Lord like the Prophets and the Apostles and the men of God of old and plead with God to help you to be melted together in his Love.
193. When you pray against somebody, you're cursing them.
194. Prayer is not a ritual, but a relationship.
195. Shutting your eyes helps you to see in the spirit and to become unconscious to the things and people around you, and to get your mind on the Lord and in a relaxed position where nothing distracts you.
196. God likes you to be specific. He likes you to tell Him exactly what you want, because He likes to know really what you've got the faith for.
197. Sometimes the Lord just lets us have a problem in order that He can give us the answer!
175. The Lord leaves a lot to us & your concern & prayer. If you only cry with half a heart you only get half an answer. If you stir yourself, then God will stir Himself.
176. An awful lot depends on us, our prayers & what we want done! A lot of people have a lazy attitude & seem to think the Lord will do it all no matter what.--But the truth of the matter is, a lot depends on us.
177. He wants us to show concern and pray about a situation. If you really believe, every prayer is heard and answered--but if you don't pray, it is not done. An awful lot depends on you.
178. He often answers before you call--because He knows you're going to.
179. The very intensity with which you pray and really mean it or desire it is reflected in the answer.
180. Prayer depends on three factors: Your position, God's position and the position of the other persons for whom you're praying. You don't control it completely and God has specifically limited Himself not to control it completely , but to let it be affected by your position and their position.
181. Who knows the Will of God?--All we can do is pray and expect some kind of an answer.
182. Demand and expect an answer! He has promised it! I know He'll not fail, He cannot deny Himself! He is bound by His Word. Remind Him of it, cling to His promises, memorize and quote them continually and never doubt for a moment that God is going to answer--and He will! He has to! He wants to! Trust Him and thank Him for the answer, even if you don't see it immediately. For behold, the trying of your faith is much more precious than gold!
183. You determine you're going to pray more, and then you desperately cry out to God and boom! Boom! Boom! The Holy Spirit goes to work right away and you begin to see some action!
184. God is still upon the Throne and prayer changes things!
185. If you don't meet and pray, you'll become the Devil's meat and prey!
186. The Lord's answers to prayer are infinitely perfect, and they will show that often when we were asking for a stone that looked like bread, He was giving us bread that to our shortsightedness looked like a stone.
187. What a friend we have in Jesus
All our sins and griefs to bear,
What a privilege to carry,
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear!
--All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.
188. I will direct my prayer as an arrow, and after that "I will look up," to see if it has hit. When the prayer is directed in the morning, the "look up" lasts all day. ( Psa.5. )
189. Prayer is the opening of a channel from your emptiness to God's fullness.
190. The greatest undeveloped resource is faith; the greatest unused power is prayer.
191. I like to get down on my knees and pray when I get desperate enough. It's a good position for your body as well as your heart!
192. Get together first of all in prayer and praise the Lord and get in the Spirit and pray desperately that God will use you! Get down on you hands and knees, old-fashioned prayer meeting style, and beg the Lord and cry out to the Lord like the Prophets and the Apostles and the men of God of old and plead with God to help you to be melted together in his Love.
193. When you pray against somebody, you're cursing them.
194. Prayer is not a ritual, but a relationship.
195. Shutting your eyes helps you to see in the spirit and to become unconscious to the things and people around you, and to get your mind on the Lord and in a relaxed position where nothing distracts you.
196. God likes you to be specific. He likes you to tell Him exactly what you want, because He likes to know really what you've got the faith for.
197. Sometimes the Lord just lets us have a problem in order that He can give us the answer!
198. The Lord likes us to find out we can't always solve all our problems and that we need His help! If we could figure it all out and solve all our problems, we wouldn't need Him.
199. All the answers are simple for the Lord and all the solutions are easy for Him!
200. If you forget to pray, that's almost as bad as not wanting to pray because you're not willing to admit that you don't know the answers and that you have to ask for them.
201. You ought to try a little prayer time early in the morning before your day's work every day. Asking the Lord for the solution to problems is the easiest way in the world to get them. Don't think, "It's hard to pray and I haven't got time to pray, it's a waste of time to pray, blah blah."--If you spent a little more time praying you'd spent a Hell of a lot less time working a getting it done! It's just that simple.
202. The Lord loves to give you the answer. He knows exactly what to do and how to do it, so why don't you ask Him instead of going to all the trouble of trying to figure it out yourself?
(See also No. T , 4 , 73 , 74 , 78 , 85 , 98 , 126 , 191 , 302 , 320 , 341 , 345 , 369 , 384 , 546 , 638 , 646 , 700 , 706 , 708 , 712 , 753 , 950 , 1249 , 1384 , 1637 , 1647 , Streams that Never Run Dry , and The Hem of His Garment .)
203. EXO.32:31,32 Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of the book which Thou hast written.
204. DEU.23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
205. 1SA.3:9a,10 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if He call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth. And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for Thy servant heareth.
205a. 1SA.7:9b Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.
206. 1SA.12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way.
207. 2SA.22:5-7 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of Hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and He did hear my voice out of His temple, and my cry did enter into His ears.
208. 1KI.19:11b,12 And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the Wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
209. 2KI.22:19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and has rent thy clothes, and wept, before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.
210. 1CH.16:11 Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually.
211. 2CH.26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.
212. PSA.19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
213. PSA.62:8 Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
214. PSA.66:18,19 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
215. PSA.102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
199. All the answers are simple for the Lord and all the solutions are easy for Him!
200. If you forget to pray, that's almost as bad as not wanting to pray because you're not willing to admit that you don't know the answers and that you have to ask for them.
201. You ought to try a little prayer time early in the morning before your day's work every day. Asking the Lord for the solution to problems is the easiest way in the world to get them. Don't think, "It's hard to pray and I haven't got time to pray, it's a waste of time to pray, blah blah."--If you spent a little more time praying you'd spent a Hell of a lot less time working a getting it done! It's just that simple.
202. The Lord loves to give you the answer. He knows exactly what to do and how to do it, so why don't you ask Him instead of going to all the trouble of trying to figure it out yourself?
(See also No. T , 4 , 73 , 74 , 78 , 85 , 98 , 126 , 191 , 302 , 320 , 341 , 345 , 369 , 384 , 546 , 638 , 646 , 700 , 706 , 708 , 712 , 753 , 950 , 1249 , 1384 , 1637 , 1647 , Streams that Never Run Dry , and The Hem of His Garment .)
203. EXO.32:31,32 Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of the book which Thou hast written.
204. DEU.23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
205. 1SA.3:9a,10 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if He call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth. And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for Thy servant heareth.
205a. 1SA.7:9b Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.
206. 1SA.12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way.
207. 2SA.22:5-7 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of Hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and He did hear my voice out of His temple, and my cry did enter into His ears.
208. 1KI.19:11b,12 And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the Wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
209. 2KI.22:19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and has rent thy clothes, and wept, before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.
210. 1CH.16:11 Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually.
211. 2CH.26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.
212. PSA.19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
213. PSA.62:8 Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
214. PSA.66:18,19 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
215. PSA.102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
216. PSA.106:15 And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
217. PSA.106:44,45 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, when He heard their cry: And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
218. PSA.116:1,2 I love the Lord. because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.
219. PSA.119:2 Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.
220. PRO.8:17 I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me early shall find Me.
221. PRO.28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
222. ISA.30:19b He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee.
223. ISA.40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
224. ISA.45:11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and His Maker, Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands command ye Me.
225. ISA.55:6 Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near.
226. ISA.65:24 . And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while thy are yet speaking, I will hear.
227. JER.29:13 And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
228. JER.33:3 Call unto Me, and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
229. DAN.10:12,13 Then said He unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood Me one and twenty days: but lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help Me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
230. MAT.6:6-13 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 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. 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.
231. MAT.18:18,19b,20 Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on Earth shall be loosed in Heaven. If two of you shall agree on Earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in Heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them.
232. MAR.1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before the day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
233. MAR.11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
234. MAR.14:36 . Father, all things are possible unto Thee... nevertheless not what I will, but what Thou wilt.
235. LUK.6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
236. LUK.11:9-11 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.
217. PSA.106:44,45 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction, when He heard their cry: And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
218. PSA.116:1,2 I love the Lord. because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.
219. PSA.119:2 Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.
220. PRO.8:17 I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me early shall find Me.
221. PRO.28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
222. ISA.30:19b He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee.
223. ISA.40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
224. ISA.45:11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and His Maker, Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands command ye Me.
225. ISA.55:6 Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near.
226. ISA.65:24 . And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while thy are yet speaking, I will hear.
227. JER.29:13 And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
228. JER.33:3 Call unto Me, and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
229. DAN.10:12,13 Then said He unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood Me one and twenty days: but lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help Me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
230. MAT.6:6-13 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 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. 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.
231. MAT.18:18,19b,20 Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on Earth shall be loosed in Heaven. If two of you shall agree on Earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in Heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them.
232. MAR.1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before the day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
233. MAR.11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
234. MAR.14:36 . Father, all things are possible unto Thee... nevertheless not what I will, but what Thou wilt.
235. LUK.6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
236. LUK.11:9-11 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.
237. LUK.18:1b Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.
238. LUK.21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, to stand before the Son of man.
239. JOH.4:23,24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
240. JOH.14:13,14 And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My Name I will do it.
241. JOH.15:7 If ye abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
242. JOH.16:23b,24 Whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My Name, He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My Name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
243. ROM.8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know no what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered.
244. ROM.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.
245. ROM.12:12b Continuing instant in prayer.
246. ROM.15:30 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.
247. 1CO.14:15a What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also.
248. EPH.3:20 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.
249. EPH.6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
250. PHI.4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
251. 1TH.1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.
252. 1TH.5:17 Pray without ceasing.
253. HEB.4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
254. HEB.13:3 Remember them that are in bounds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
255. JAM.1:6,7 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.
256. JAM.4:2b Ye have not, because ye ask not.
257. JAM.4:8a Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.
258. JAM.5:16b-18 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 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. And he prayed again, and the Heaven gave rain, and the Earth brought forth her fruit.
259. 1JO.3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
260. 1JO.5:14,15 And this is the confidence that we have in Him that if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
261. REV.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.
238. LUK.21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, to stand before the Son of man.
239. JOH.4:23,24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
240. JOH.14:13,14 And whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My Name I will do it.
241. JOH.15:7 If ye abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
242. JOH.16:23b,24 Whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My Name, He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My Name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
243. ROM.8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know no what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered.
244. ROM.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.
245. ROM.12:12b Continuing instant in prayer.
246. ROM.15:30 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.
247. 1CO.14:15a What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also.
248. EPH.3:20 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.
249. EPH.6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
250. PHI.4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
251. 1TH.1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.
252. 1TH.5:17 Pray without ceasing.
253. HEB.4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
254. HEB.13:3 Remember them that are in bounds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
255. JAM.1:6,7 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.
256. JAM.4:2b Ye have not, because ye ask not.
257. JAM.4:8a Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.
258. JAM.5:16b-18 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 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. And he prayed again, and the Heaven gave rain, and the Earth brought forth her fruit.
259. 1JO.3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
260. 1JO.5:14,15 And this is the confidence that we have in Him that if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
261. REV.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.
262. REV.8:3,4 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.