Scriptural Encouragement & Exhortation

Matthew 6:9-13 – The Disciples Prayer: pt2

Pray, then…

Pray, then...Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray…pray without ceasing;…I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension…With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel…pray for those who persecute you…bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you…if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land…Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted…I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.

(Mat 6:9; Luk 5:16; 1Th 5:17; 1Ti 2:8; Eph 6:18, 19; Mat 5:44; Luk 6:28; 2Ch 7:14; Luk 18:10-14; Eph 1:18, 19)

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