Prayer in 1 John

-MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS -Prayer test proposed by Elijah 1KI 18:24-39 -Daily, in the morning PSA 5:3; 88:13; 143:8; ISA 33:2 -Twice daily PSA 88:1 -Thrice daily PSA 55:17; DAN 6:10 -All night LUK 6:12 -Without ceasing 1TH 5:17 -Boldness in -Enjoined HEB 4:16 -Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom GEN 18:23-32 -By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel EXO 33:12,18 -Secret GEN 24:63; MAT 6:6 -Silent PSA 5:1 -Weeping in EZR 10:1 -In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah 1KI 18:27 -Long -Of Pharisees MAT 23:14 -Of scribes MRK 12:40; LUK 20:47 -Profuse, to be avoided ECC 5:2; MAT 6:7 -Vain repetitions of, to be avoided MAT 6:7 -Tokens asked for, as assurance of answer -By Abraham' s servant GEN 24:14 -Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece JDG 6:36-40 -Rebuked -Of Moses, at the Red Sea EXO 14:15 -When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land DEU 3:23-27 -Of Joshua JOS 7:10 -Evils averted by JER 26:19 -Unbelief in JOB 21:15 -;The Lord' s Prayer, MAT 6:9-13; LUK 11:2-4 -However, see JHN 17:1-26 -Answer to, withheld -Of Balaam DEU 23:5; JOS 24:10 -Of JOB JOB 30:20; with 42:12 -Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites DEU 1:45 -The prayer of Jesus, "Let this cup pass away," MAT 26:39,42,44; with 26:45-75 -And MAT 27 -Answer to, delayed PSA 22:1,2; 40:1; 80:4; 88:14; JER 42:7; HAB 1:2; LUK 18:7 -Answer to, exceeds petition -Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom, riches, honour, and long life 1KI 3:7-14; 2CH 1:10-12 -The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included Peter's deliverance ACT 12:15; with 12:5 -Answer to, different from the request -Moses asked to be permitted to cross the Jordan River; the answer was permission to view the land of promise DEU 3:23-27 -The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the answer gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul PSA 106:14,15 -Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their brother Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead JHN 11 -Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the answer was a promise of grace to endure it 2CO 12:8,9 -In Behalf of Nations -See NATIONS, PRAYER FOR -Penitential -Of David PSA 51:1-17 -Of the tax collector LUK 18:13 -See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, below -See SIN, CONFESSION OF -Imprecatory NUM 16:15; 22:6-11; 23:7,8; 24:9,10; DEU 11:29,30; 27:11-13; 33:11; JOS 8:33,34; JDG 16:28; 2SA 16:10-12; NEH 4:4,5; 5:13; JOB 3:1-10; 27:7; PSA 5:10; 6:10; 9:20; 10:2,15; 25:3; 28:4; 31:17,18; 35:4,8,26; 40:14,15; 54:5; 55:9,15; 56:7; 58:7; 59:5,11,15; 68:1,2; 69:23,24,27,28; 70:2,3; 71:13; 79:10,12; 83:13-17; 94:2; 109:7,9-20,28,29; 119:78,84; 129:5; 140:9,10; 143:12; 144:6; JER 11:20; 12:3; 15:15; 17:18; 18:21-23; 20:12; LAM 1:22; 3:64-66; GAL 1:8,9; 2TI 4:14,15 -Submission in, exemplified by Jesus MAT 26:39; MRK 14:36; LUK 22:42 -David 2SA 12:22,23 -JOB JOB 1:20,21 -Private, enjoined MAT 6:6 -Exemplified by -Lot GEN 19:20 -Eliezer GEN 24:12 -Jacob GEN 32:9-12 -Gideon JDG 6:22,36,39 -Hannah 1SA 1:10 -David 2SA 7:18-29 -Hezekiah 2KI 20:2 -Isaiah 2KI 20:11 -Manasseh 2CH 33:18,19 -Ezra EZR 9:5,6 -Nehemiah NEH 2:4 -Jeremiah JER 32:16-25 -Daniel DAN 9:3,19 -Jonah JON 2:1 -Habakkuk HAB 1:2 -Anna LUK 2:37 -Jesus MAT 14:23; 26:36,39; MRK 1:35; LUK 9:18,29 -Paul ACT 9:11 -Peter ACT 9:40; 10:9 -Cornelius ACT 10:30 -Family -By Abraham GEN 12:5,8 -By Jacob GEN 35:3 -By Cornelius ACT 10:2 -Social MAT 18:19; ACT 1:13,14; 16:25; 20:36; 21:5 -Held in private houses ACT 1:13,14; 12:12 -Held in the temple ACT 2:46; 3:1 -Of Jesus -On a mountain MAT 14:23; MRK 6:46; LUK 6:12; 9:28 -In the garden of Gethsemane MAT 26:36; MRK 14:32; LUK 22:45 -The Lord' s prayer MAT 6:9; LUK 11:1 -However, see JHN 17:1-26 -Before daylight MRK 1:35 -In distress JHN 12:27; HEB 5:7 -In the wilderness LUK 5:16 -In behalf of Peter LUK 22:31,32 -For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come JHN 14:16 -After the supper JHN 17 -Of the apostles ACT 1:24,25 -To idols 1KI 18:26-29 -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO GEN 32:24-28; HOS 12:4; 1CH 16:11,35; 2CH 7:14; NEH 4:9; PSA 27:8; 105:3,4; 145:18; PRO 15:8; ECC 5:2; ISA 55:6; LAM 3:41; ZEC 12:10; MAT 6:5-13; 7:7,8; 21:22; MRK 9:28,29; 11:24; LUK 11:1-13; 18:1; ROM 8:26; 1CO 14:15; EPH 3:11,12; 6:18,19; PHP 4:6; COL 4:2; 1TH 5:17,18; 1TI 2:8; HEB 4:16; JAS 5:16; Jude 1:20; REV 5:8; 8:3,4 -ANSWER TO, PROMISE EXO 6:5; 22:23,27; 33:17-20; DEU 4:7,29-31; 1KI 8:22,53; 1CH 28:9; 2CH 7:13-15; JOB 8:5,6; 12:4; 22:27; 33:26; PSA 9:10,12; 10:17; 18:3; 32:6; 34:15,17; 37:4,5; 38:15; 50:14,15; 55:16,17; 56:9; 65:2,5; 69:33; 81:10; 86:5-7; 91:15; 102:17-20; 145:18,19; PRO 2:3,5; 3:6; 10:24; 15:8,29; 16:1; ISA 19:20; 30:19; 55:6; 58:9; 65:24; JER 29:12,13; 31:9; 33:3; LAM 3:25; EZK 36:37; JOL 2:18,19,32; AMO 5:4-6; ZEP 2:3; ZEC 10:1,6; 13:9; MAT 6:5-13; 7:7-11; 18:19,20; 21:22; MRK 11:24,25; LUK 11:5-13; 18:1-8; 21:36; JHN 4:10,23,24; 9:31; 14:13,14; 15:7,16; 16:23,24,26,27; ACT 7:34; 22:16; ROM 8:26; 10:12,13; EPH 2:18; 3:20; HEB 4:16; 10:22,23; 11:6; JAS 1:5-7; 4:8,10; 5:16; 1JN 3:22; 5:14,15 -ANSWERED JOB 34:28; PSA 3:4; 4:1; 6:8,9; 18:6; 21:2,4; 22:4,5,24; 28:6; 30:2,3; 31:22; 34:4-6; 40:1; 66:19,20; 77:1,2; 81:7; 99:6-8; 106:44; 107:6,7,13-20; 116:1,2; 118:5,21; 119:26; 120:1; 138:3; LAM 3:57,58; HOS 12:4; JON 2:1,2,7; LUK 23:42,43; ACT 4:31; 2CO 12:8,9; JAS 5:17,18 -INSTANCES OF ANSWERED -Cain GEN 4:13-15 -Abraham, for a son GEN 15 -Abraham entreating -For Sodom GEN 18:23-33 -For Ishmael GEN 17:20 -For Abimelech GEN 20:17 -Hagar, for deliverance GEN 16:7-13 -Abraham' s servant, for guidance GEN 24:12-52 -Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy GEN 25:22,23 -Jacob, for deliverance from Esau GEN 32:9-32; 33:1-17 -Moses, for help at the Red Sea EXO 14:15,16 -Moses, at the waters of Marah EXO 15:25 -Moses, at Mount Horeb EXO 17:4-6 -Moses, in the battle with the Amalekites EXO 17:8-14 -Moses, concerning the complaint of the Israelites for meat NUM 11:11-35 -Moses, on behalf of Miriam' s leprosy NUM 12:13-15 -Moses, Aaron, and Samuel PSA 99:6 -Israelites for deliverance -From bondage EXO 2:23-25; 3:7-10; ACT 7:34 -From Pharaoh' s army EXO 14:10-30 -From the king of Mesopotamia JDG 3:9,15 -Sisera JDG 4:3,23,24; 1SA 12:9-11 -Ammon JDG 10:6-18; 11:1-33 -For God' s favor under the reproofs of Azariah 2CH 15:1-15 -From Babylonian bondage NEH 9:27 -Gideon, asking for the token of dew JDG 6:36-40 -Manoah, asking about Samson JDG 13:8,9 -Samson, asking for strength JDG 16:28-30 -Hannah, asking to give birth to a child 1SA 1:10-17,19,20 -David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his hands 1SA 23:10-12 -David, asking about Ziklag 1SA 30:8 -David, asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul' s death 2SA 2:1 -David, asking whether he should go to war against the Philistines 2SA 5:19-25 -David, in adversity PSA 118:5; 138:3 -Solomon, asking for wisdom 1KI 3:1-13; 9:2,3 -Elijah, raising the widow' s son 1KI 17:22 -Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice 1KI 18:36-38 -Elijah, asking for rain 1KI 17:1; 18:1,42-45; JAS 5:17 -Elisha, leading the Syrian army 2KI 6:17-20 -Jabez, asking for prosperity 1CH 4:10 -Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam 2CH 13:14-18 -Asa, for victory over Zerah 2CH 14:11-15 -The people of Judah 2CH 15:15 -Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites 2CH 18:31; 20:6-27 -Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael 2KI 13:4 -Priests and Levites, when blessing the people 2CH 30:27 -Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib 2KI 19:14-20; 2CH 32:20-23 -To save Hezekiah' s life 2KI 20:1-7,11; 2CH 32:24 -Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon 2CH 33:13,19 -The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites 1CH 5:20 -The Jews, returning from the captivity EZR 8:21,23 -Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction changed EZK 4:12-15 -Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream DAN 2:19-23 -Daniel, interceding for the people DAN 9:20-23 -Daniel, in a vision DAN 10:12 -Zacharias, for a son LUK 1:13 -The leper, for healing MAT 8:2,3; MRK 1:40-43; LUK 5:12,13 -Centurion, for his servant MAT 8:5-13; LUK 7:3-10; JHN 4:50,51 -Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life ACT 9:40 -The disciples, for Peter ACT 12:5-17 -Paul, to be restored to health 2CO 1:9-11 -CONFESSION IN LEV 5:5; 26:40; NUM 5:5-7; JDG 10:10,15; 1SA 12:10; 1KI 8:47; EZR 9:6,15; NEH 1:6,7; 9:2,33-35; JOB 7:20; 40:4,5; PSA 31:10; 32:3,5; 38:4-8,10,18; 40:12; 51:3,4; 69:5; 106:6,7; 119:176; 130:3; PRO 28:13; ISA 6:5; 59:12,13; JER 3:13,25; 14:7,20; LAM 1:18; 3:42; 5:16; DAN 9:5-15 -IMPORTUNITY IN GEN 18:23-32; 32:24-29; EXO 32:32; DEU 9:25; JDG 6:36-40; 16:28; 1SA 1:10,11; 12:23; 1KI 8:22-30; EZR 9:5,6; NEH 1:4-6; PSA 17:1,6; 22:1,2,19; 28:1,2; 35:22,23; 55:1,2,16,17; 57:2; 61:1,2; 70:5; 86:3,6; 88:1,2,9,13; 102:1,2; 119:58,145-147; 130:1,2; 141:1,2; 142:1,2; ISA 38:2,3; 62:7; 64:12; DAN 9:3,16-19; JON 1:14; HAB 1:2; MAT 15:22-28; MRK 7:25-29; LUK 7:3; 11:5-8; 18:1-7; 22:44; ROM 8:26; 2CO 12:8; EPH 6:18; HEB 5:7 -INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN -Jacob GEN 32:24-30 -Moses EXO 33:12-16; 34:9 -Elijah 1KI 18:22-44 -The two blind men of Jericho MAT 20:30,31; MRK 10:48; LUK 18:39 -The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman MAT 15:22-28; MRK 7:25-30 -The Roman centurion MAT 8:5; LUK 7:3,4 -INTERCESSORY -See INTERCESSION -See JESUS, MEDIATION OF -OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD -See WICKED, PRAYER OF -PLEAS OFFERED IN GEN 32:9-12; EXO 32:11-13; 33:13; NUM 14:13-18; 16:22; DEU 3:24,25; 9:18,25-29; JOS 7:8,9; 2SA 7:25-29; 1KI 8:25,26,59,60; 18:36,37; 2KI 19:15-19; 2CH 14:11; NEH 1:8,9; 9:32; PSA 4:1; 9:19,20; 25:6; 27:9; 31:3; 38:16; 69:6,13,16; 71:18; 74:10,11,18-23; 79:10-12; 83:1,2,18; 86:1-5,17; 89:49-51; 106:47; 109:21-27; 115:1,2; 119:38,42,43,49,73,94, 116,124,145,146,149,153,173-176; 143:11,12; ISA 37:15-20; 63:17-19; JER 14:21; 18:20,21; LAM 3:56-63; JOL 2:17 -THANKSGIVING AND, BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD JOS 9:14; 1SA 9:13; MAT 14:19; 15:36; 26:26,27; MRK 6:41; 8:6,7; 14:22,23; LUK 9:16; 22:19; JHN 6:11,23; ACT 27:35; ROM 14:6; 1CO 10:30,31; 11:24; 1TI 4:3-5