| The Old Testament |
| Psalm 95:6 |
Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our God.
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| Psalm 29: 2 |
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. |
| Psalm 17:6 |
I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.
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| Psalm 69:13,16,17 |
[M]y prayer is to You, O Lord....
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.....
Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily. |
| Psalm 88:12 |
O Lord, God of my salvation
I have cried out day and night before You.
Let my prayer come before You;
Incline Your ear to my cry.
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| Psalm 102:1 |
Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And let my cry come unto You.
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| Psalm 109:4 |
I give myself to prayer...
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| Psalm 141:1-3 |
Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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| Psalm 145:18 |
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
to all who call upon Him in truth.
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| The New Testament |
| Matthew 6:7-14 |
"[W]hen you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
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| Matthew 7:7,8 |
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."
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| Matthew 21:22 |
"All things, whatsoever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
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| Matthew 26:41 |
"Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation."
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| Mark 11:24-25 |
"Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses."
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| John 14:14 |
"If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."
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| John 15:7 |
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you."
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| The Heavenly Doctrines |
| Arcana Coelestia 2535 |
Prayer is speech with God.
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| see Apocalypse Explained 325:3 |
Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of charity. Prayers are only its externals, for they proceed from the person through his mouth. Consequently people's prayers are such as they themselves are in respect to life.
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| Apocalypse Explained 325:7 |
[P]rayers proceed from the heart, and a person’s heart is such as is his life of love and charity.
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| see Apocalypse Explained 325:12 |
When a person is in a life of charity, he is constantly praying, if not with the mouth yet with the heart. |
| see Spiritual Experiences 2435 |
The prayers of little children are much more fully heard in heaven than the prayers of grown-ups. |
| see Arcana Coelestia 8179:3 |
The Lord does not do what prayers ask for if that is contrary to the end, which is salvation.
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