Prayer for the Church

11 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)direct our way to you.

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32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

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(A)Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
(B)And lean not on your own understanding;
(C)In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [a]direct your paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or make smooth or straight

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, (A)who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and (B)good hope by grace,

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13 so that He may establish (A)your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

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32 “Do not fear, little flock, for (A)it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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26 (A)Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

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“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father (A)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this (B)manner, therefore, pray:

(C)Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your (D)name.

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Polluted Offerings

“A son (A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’

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The Command to Love

Behold (A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that (B)we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know [b]us, (C)because it did not know Him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
  2. 1 John 3:1 M you

Now may (A)the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.

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(A)who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us (B)from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who [a]was (A)born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

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  1. Romans 1:3 came

30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father (A)knows that you need these things.

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“The(A) voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”

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18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [a]openly.

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  1. Matthew 6:18 NU, M omit openly

14 (A)“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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But you, when you pray, (A)go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [a]openly.

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  1. Matthew 6:6 NU omits openly

16 (A)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham (B)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

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Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 Then I (A)proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might (B)humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the (C)right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions. 22 For (D)I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, (E)“The hand of our God is upon all those for (F)good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are (G)against all those who (H)forsake Him.” 23 So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He (I)answered our prayer.

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To the saints (A)and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:

(B)Grace to you and peace from God our Father [a]and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:2 NU omits and the Lord Jesus Christ

17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet (A)ascended to My Father; but go to (B)My brethren and say to them, (C)‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to (D)My God and your God.’ ”

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that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret (A)will Himself reward you [a]openly.

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  1. Matthew 6:4 NU omits openly

(A)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk (B)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My (C)firstborn.

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