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John 16:24
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John 16:24
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24 You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.
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John 16:24
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John 16:24
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24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive,(A) and your joy will be complete.(B)
James 4:2-3
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James 4:2-3
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2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. 3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
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James 4:2-3
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James 4:2-3
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2 You desire but do not have, so you kill.(A) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive,(B) because you ask with wrong motives,(C) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
Matthew 7:7-8
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Effective Prayer
7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, Seek, Knock(A)
7 “Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
John 15:11
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John 15:11
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11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!
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John 15:11
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John 15:11
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11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(A)
1 John 1:3-4
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1 John 1:3-4
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3 We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.[a]
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- 1:4 Or so that our joy may be complete; some manuscripts read your joy.
1 John 1:3-4
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1 John 1:3-4
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3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard,(A) so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.(B) 4 We write this(C) to make our[a] joy complete.(D)
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- 1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
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2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
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16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, 17 comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.
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2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
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2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
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16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,(A) who loved us(B) and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage(C) your hearts and strengthen(D) you in every good deed and word.
John 16:23
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John 16:23
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23 At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name.
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John 16:23
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John 16:23
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23 In that day(A) you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.(B)
2 John 12
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2 John 12
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Conclusion
12 I have much more to say to you, but I don’t want to do it with paper and ink. For I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete.
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2 John 12
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2 John 12
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12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face,(A) so that our joy may be complete.(B)
Ephesians 1:16-17
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Ephesians 1:16-17
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16 I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, 17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom[a] and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.
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- 1:17 Or to give you the Spirit of wisdom.
Ephesians 1:16-17
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Ephesians 1:16-17
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16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you,(A) remembering you in my prayers.(B) 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,(C) may give you the Spirit[a] of wisdom(D) and revelation, so that you may know him better.
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- Ephesians 1:17 Or a spirit
Matthew 6:9
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Matthew 6:9
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Matthew 6:9
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Matthew 6:9
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9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father(A) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
John 3:29
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John 3:29
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29 It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.
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John 3:29
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John 3:29
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29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom.(A) The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.(B)
1 Kings 18:36
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1 Kings 18:36
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36 At the usual time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up to the altar and prayed, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,[a] prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all this at your command.
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- 18:36 Hebrew and Israel. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.
1 Kings 18:36
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1 Kings 18:36
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36 At the time(A) of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham,(B) Isaac and Israel, let it be known(C) today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.(D)
2 Thessalonians 1:2
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2 Thessalonians 1:2
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2 May God our Father[a] and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
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- 1:2 Some manuscripts read God the Father.
2 Thessalonians 1:2
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2 Thessalonians 1:2
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2 Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)
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