Matthew 6:5
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The Model Prayer(A)
5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the [a]hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
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- Matthew 6:5 pretenders
Matthew 6:2
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2 Therefore, (A)when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
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Luke 18:10-11
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10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee (A)stood and prayed thus with himself, (B)‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
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Luke 18:13
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13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’
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Mark 11:25
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Forgiveness and Prayer(A)
25 “And whenever you stand praying, (B)if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 (C)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (D)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(E)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
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- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
Jeremiah 29:12
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.
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- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
Luke 20:47
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47 (A)who devour widows’ houses, and for a (B)pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking(A)
7 (B)“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For (C)everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
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James 4:6
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6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
(A)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
Luke 18:1
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men (A)always ought to pray and not lose heart,
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Ephesians 6:18
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18 (A)praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, (B)being watchful to this end with all perseverance and (C)supplication for all the saints—
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