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CALL TO ME

A bible study on Prayer

Adam Osborne, JR

2.28.2009

Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV) 3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

Isaiah 65:24 (NIV) 24 Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

Isaiah 41:17 (NIV) 17 “The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the LORD will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 58:9-10 (NIV) 9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, 10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Jeremiah 29:12 (NIV) 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Deuteronomy 4:7 (NIV) 7 What other nation is so great as to have their god’s near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

Deuteronomy 4:29 (NIV) 9 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.

1 Kings 8:47-50 (NIV) 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their conquerors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’; 48 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name; 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their conquerors to show them mercy;

Psalms 50:15 (NIV) 15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Psalms 91:14-15 (NIV) 14 “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

Psalms 145:18 (NIV) 18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Isaiah 55:6-7 (NIV) 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Joel 2:32 (NIV) 32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved;

Luke 11:9 (NIV) 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Romans 10:12 (NIV) 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile–the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,

John 14:14 (NIV) 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

John 15:7 (NIV)7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

1 John 3:22 (NIV) 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

Luke 11:1-13 (NIV) 1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread. 4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.'” 5 Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.’ 7 “Then the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Luke 18:1-8 (NIV) 1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ 4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care about men, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out with her coming!'” 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

Zech 10:1 (NIV) 1 Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone.

Matt 7:8 (NIV) 8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matt 21:22 (NIV) 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

John 16:24 (NIV) 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

James 1:5 (NIV) 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

1 John 5:14 (NIV) 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

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2 Tim 3:16-17 (NIV) 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Psalms 1:1-3 (NIV) 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Proverbs 1:7 (NIV) 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Psalms 119:11 (NIV) 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Abraham Lincoln : “I believe the bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this book.”

George Washington : “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”

Daniel Webster : “If there is anything in my thoughts or style to commend, the credit is due to my parents for instilling in me an early love of the scriptures. If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.”

John Quincy Adams : “So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every years.

Andrew Jackson : “That Book, sir, is the rock on which our republic rests.”

Sir Isaac Newton : “There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.”

James Jennings : “If a man’s Bible is coming apart, it is an indication that he himself is fairly well put together.”

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3 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.
Psalms 41:3 (NIV)

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Cor 12:9-10 (NIV)

10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)

12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12 (NIV)

13 For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13 (NIV)

Psalms 34:4 (KJV) 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Matt 10:28 (NIV) 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

2 Tim 1:7 (NIV) 7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

Heb 13:5 (NIV) 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Psalms 9:9-10 (NIV) 9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Psalms 23:4-6 (NIV) 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.
Psalms 27:5 (NIV)

5 For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Psalms 30:5 (NIV)

7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
Psalms 31:7 (NIV)

4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 34:4 (NIV)

19 A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;
Psalms 34:19 (NIV)

23 If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm;
24 though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
Psalms 37:23-24 (NIV)

5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him,
Psalms 42:5 (NIV)

1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalms 46:1 (NIV)

15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
Psalms 50:15 (NIV)

22 Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psalms 55:22 (NIV)

1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
Psalms 62:1-2 (NIV)

33 The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
Psalms 69:33 (NIV)

20 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
22 I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you– I, whom you have redeemed.
24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.
Psalms 71:20-24 (NIV)

26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26 (NIV)

13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
Psalms 103:13 (NIV)

50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
Psalms 119:50 (NIV)

143 Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.
Psalms 119:143 (NIV)

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me.
8 The LORD will fulfill [his purpose] for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever–
Psalms 138:7-8 (NIV)

14 The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
Psalms 145:14 (NIV)

3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalms 147:3 (NIV)

19 O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.
Isaiah 30:19 (NIV)

1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Isaiah 40:1 (NIV)

29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29 (NIV)

17 “The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the LORD will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 41:17 (NIV)

13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
Isaiah 49:13 (NIV)

13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 66:13 (NIV)

13 Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
Jer 31:13 (NIV)

25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”
Jer 31:25 (NIV)

57 You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”
Lam 3:57 (NIV)

1 “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
Hosea 6:1 (NIV)

7 The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
Nahum 1:7 (NIV)

4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matt 5:4 (NIV)

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
Matt 10:29 (NIV)

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matt 11:28 (NIV)

21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Luke 6:21 (NIV)

18 But not a hair of your head will perish.
19 By standing firm you will gain life.
Luke 21:18-19 (NIV)

1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
John 14:1-4 (NIV)

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever–
John 14:16 (NIV)

18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:18 (NIV)

27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27 (NIV)

20 I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
John 16:20 (NIV)

22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
John 16:22 (NIV)

33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 (NIV)

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 (NIV)

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:35-39 (NIV)

12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 (NIV)

15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
Romans 12:15 (NIV)

4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4 (NIV)

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
2 Cor 1:3-4 (NIV)

8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
2 Cor 4:8-10 (NIV)

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
2 Cor 4:16 (NIV)

6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
2 Cor 7:6 (NIV)

16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
2 Thess 2:16-17 (NIV)

12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;
13 if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.
2 Tim 2:12-13 (NIV)

16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Heb 4:16 (NIV)

5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Heb 13:5 (NIV)

7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

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