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1] John 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you,
ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
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Job 22:22 Receive, I
pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in
thine heart.
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Psalms 119:24 Thy
testimonies also are my delight and my
counsellors.
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Psalms 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path.
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2] 1John
3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him,
because we keep his commandments,
and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
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Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any
man should boast.
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Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that
we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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Mark 12:30-31
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is
like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
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| Galatians 5:6
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing,
nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. |
3] 1Peter
3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are
open unto their prayers: but
the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
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Psalms 66:18
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
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James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not,
to him it is sin.
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| 1 John 1:9 If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
4] James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because
ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your
lusts.
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| James 4:8-10
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your
hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be
turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble
yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you
up. |
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5] 1John
5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he
heareth us: And if we know that he
hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have
the petitions that we desired of him.
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John 16:13 Howbeit
when he [it], the Spirit
of truth, is come, he [it]
will guide you into all truth: for he [it]
shall not speak of himself [itself];
but whatsoever he [it]
shall hear, that shall he [it]
speak: and he [it] will
shew you things to come.
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John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth
not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for
all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known
unto you.
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| Psalms 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat
the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. |
6] Hebrews
11:6 But without faith it is
impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he
is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.
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Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God.
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Jude 1:20 But
ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost.
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| John 9:23
Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. |
7] Mark
11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.
See meanings for receive [lambano]
and have [esomai]:
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Lambano Greek: 2938:
A prolonged form of a primary verb, which is used
only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in
very many applications, literally and figuratively [probably
objective or active, to get hold of; whereas
G1209 is rather
subjective or passive, to have offered to one;
while G138 is more violent, to seize or remove]):
- accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call,
catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain,
receive (X after), take (away,
up).
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Esomai: Greek: 2071:
Future tense of G1510; will be: - shall
(should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X
fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn. |
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8] James
1:6-7 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth
is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not
that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye
know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that
maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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| Revelation 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold,
the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be
tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou
faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. |
9] Mark
11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this
mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
and shall not
doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith
shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
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Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places.
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Ephesians 6:13-18
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may
be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with
truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And
your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be
able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take
the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all saints.
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| John 6:23
(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the
place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had
given thanks:) |
10]
Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season
we shall reap, if we faint not.
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Hosea 12:6
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and
wait on thy God continually.
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John 8:31 Then
said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye
continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.
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2 Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ.
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Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the profession of
our faith without wavering; (for he
is faithful that
promised;)
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CONCLUSION: You
can readily see that these are ten key scriptures on prayer and
specifically answered prayer. Each has its broad strokes,
usually the promises and the fine print or your requirements for the
contract to be fully executed. Study both. Contemplate
and meditate on both parts of the contract and always be looking for
the "fine print"
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