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Prayer, Answers to

God gives—Ps 99:6; 118:5; 138:3

Christ gives—Joh 4:10,14; 14:14

Christ received—Joh 11:42; Heb 5:7

GRANTED

• Through the grace of God
• —Isa 30:19
• Sometimes immediately
• —Isa 65:24; Da 9:21,23; 10:12
• Sometimes after delay
• —Lu 18:7
• Sometimes differently from our desire
• —2Co 12:8,9
• Beyond expectation
• —Jer 33:3; Eph 3:20

Promised—Isa 58:9; Jer 29:12; Mt 7:7

Promised especially in times of trouble—Ps 50:15; 91:15

RECEIVED BY THOSE WHO

• Seek God
• —Ps 34:4
• Seek God with all the heart
• —Jer 29:12,13
• Wait upon God
• —Ps 40:1
• Return to God
• —2Ch 7:14; Job 22:23,27
• Ask in faith
• —Mt 21:21; Jas 5:15
• Ask in the name of Christ
• —Joh 14:13
• Ask according to God's will
• —1Jo 5:14
• Call upon God in truth
• —Ps 145:18
• Fear God
• —Ps 145:19
• Set their love upon God
• —Ps 91:14,15
• Keep God's commandments
• —1Jo 3:22
• Call upon God under oppression
• —Isa 19:20
• Call upon God under affliction
• —Ps 18:6; 106:44; Isa 30:19,20
• Abide in Christ
• —Joh 15:7
• Humble themselves
• —2Ch 7:14; Ps 9:12
• Are righteous
• —Ps 34:15; Jas 5:16
• Are poor and needy
• —Isa 41:17

SAINTS

• Are assured of
• —1Jo 5:15
• Love God for
• —Ps 116:1
• Bless God for
• —Ps 66:20
• Praise God for
• —Ps 116:17; 118:21

A motive for continued prayer—Ps 116:2

DENIED TO THOSE WHO

• Ask amiss
• —Jas 4:3
• Regard iniquity in the heart
• —Ps 66:18
• Live in sin
• —Isa 59:2; Joh 9:31
• Offer unworthy service to God
• —Mal 1:7-9
• Forsake God
• —Jer 14:10,12
• Reject the call of God
• —Pr 1:24,25,28
• Hear not the law
• —Pr 28:9; Zec 7:11-13
• Are deaf to the cry of the poor
• —Pr 21:13
• Are blood shedders
• —Isa 1:15; 59:3
• Are idolaters
• —Jer 11:11-14; Eze 8:15-18
• Are wavering
• —Jas 1:6,7
• Are hypocrites
• —Job 27:8,9
• Are proud
• —Job 35:12,13
• Are self-righteous
• —Lu 18:11,12,14
• Are the enemies of saints
• —Ps 18:40,41
• Cruelly oppress saints
• —Mic 3:2-4

Exemplified

• Abraham
• —Ge 17:20
• Lot
• —Ge 19:19-21
• Abraham's servant
• —Ge 24:15-27
• Jacob
• —Ge 32:24-30
• Israelites
• —Ex 2:23,24
• Moses
• —Ex 17:4-6,11-13; 32:11-14
• Samson
• —Jud 15:18,19
• Hannah
• —1Sa 1:27
• Samuel
• —1Sa 7:9
• Solomon
• —1Ki 3:9,12
• Man of God
• —1Ki 13:6
• Elijah
• —1Ki 18:36-38; Jas 5:17,18
• Elisha
• —2Ki 4:33-35
• Jehoahaz
• —2Ki 13:4
• Hezekiah
• —2Ki 19:20
• Jabez
• —1Ch 4:10
• Asa
• —2Ch 14:11,12
• Jehoshaphat
• —2Ch 20:6-17
• Manasseh
• —2Ch 33:13,19
• Ezra
• —Ezr 8:21-23
• Nehemiah
• —Ne 4:9,15
• Job
• —Job 42:10
• David
• —Ps 18:6
• Jeremiah
• —La 3:55,56
• Daniel
• —Da 9:20-23
• Jonah
• —Jon 2:2,10
• Zacharias
• —Lu 1:13
• Blind man
• —Lu 18:38,41-43
• Thief on the cross
• —Lu 23:42,43
• Apostles
• —Ac 4:29-31
• Cornelius
• —Ac 10:4,31
• The Christians
• —Ac 12:5,7
• Paul and Silas
• —Ac 16:25,26
• Paul
• —Ac 28:8

Refusal of, exemplified

• Saul
• —1Sa 28:15
• Elders of Israel
• —Eze 20:3
• Pharisees
• —Mt 23:14