Mediate on and discuss keywords and phrases in the following scriptures:
"'I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 'And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.'" Jeremiah 29:11-13
"'Call to Me, I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, you do not know.'" Jeremiah 33:3
"Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you." Mat. 7:7
"Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full." John 16:24
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Philip. 4:6
"But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him." James 1:5
"And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him." 1 John 5:14-15
"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises... confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much." James 5:13,16
"Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; [18] in everything give thanks..." 1 Thes. 5:16-18 |