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1341 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 70.2 (Matthew Henry)
… will to us, his precepts and promises; and then, as a Priest, offers up to God our spiritual sacrifices, not only of prayer and praise, but of devout affections …
1342 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 83.3 (Matthew Henry)
… are to be our pleas in prayer; for what he has promised he is able to perform. See the power of prayer. In answer to the prayers of Moses, God showed his purpose of …
1343 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 94.2 (Matthew Henry)
… -offering to his prayer for it. Christ is our Peace, our Peace-offering; for through him alone it is that we can obtain an answer of peace to our prayers. Or, the peace …
1344 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 134.5 (Matthew Henry)
… in answer to the prayer of Moses, that God stirred up the hearts of the congregation to remove for their own safety. Grace to separate from evil-doers is one …
1345 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 157.4 (Matthew Henry)
… to God by prayer. God’s answer to this prayer had a mixture of mercy and judgment. God sees it good to deny many things we desire. He may accept our prayers, yet …
1346 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 158.3 (Matthew Henry)
… , ready to give an answer of peace to every prayer of faith. All these statutes and judgments of the Divine law are just and righteous, above the statutes and …
1347 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 162.3 (Matthew Henry)
… in answer to the prayer of faith; and, strange as it may seem, they find less difficulty in simply trusting him for daily bread. They taste a sweetness therein …
1348 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 225.4 (Matthew Henry)
… our duty, but never designed to answer other questionings. There are secret things which belong not to us, of which we must be quite contented to be ignorant …
1349 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 238.4 (Matthew Henry)
… in answer to prayer. Whatever we give to God, it is what we have first asked and received from him. All our gifts to him were first his gifts to us. The child Samuel …
1350 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 244.4 (Matthew Henry)
… his prayer, had been an empty shadow. God gave a gracious answer. And Samuel erected a memorial of this victory, to the glory of God, and to encourage Israel. Through …
1351 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 254.4 (Matthew Henry)
… had answered his brother’s passion with meekness, so David answered Saul’s fear with faith. When David kept sheep, he proved himself very careful and tender …
1352 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 280.3 (Matthew Henry)
… him to be called Jedidiah, Beloved of the Lord. Our prayers for our children are graciously and as fully answered when some of them die in their infancy, for …
1353 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 306.2 (Matthew Henry)
… convince us of, and reclaim us from. It had been more pious if he had desired to know wherefore God contended with him; had begged the prophet’s prayers, and …
1354 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 310.4 (Matthew Henry)
… never to fear the face of man. The God that answers by fire, let him be God: the atonement was to be made by sacrifice, before the judgment could be removed in mercy …
1355 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 310.5 (Matthew Henry)
… the answer of our fervent and believing supplications does not come quickly, we must continue earnest in prayer, and not faint or give over. A little cloud …
1356 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 316.3 (Matthew Henry)
… to strengthen our resolutions. Elijah is carried to heaven in a fiery chariot. Many questions might be asked about this, which could not be answered. Let …
1357 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 318.4 (Matthew Henry)
… alive to his mother. Those who would convey spiritual life to dead souls, must feel deeply for their case, and labour fervently in prayer for them. Though the …
1358 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 319.2 (Matthew Henry)
… in answer to the prayers of his faithful people, they will find nothing can be had, except they come as beggars for a free gift, not as lords to demand or purchase …
1359 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 343.2 (Matthew Henry)
… do God’s will, and to pray earnestly. Here is the prayer he made. Jabez prayed to the living and true God, who alone can hear and answer prayer; and, in prayer he …
1360 Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary, p. 375.2 (Matthew Henry)
… gracious answer to Solomon’s prayer. The mercies of God to sinners are made known in a manner well suited to impress all who receive them, with his majesty …