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1441 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 198.3 (Matthew Henry)
… threaten to swallow us up, let us, by faith and prayer, apply to Christ, our Joshua, for strength and succour, as Paul did, and we shall receive the same answer of …
1442 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 198.9 (Matthew Henry)
… wonderful answer to this prayer. No sooner said than done ( Joshua 10:13 ): The sun stood still, and the moon staid. Notwithstanding the vast distance between the …
1443 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 214.6 (Matthew Henry)
… name to the place ( Judges 2:5 ): they called it Bochim, Weepers, a good name for our religious assemblies to answer. Had they kept close to God and their duty, no voice …
1444 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 228.16 (Matthew Henry)
… his prayer was heard of God and graciously answered, and though he lived not to give an account himself of this his prayer, as Nehemiah did of his, yet God not …
1445 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.14 (Matthew Henry)
… of our prayers and an answer of peace to them are obtained for us: to that sacrifice, in all our supplications, we must have an eye. Now concerning Hannah’s prayer …
1446 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 238.23 (Matthew Henry)
… in answer to prayer. This she makes to Eli, because he had encouraged her to hope for an answer of peace ( 1 Samuel 1:26, 1:27 ): “ For this child I prayed. Here it was obtained …
1447 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 239.2 (Matthew Henry)
… an answer to prayer, and therefore she thought herself especially obliged to give thanks for it. What we win by prayer we may wear with comfort, and must wear …
1448 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 244.20 (Matthew Henry)
… endeavour to give glory to God we may hope he will, in answer to our prayers, work for his own glory. 3. It was but one sucking lamb that he offered; for it is the integrity …
1449 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 245.7 (Matthew Henry)
… thing to make our requests known to God, Philippians 4:6. When any thing disturbs us, it is our interest, as well as our duty, to show before God our trouble, and he …
1450 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 245.15 (Matthew Henry)
… God to complain to. Once they complained to the prince himself, and were answered, according to the manner of the king, Your yoke is heavy, and I will add to it, 1 …
1451 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 245.16 (Matthew Henry)
… or our posterity by it.” See their folly. 1. They were quite deaf to reason and blind to their own interest. They could not answer Samuel’s arguments against it …
1452 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 246.9 (Matthew Henry)
… to expect that blessing if we do not pray for it. Thus we must give glory to God as our benefactor, and own our dependence upon him and our obligations to him. Or …
1453 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 251.24 (Matthew Henry)
… , God answered him not, 1 Samuel 14:37. Note, When God denies our prayers it concerns us to enquire what the sin is that has provoked him to do so. Let us see where the …
1454 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 256.14 (Matthew Henry)
… Samuel to receive direction and instruction from God. If we expect answers of peace to our prayers, we must have our ears open to God’s word. 3. Because with Samuel …
1455 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 275.24 (Matthew Henry)
… bold to pray for.” (3.) Thence he fetches the matter of his prayer, and refers to that as the guide of his prayers. [1.] He prays for the performance of God’s promise ( 2 …
1456 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 280.20 (Matthew Henry)
… honour to him. [2.] I shall go to him. First, To him to the grave. Note, The consideration of our own death should moderate our sorrow at the death of our relations. It …
1457 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 300.34 (Matthew Henry)
… made to every prayer 2078 that shall be made here, and that will be a continual answer to this prayer.” What Solomon asks here for his prayer is still granted …
1458 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 301.4 (Matthew Henry)
… this answer. 1. He assures him of his special presence in the temple he had built, in answer to the prayer he had made ( 1 Kings 9:3 ): I have hallowed this house. Solomon …
1459 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 310.27 (Matthew Henry)
… prayers to Baal, but, finding the ruins of an altar there, which had formerly been used in the service of the Lord, he chose to repair that ( 1 Kings 18:30 ), to intimate …
1460 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 310.36 (Matthew Henry)
… the answer of our fervent and believing supplications may not come quickly, yet we must continue instant in prayer, and not faint nor desist; for at the end …