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1581 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 782.6 (Matthew Henry)
… speaking to God we must be willing to hear from him; and therefore, on days of fasting and prayer, it is requisite that the word be read and preached. Hearken unto …
1582 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 801.2 (Matthew Henry)
… my prayer and will not suffer it to have access to him.” God’s ear is wont to be open to the prayers of his people, and his door of mercy to those that knock at it; but …
1583 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 801.16 (Matthew Henry)
… and our readiness to receive that mercy. (3.) Our hearts must go along with our prayers. We must lift up our hearts with our hands, as we must pour out our souls with …
1584 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 817.1 (Matthew Henry)
… , their prayers shall not be answered, Ezekiel 14:12-14:21. And yet it is promised, in the close, that a remnant shall escape, Ezekiel 14:22, 14:23 .
1585 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 831.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , in answer to that prayer ( Psalms 106:27 ), Save us, O Lord our God! and gather us from among the heathen; and in pursuance of that promise ( Deuteronomy 30:4 ), Thence will …
1586 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 839.6 (Matthew Henry)
… short prayer, Father, glorify thy name; and God declared it was his end in all he did in the immediate answer given to that prayer, by a voice from heaven: I have …
1587 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 840.6 (Matthew Henry)
… made to live in answer to prayer; for a spirit of life entered into them. See the efficacy of the word and prayer, and the necessity of both, for the raising of dead …
1588 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 840.12 (Matthew Henry)
… , in answer to our prayer, Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 2. By changing the disposition of their mind: “ I will cleanse them ( Ezekiel 37:28 ); that …
1589 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 853.4 (Matthew Henry)
… heaven, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secret is hid, yet offered up their prayers and praises to dumb idols, that have eyes and …
1590 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 854.13 (Matthew Henry)
… the answering of the prayers of his people, Psalms 74:18-74:22, 32:27. “But, if he do not deliver us from the fiery furnace, he will deliver us out of thy hand .” Nebuchadnezzar …
1591 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 857.9 (Matthew Henry)
… good to have our hours of prayer, not to bind, but to remind conscience; and, if we think our bodies require refreshment by food thrice a day, can we think seldomer …
1592 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 857.10 (Matthew Henry)
… , in answer to that, We are to obey God rather than men. (2.) That it would be the loss of his life, but it is an undoubted maxim, in answer to that, Those who throw away their …
1593 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 860.7 (Matthew Henry)
… God, to make it answer the end. Those who in their affliction make not their prayer to God, who cry not when he binds them, are not likely to turn from iniquity or …
1594 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 860.10 (Matthew Henry)
… and prayer. Now therefore, O our God! hear the prayer of thy servant and his supplication ( Daniel 9:17 ), and grant an answer of peace.” Now what are his petitions? What …
1595 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 860.11 (Matthew Henry)
… face to shine upon sinners when they repent and turn to him, because of the satisfaction he has made. In all our prayers that therefore must be our plea; we must …
1596 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 860.16 (Matthew Henry)
… came to him with a gracious answer. God is well pleased with lively devotions. We cannot now expect that God should send us answers to our prayer by angels, but …
1597 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 860.22 (Matthew Henry)
… , but to give him a hint to break off his prayer and to attend to that which he has to say in answer to it. Note, In order to the keeping up of our communion with God …
1598 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 860.29 (Matthew Henry)
… the answer to his prayer. Let this be a comfort to the pious Jews, that a commandment shall go forth to restore and to build Jerusalem, Daniel 9:25. And the commandment …
1599 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 861.16 (Matthew Henry)
… answer to thy prayers.” Thus, when God’s praying people call to him, he says, Here I am ( Isaiah 58:9 ); what would you have with me? See the power of prayer, what glorious …
1600 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 861.17 (Matthew Henry)
… was to have come to him with a gracious answer to his prayers, but that the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood him one and twenty days, just the three weeks …