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1621 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 939.81 (Matthew Henry)
… quicken prayer. When things look discouraging, we should pray more, and then we should complain and fear less. And we should adapt our prayers to the present …
1622 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 940.1 (Matthew Henry)
… others to pray that God would send forth labourers, and here we have an immediate answer to that prayer: while they are yet speaking he hears and performs. What …
1623 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 942.23 (Matthew Henry)
… to our cure, he commands us to stretch forth our hands, to improve our natural powers, and do as well as we can; to stretch them out in prayer to God, to stretch …
1624 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 945.82 (Matthew Henry)
… prayers, that what has been amiss may be amended for the future. Disappointments in the success of prayer, must be excitements to the duty of prayer. Christ …
1625 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 948.70 (Matthew Henry)
… agree to ask it of God, from him you shall obtain it.” Prayer must go along with all our endeavours for the conversion of sinners; see James 5:16. Fourthly, The unanimous …
1626 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 950.49 (Matthew Henry)
… answer to this address ( Matthew 20:22, 20:23 ), directed not to the mother, but to the sons that set her on. Though others be our mouth in prayer, the answer will …
1627 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.26 (Matthew Henry)
… and prayers of others may now redound to our advantage, yet our own sanctification is indispensably necessary to our own salvation. The just shall live by …
1628 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 956.108 (Matthew Henry)
… undertaking answered, without his drinking of this bitter cup, he desires to be excused; otherwise not. What we cannot do with the securing of our great end …
1629 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 959.52 (Matthew Henry)
… . What to expect from Christ; that according to our faith it shall be to us. His address is not in the form of prayer, yet Christ answered it as a request. Note, Affectionate …
1630 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 972.53 (Matthew Henry)
… to pray, and not to faint, Luke 18:1. Though the answers to our prayers do not come quickly, yet we must renew our requests, and continue instant in prayer; for …
1631 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 975.17 (Matthew Henry)
… with our spirits, and continue instant in prayer. Nor can we expect that the best of our prayers should gain acceptance, and bring in an answer of peace, but through …
1632 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 978.40 (Matthew Henry)
… came to tell us that he has eye-salve for us, which we may have for the asking; that, if our prayer be, Lord, that our eyes may be opened, his answer shall be, Receive …
1633 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 980.6 (Matthew Henry)
… to do to him, he went out to pray; that he might answer the type of David ( Psalms 109:4 ), For my love, they are my adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer. Observe …
1634 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 983.12 (Matthew Henry)
… encouraged to answer him, by his prayers for them. Those we give instructions to we should put up prayers for and with. He discourses with them,
1635 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 985.18 (Matthew Henry)
… to us. Though the words of our mouth be even this prayer to God, if the meditation of our heart at the same time be, as often it is, malice and revenge to our brethren …
1636 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 985.24 (Matthew Henry)
… at our importunity, but accepts it, especially when it is for spiritual mercies that we are importunate. If he do not answer our prayers presently, yet he will …
1637 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 989.2 (Matthew Henry)
… all our approaches to Christ we must have this in our eye, to hear him; to hear the instructions he gives us, and his answers to our prayers.
1638 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 992.16 (Matthew Henry)
… of prayer at the same place and time ( Luke 18:10 ): Two men went up into the temple (for the temple stood upon a hill) to pray. It was not the hour of public prayer, but …
1639 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 996.36 (Matthew Henry)
… shoulders to the burden, we shall have no reason to complain, whatever he is pleased to lay upon us. David owns this a sufficient answer to his prayer, in the day …
1640 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 997.28 (Matthew Henry)
… as to be pitied and prayed for. This prayer of Christ was answered not long after, when many of those that had a hand in his death were converted by Peter’s preaching …