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1661 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.24 (Matthew Henry)
… .] By prayer. We must go to God for it; he will for this be enquired of. Prayer fetches in spiritual joy and peace. [2.] By believing; that is the means to be used. It is vain …
1662 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1062.46 (Matthew Henry)
… knows our state and wants perfectly, he will know them from us. He recommends himself to their prayers, with reference to three things:—(1.) The dangers which he …
1663 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1079.8 (Matthew Henry)
… not to serve tables, but to give himself to the word and prayer; yet he was never wanting to set on foot, or help forward, a work of charity, when an opportunity offered …
1664 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1080.10 (Matthew Henry)
… ’ prayers. If we thus help one another by our prayers, we may hope for an occasion of giving thanks by many for answer of prayer. And it is our duty not only to help …
1665 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1091.7 (Matthew Henry)
… an answer be not given to the first prayer, nor to the second, we must hold on, and hold out, till we receive an answer. Christ himself prayed to his Father thrice …
1666 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1091.8 (Matthew Henry)
… the answer given to the apostle’s prayer, that, although the trouble was not removed, yet an equivalent should be granted: My grace is sufficient for thee. Note …
1667 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1105.13 (Matthew Henry)
… labour to answer his prayers for them; for by this it would appear that God had answered them. Paul, in praying thus for them, expected good concerning them. It …
1668 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1106.14 (Matthew Henry)
… to have our mercies restored to us after danger of removal, and should make them the more valued and improved. What is given us in answer to prayer should be …
1669 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1109.11 (Matthew Henry)
… by prayer. It was in answer to earnest prayer that the apostle obtained sufficient grace. In praying for spiritual strength we are not straitened in the promises …
1670 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.11 (Matthew Henry)
… converse, to please all men for their real profit. We should communicate our knowledge and experiences one to another. We should join in prayer and praise …
1671 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1134.37 (Matthew Henry)
… to the saints at Jerusalem ( Colossians 4:10, 12:12 ), and whose house was the place of meeting for prayer and the worship of God. Though some failing seems to have …
1672 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1139.15 (Matthew Henry)
… in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God! (6.) Christ was heard in that he feared. How? Why he was answered by present supports in and under …
1673 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1148.12 (Matthew Henry)
… in answer to every discouraging turn of the mind, when we go to God, under a sense of our own weakness and folly, to ask for wisdom. He to whom we are sent, we are sure …
1674 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1152.13 (Matthew Henry)
… to our devotions. Afflictions should put us upon prayer, and prosperity should make us abound in praise. Not that prayer is to be confined to a time of …
1675 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1152.16 (Matthew Henry)
… , in prayer he prayed. It is not enough to say a prayer, but we must pray in prayer. Our thoughts must be fixed, our desires firm and ardent, and our graces in exercise …
1676 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1153.19 (Matthew Henry)
… , liable to abundance of temptations, miseries, and infirmities. Are we in such a safe state that we shall certainly come thither?” To this he answers that they …
1677 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1154.10 (Matthew Henry)
… sacrifices to God. The spiritual sacrifices which Christians are to offer are their bodies, souls, affections, prayers, praises, alms, and other duties. (5.) The …
1678 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1163.31 (Matthew Henry)
… all our desired blessings must come, and through his intercession our prayers must be heard and answered. This is the first part of the commandment that must …
1679 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1168.7 (Matthew Henry)
… ! Never to tallies answered more exactly to each other than these do, so that it seems absurd to receive the one and reject the other. One would think it were the …
1680 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1176.6 (Matthew Henry)
… . The prayers of the saints come up before God in a cloud of incense; no prayer, thus recommended, was ever denied audience or acceptance. 5. These prayers that …