Jesus, Born to Die and Died to Save
Philippians 2:12-13
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12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;13 for it is God who works ( Present Active Participle ) in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Matthew 7:9-11
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9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Prayer is the cooperation with God
Mark 9:23-27
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23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” 26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.
James 5:17-18
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17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Romans 8:34
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34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
entugchanó:
Original Word: ἐντυγχάνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: I meet, encounter, call upon, make a petition
Definition: (a) I meet, encounter, hence: (b) I call (upon), make a petition, make suit, supplication.
http://biblehub.com/greek/1793.htm
Our prayers are not perfect, When we say “In the Name of Jesus”, Jesus makes our prayer to hit the mark.
James 4:2-3
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2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Matthew 7:11
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11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Proverbs 15:29
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29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
But He hears the prayer of the righteous.