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This (entreaties and prayers and petitions and thanksgivings) is good and acceptable in the sight of (the) God (who is) our Savior (the Lord Jesus Christ),//who desires all men to be saved and (who desires all men) to come to the knowledge of the truth.
“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and (everyone in) your household (who also believes).”
The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
TODAY’S STUDY
Romans Chapter 1 - We Pray for Others
“And all things you ask in prayer, BELIEVING, you will receive.”
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all those who long for Him.
“Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.”
“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters…”
“Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, according to the faithful mercies shown to David.”
“(Keep on) Ask(ing) (in prayer), and it will be given to you; (keep on) seek(ing) (God), and you will find (Him); (keep on) knock(ing), and it will be opened to you.”
“For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”
“Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf (of bread), will give him a stone?”
“Or if he (a son) asks for a fish, he (the father) will not give him a snake, will he?”
“If (1) you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children (and you do), how much more will your (God the) Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!”
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (God) the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.//In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.
…pray without ceasing…
Romans, Chapter 1,
Verses 8 to 15
Paul’s Prayer for the Purpose of his Ministry
First, I, Paul, thank God the Father in prayer through Jesus Christ’s name for all you believers in Rome, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world…throughout the entire Roman Empire.
PRAYER
Aprivate, intimate talk between you and God which gives you access to the same divine omnipotence that sustained the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross…which gives you access to the same power that raised the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead…a privilege which allows you to invoke divine power for yourself and for others in circumstances that have no human solution.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors; for He gives to His beloved (divinely loved ones) even in his sleep.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet (the Mount of Olives…the Garden of Gethsemane), which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away (about a half a mile from the city).
When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
These all with one mind (in unity) were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His (the Lord Jesus Christ’s) brothers.
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift (all of) you (apostles) like wheat…”
“…but I (the Lord Jesus Christ) have prayed (specifically) for you (Peter), that your faith may not fail; and (that) you, when once you have turned again (recovered from your error, that you will), strengthen your brothers (as the leader of the apostles).”
But he (Simon Peter) said to Him, “Lord, with You I am ready to go both to prison and to death!”
And He (the Lord Jesus Christ) said, “I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
Now when they (the witnesses of the Spirit’s entrance into the world) heard this (truth from Peter that stabilized their souls), they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”
Peter said to them, “Repent (change your mind about the Christ), and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
“For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
And with many other words he (Peter) solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!”
So then, those who had received his word (the gospel message) were baptized (by God the Holy Spirit); and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.
Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them.
And he (Herod Agrippa I) had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.
When he (Herod) saw that it pleased the Jews (that good men were being put to death), he proceeded to arrest Peter also. Now it was during the days of Unleavened Bread (Passover).
When he (Herod) had seized him (Peter), he put him in prison, delivering him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out before the people.
So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.
On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison (sixteen people were guarding him).
And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands.
And the angel said to him (Peter), “Gird yourself (get dressed) and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
And he (Peter) went out and continued to follow (the angel), and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.
When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”
And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark (the writer of the gospel), where many were gathered together and were praying.
When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.
When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his (personal) angel.”
But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and the brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.
Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter.
When Herod had searched for him (Peter) and had not found him, he examined the (sixteen) guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.//In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.
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