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{"content":[{"abbv":"wcf","body":"Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship, is by God required of all men: and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son, by the help of his Spirit, according to his will, with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love, and perseverance; and, if vocal, in a known tongue.","chapter":"21","citation":"WCF 21.3","long_citation":"Confession of Faith 21.3","name":"Confession of Faith","paragraph":"3","prooftexts":{},"section_title":"","title":"Chapter 21: Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day","type":"confession"},{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the majesty of God, and deep sense of our own unworthiness, necessities, and sins; with penitent, thankful, and enlarged hearts; with understanding, faith, sincerity, fervency, love, and perseverance, waiting upon him, with humble submission to his will.","citation":"WLC 185","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 185","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"185","prooftexts":{},"question":"How are we to pray?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wcf","body":"Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship,<sup id='fnref:wcf1'><a href='#fn:wcf1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> is by God required of all men:<sup id='fnref:wcf2'><a href='#fn:wcf2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son,<sup id='fnref:wcf3'><a href='#fn:wcf3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> by the help of his Spirit,<sup id='fnref:wcf4'><a href='#fn:wcf4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> according to his will,<sup id='fnref:wcf5'><a href='#fn:wcf5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup> with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love, and perseverance;<sup id='fnref:wcf6'><a href='#fn:wcf6' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>6</a></sup> and, if vocal, in a known tongue.<sup id='fnref:wcf7'><a href='#fn:wcf7' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>7</a></sup>","chapter":"21","citation":"WCF 21.3","long_citation":"Confession of Faith 21.3","name":"Confession of Faith","paragraph":"3","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Philippians 4:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p50004006.01-1\">do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 65:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19065006.01-1\">the one who by his strength established the mountains,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>being girded with might; (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>John 14:13-14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p43014013.01-1\"><span class=\"woc\">Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.</span> <span class=\"woc\">If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.</span></p>\n</div><h5>1 Peter 2:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p60002005.01-2\">you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Romans 8:26</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45008026.01-1\">Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 John 5:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p62005014.01-1\">And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","6":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 47:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19047007.01-1\">For God is the King of all the earth;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>sing praises with a psalm!</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Ecclesiastes 5:1-2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p21005001.03-2\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v21005001-2\">5:1 </span> Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.</p>\n</div><h5>Hebrews 12:28</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p58012028.01-3\">Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,</p>\n</div><h5>Genesis 17:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p01017027.01-4\">And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.</p>\n</div><h5>James 5:16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p59005016.01-5\">Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.</p>\n</div><h5>James 1:6-7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p59001006.01-6\">But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;</p>\n</div><h5>Mark 11:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p41011024.01-7\"><span class=\"woc\">Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.</span></p>\n</div><h5>Matthew 6:12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40006012.01-8\"><span class=\"woc\">and forgive us our debts,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as we also have forgiven our debtors.</span></p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Matthew 6:14-15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40006014.01-9\"><span class=\"woc\">For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,</span> <span class=\"woc\">but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</span></p>\n</div><h5>Colossians 4:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p class=\"chapter-first\" id=\"p51004002.03-10\">Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.</p>\n</div><h5>Ephesians 6:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p49006018.01-11\">praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","7":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Corinthians 14:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p46014014.01-1\">For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>"},"section_title":"","title":"Chapter 21: Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day","type":"confession"},{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the majesty of God,<sup id='fnref:wlc1'><a href='#fn:wlc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> and deep sense of our own unworthiness,<sup id='fnref:wlc2'><a href='#fn:wlc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> necessities,<sup id='fnref:wlc3'><a href='#fn:wlc3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> and sins;<sup id='fnref:wlc4'><a href='#fn:wlc4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> with penitent,<sup id='fnref:wlc5'><a href='#fn:wlc5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup> thankful,<sup id='fnref:wlc6'><a href='#fn:wlc6' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>6</a></sup> and enlarged hearts;<sup id='fnref:wlc7'><a href='#fn:wlc7' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>7</a></sup> with understanding,<sup id='fnref:wlc8'><a href='#fn:wlc8' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>8</a></sup> faith,<sup id='fnref:wlc9'><a href='#fn:wlc9' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>9</a></sup> sincerity,<sup id='fnref:wlc10'><a href='#fn:wlc10' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>10</a></sup> fervency,<sup id='fnref:wlc11'><a href='#fn:wlc11' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>11</a></sup> love,<sup id='fnref:wlc12'><a href='#fn:wlc12' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>12</a></sup> and perseverance,<sup id='fnref:wlc13'><a href='#fn:wlc13' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>13</a></sup> waiting upon him,<sup id='fnref:wlc14'><a href='#fn:wlc14' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>14</a></sup> with humble submission to his will.<sup id='fnref:wlc15'><a href='#fn:wlc15' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>15</a></sup>","citation":"WLC 185","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 185","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"185","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 33:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19033008.01-1\">Let all the earth fear the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 95:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19095006.01-2\">Oh come, let us worship and bow down;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let us kneel before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, our Maker!</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 145:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145005.01-3\">On the glorious splendor of your majesty,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Genesis 18:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p01018027.01-1\">Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.</p>\n</div><h5>Genesis 32:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p01032010.01-2\">I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Luke 15:17-19</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p42015017.01-1\"><span class=\"woc\">“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!</span> <span class=\"woc\">I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.</span> <span class=\"woc\">I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Luke 18:13-14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p42018013.01-1\"><span class=\"woc\">But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’</span> <span class=\"woc\">I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 51:17</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19051017.01-1\">The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","6":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Philippians 4:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p50004006.01-1\">do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","7":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Samuel 1:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p09001015.01-1\">But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.</p>\n</div><h5>1 Samuel 2:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p class=\"chapter-first\" id=\"p09002001.03-2\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v09002001-2\">2:1 </span>And Hannah prayed and said,</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p09002001.08-2\">“My heart exults in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my strength is exalted in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.<br />\nMy mouth derides my enemies,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>because I rejoice in your salvation. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","8":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Corinthians 14:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p46014015.01-1\">What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","9":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Mark 11:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p41011024.01-1\"><span class=\"woc\">Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.</span></p>\n</div><h5>James 1:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p59001006.01-2\">But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","10":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 145:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145018.01-1\">The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to all who call on him in truth.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 17:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19017001.11-2\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19017001-2\">17:1 </span>Hear a just cause, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>; attend to my cry!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","11":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>James 5:16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p59005016.01-1\">Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","12":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 116:1-2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19116001.05-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19116001-1\">116:1 </span>I love the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, because he has heard<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my voice and my pleas for mercy.<br />\n Because he inclined his ear to me,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>therefore I will call on him as long as I live.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Romans 15:30</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45015030.01-2\">I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","13":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Ephesians 6:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p49006018.01-1\">praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","14":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Micah 7:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p33007007.01-1\">But as for me, I will look to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I will wait for the God of my salvation;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my God will hear me. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","15":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Matthew 26:39</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40026039.01-1\">And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, <span class=\"woc\">“My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"How are we to pray?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"mb-0 header\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Confession of Faith</h5>\n<h5 class=\"text-muted mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Chapter 21: Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day</h5>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">3.</span> Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship,<sup id=\"fnref:wcf1\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> is by God required of all men:<sup id=\"fnref:wcf2\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son,<sup id=\"fnref:wcf3\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> by the help of his Spirit,<sup id=\"fnref:wcf4\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> according to his will,<sup id=\"fnref:wcf5\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup> with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love, and perseverance;<sup id=\"fnref:wcf6\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf6\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">6</a></sup> and, if vocal, in a known tongue.<sup id=\"fnref:wcf7\"><a href=\"#fn:wcf7\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">7</a></sup></p>\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Philippians 4:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p50004006.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 65:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19065006.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">the one who by his strength established the mountains,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>being girded with might; (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">John 14:13-14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p43014013.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.</span> <span class=\"woc\">If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.</span></p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Peter 2:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p60002005.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 8:26</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45008026.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 John 5:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p62005014.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:6\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 47:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19047007.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For God is the King of all the earth;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>sing praises with a psalm!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Ecclesiastes 5:1-2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p21005001.03-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v21005001-2\">5:1\u00a0</span> Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Hebrews 12:28</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p58012028.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Genesis 17:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p01017027.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">James 5:16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p59005016.01-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">James 1:6-7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p59001006.01-6\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Mark 11:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p41011024.01-7\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.</span></p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 6:12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40006012.01-8\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">and forgive us our debts,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as we also have forgiven our debtors.</span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 6:14-15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"same-paragraph\" id=\"p40006014.01-9\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,</span> <span class=\"woc\">but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</span></p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Colossians 4:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"chapter-first\" id=\"p51004002.03-10\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Ephesians 6:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p49006018.01-11\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:7\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Corinthians 14:14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p46014014.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n\n <h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Larger Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>185.</em></span>\nHow are we to pray?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the majesty of God,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> and deep sense of our own unworthiness,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> necessities,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc3\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> and sins;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc4\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> with penitent,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc5\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup> thankful,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc6\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc6\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">6</a></sup> and enlarged hearts;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc7\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc7\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">7</a></sup> with understanding,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc8\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc8\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">8</a></sup> faith,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc9\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc9\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">9</a></sup> sincerity,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc10\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc10\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">10</a></sup> fervency,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc11\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc11\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">11</a></sup> love,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc12\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc12\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">12</a></sup> and perseverance,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc13\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc13\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">13</a></sup> waiting upon him,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc14\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc14\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">14</a></sup> with humble submission to his will.<sup id=\"fnref:wlc15\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc15\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">15</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 33:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19033008.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Let all the earth fear the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 95:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19095006.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Oh come, let us worship and bow down;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let us kneel before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, our Maker!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 145:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145005.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">On the glorious splendor of your majesty,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Genesis 18:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p01018027.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Abraham answered and said, \u201cBehold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Genesis 32:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p01032010.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 15:17-19</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42015017.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201cBut when he came to himself, he said, \u2018How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!</span> <span class=\"woc\">I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, \u201cFather, I have sinned against heaven and before you.</span> <span class=\"woc\">I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.\u201d\u2019</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 18:13-14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42018013.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, \u2018God, be merciful to me, a sinner!\u2019</span> <span class=\"woc\">I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.\u201d</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 51:17</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19051017.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:6\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Philippians 4:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p50004006.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:7\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Samuel 1:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p09001015.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But Hannah answered, \u201cNo, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Samuel 2:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"chapter-first\" id=\"p09002001.03-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v09002001-2\">2:1\u00a0</span>And Hannah prayed and said,</p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p09002001.08-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cMy heart exults in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my strength is exalted in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.\nMy mouth derides my enemies,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>because I rejoice in your salvation. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:8\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Corinthians 14:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p46014015.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:9\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Mark 11:24</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p41011024.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.</span></p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">James 1:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p59001006.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:10\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 145:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19145018.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> is near to all who call on him,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to all who call on him in truth.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 17:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19017001.11-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19017001-2\">17:1\u00a0</span>Hear a just cause, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>; attend to my cry!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:11\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">James 5:16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p59005016.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:12\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 116:1-2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19116001.05-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19116001-1\">116:1\u00a0</span>I love the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, because he has heard\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my voice and my pleas for mercy.\n Because he inclined his ear to me,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>therefore I will call on him as long as I live.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 15:30</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45015030.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:13\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Ephesians 6:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p49006018.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:14\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Micah 7:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p33007007.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But as for me, I will look to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I will wait for the God of my salvation;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my God will hear me. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:15\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 26:39</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40026039.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cMy Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.\u201d</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"How are we to pray?"}