The Sound of Prayer!
Main Text: Psalm 5:1-2 NKJV
1. Give ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my meditation.
2. Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
Acts 16:13-15 NIV
13. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.
14. One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
15. When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Acts 16:25-27 NIV
25. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
26. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.
27. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
3. ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
Daniel 10:12-13 NIV
12. Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
13. But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
John 7:38 NIV
38. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
Psalms 66:16-20 NIV
16. Come and hear, all you who fear God;
let me tell you what he has done for me.
17. I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
18. If I had cherished sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened;
19. but God has surely listened
and has heard my prayer.
20. Praise be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or withheld his love from me!
Luke 18:1 NIV
1. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Psalms 149:6 NIV
6. May the praise of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands,
Hebrews 4:12 NIV
12. For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.