What is Prayer?

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 18, 1855

Examine the following texts of Scripture.

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Asking, Matt. vii, 7. Beseeching, Psa. cxviii, 25. Calling upon God, Rom. x, 12. Crying, Luke xviii, 7. Drawing near to God, Jas. iv, 8. Entreating, Exod. viii, 8. Filling the mouth with arguments, Job. xxiii, 4. Groaning in the spirit, Rom. viii, 26. Having access to God, Eph. ii, 18. Inquiring after God, Ezek. xxxvi, 37. Interceding, 1 Tim. ii, 1. Knocking, Matt. vii, 7. Lifting up the soul, Psa. xxv, 1. Making request with joy, Phil. i, 4. Need acknowledgment of our, Matt. vi. 8. Ordering our cause, Job, xxiii, 4. Panting, Psa. cxix, 131. Pleading, Job. xiii, 6. Pouring out the heart, Psa. xlii, 4. Requesting, Phil. iv, 6. Stirring up one's self to take hold of God, Isa. lxiv, 7. Talking with God, Gen. xvii, 22. Uttering the memory of God's goodness, Psa. cxlv, 7. Voice of supplication, Psa. xxxi, 22. Waiting upon God, Psa. xxv, 5. Weeping, Psa. vi, 8. Wrestling, Gen. xxxii, 24. Yearning, Phil. i, 8, 9.