Confidence In Prayer 
Prayers and Answers

Putting God First

Psalm 37:4 
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart

Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:1-4
1 "Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
 2 "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 7:9-11
 9 “Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 
 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 
 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

 


Matthew 25: 31-46
The Sheep and the Goats

 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 
 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.


The Righteous Ones (Those who walk the talk)
 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 
 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 
 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 
 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
 40 “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’  

Those who thought they were righteous (Don't have to go round telling people God is good when they don't see anything good coming out of you)
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
 44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
 45 “He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

God hears us
Isaiah 30:19
O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.

Isaiah 65:24
Before they call I will answer;
while they are still speaking I will hear. 


Job 22:27
You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows

1 John 5:14-15
 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
God wants to heal us
  ...more than that - He died for us!

1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.

 


James 5:14-16
 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.  15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.  16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Matthew 4:23-24
  23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.   24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them.

Matthew 9:6-7
 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…” Then he said to the paralytic, “Get up, take your mat and go home.”
  7 And the man got up and went home.

Matthew 9:28-30
 28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
 “Yes, Lord,” they replied.  29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you”;  30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.”

Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore you to health 
and heal your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,
Zion for whom no one cares.’ 

Exodus 23:25
Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,