Question 189

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Matthew 6:9

9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

Luke 11:13

13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

Romans 8:15

15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Isaiah 64:9

9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!

Psalms 123:1

1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

Lamentations 3:41

41Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

Isaiah 63:15-16

15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

Nehemiah 1:4-6

4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Acts 12:5

5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.