PRAYING THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT

Martha · Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 19 Location: TN

PRAYING THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE
FROM THE BEGINNING OF MAN

GENESIS:
1:1 “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth”.
3:8-9 “Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord called to the man, ‘Where are you?”
WHEN WE HAVE TO WAIT: 15:1-6
ABRAHAM’S PRAYER FOR SODOM: 18:16-33
MAKING SACRIFICES: 22:1-19
A PRAYER FOR SUCCESS: 24:1-27 “Then he prayed, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham”.
CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD: Genesis 26:25
WRESTLING GOD IN PRAYER: 32:24-26
THE POWER OF PRAISE: 35:1-15
PRAYING FOR YOUR CHILDREN: 48:1-22.

EXODUS
CRYING OUT TO GOD: Exodus 1:1-14; 2:23-25 “During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God” vs 2:23.
PRAYING ON BEHALF OF OTHERS: 10:16-17
THE SONG OF MOSES: 15
CRYING OUT TO GOD IN TIMES OF DISTRESS: 14:15
SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO GOD: 19:7
PATIENCE WITH PRAYER: 23:30
THE POWER OF INTERCESSION: 32:1-14
MOSES’S PRAYER FOR ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS: 32:9-14
MOSES’S PRAYER FOR GOD’S PRESENCE: 33:9-13
THE ALTER OF INCENSE: 37:25-26
THE TABERNACLE: 40.

LEVITICUS
OFFERINGS OF SACRIFICE: 13:1-7:7, “He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him” (Lev. 1:4)
YOUR DAY OF ATONEMENT: 16:1-34
HOW TO BE HOLY: 19:2
CELEBRATION WITH GOD THROUGH THE FEAST: 23-:1-36.

NUMBERS
THE IMPORTANCE OF RESTITUTION: 5:5-10
MOSES’S PRAYER OF DESPONDENCY: 11:4-17
OFFERINGS, FESTIVALS, AND VOWS FOR THE NEW GENERATION: 28:1-30:16
WORDS OF WARNING AND ENCOURAGEMENT: 33:1-56
PRAYERS OF MOSES:
10:35 For God’s enemies to be scattered
10:36 For God’s presence in the camp
11:1,2 For mercy and an end of the consuming fire God sent
11;4-15 For personal relief and help
12:13 For healing of Miriam
14:13-19 For God to forgive them
16:15 For God to reject their offerings
16:22 For God to spare all but Korah
21:17 For God to take the snakes away
27:5 For wisdom and guidance to know what to do
27:15-17 For God to appoint a new leader as he was about to die.

DEUTERONOMY
DO NOT BE AFRAID:1:19-30
GOD IS NEAR WHEN WE PRAY: 4:1-14
Vs. 7 “What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him?”
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION: 9:7-29
Vs. 19-20 “I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy to. But again the Lord listened to me. And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too”.
GOD IS WITH YOU: 20
A CHOICE OF LIFE OR DEATH, BLESSING OR CURSE : 30:1-20
PRAISE GOD FOR HIS GREATNESS: Deut. 32:3-4
GOD IS OUR REFUGE: 33:26-27, 29

JOSHUA
SEARCHING FOR GOD’S WILL: 1:8
SEEK A BREAKTHROUGH: 6:1-20
ROADBLOCKS TO PRAYER: 7:1-13
A PRAYER GOD COULD NOT ANSWER: 7:7-9
INQUIRE OF THE LORD: 9 “The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord”.
A PRAYER THAT PRODUCED A MIRACLE: 10:12-15

JUDGES
GET PERSONAL WITH GOD: 2:6-23
GOD DELIVERS: 3:7-30
Vs. 9, 15 “But when they cried out to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who save them…Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer – Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite”.
GIDEON’S PRAYER FOR A SIGN: 6:36-40
SEEK WISDOM FROM THE RIGHT SOURCES: 18:4-6

RUTH
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR OUR LIVES: 1:1-4:21

I SAMUEL
HANNAH: A CRY AND A SONG: 1:1-20
HANNAH’S PRAYER: 2:1-5 “And Hannah prayed and said: My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation”.
THANK GOD FOR UNANSWERED PRAYERS: 8:4-5; 28:6
DAVID’S PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE: 11-12
GOD LOOKS ON YOUR HEART: 16:1-13.

2 SAMUEL
GOD GIVES SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS: 5:17-25
WHEY GOD SAYS NO: 7:5, 12-13
THE TIME OF TEMPTATION: 11
THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFESSION: 24.

1 KINGS
GOD WITH YOU ALL THROUGH YOUR LIFE EVEN AT THE END: 1:1-11:43
SOLOMON’S PRAYER FOR WISDOM: 3:5-9
PUTTING GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE: 11:1-13
PRAYING FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T DESERVE PRAYER: 13:6
LEARNING TO PRAY BOLDLY: 17:1-24
ELIJAH’S PRAYER OF PERSISTENCE: 18:16-46.
ELIJAH’S PRAYER OF FUTILITY: 19:1-18.

2 KINGS
OPEN MY EYES LORD: 6:8-23
UNDESERVED ANSWERS TO PRAYER: 13:1-9
AN UNDIVIDED HEART: 17:24-33.
HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER FOR ISRAEL’S DEFENSE: 19:15-19 AND FOR EXTENSION OF LIFE: 20:1-7.

1 CHRONICLES
BE BOLD TO ASK: 4:9-10
GOD DOES MORE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE: 17:1-27
REPENTING BEFORE GOD IN PRAYER: 21:1-19
THE POWER OF PRAISE FILLED GIVING: 29:1-20.
DAVID’S PRAYER AT THE END OF LIFE: 29:1-30.

2 CHRONICLES
SOLOMON: HEAR AND FORGIVE: 6:1-7:4
WE MUST PRAY FOR OUR NATION: 7:11-22
VS.7:14 “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land”.
PRAYING WHEN THE TIMES ARE GOOD: 15:17
DELIVERENCE MAY BE ONLY A PRAYER AWAY: 18:28-34
EVEN WHEN WE DON’T DO EVERYTHING RIGHT: 30:1-20
GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE: 32:1-23.

EZRA
POWER OF FASTING WITH PRAYER: 8:21-32
VS. 23 “So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer”.

NEHEMIAH
NEHEMIAH’S PRAYER CONCERNING JERUSALEM: 1:1-11
BE WATCHFUL IN PRAYER: 4:1-9
VS.9 “But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat”.
THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCY TO YOU: 9:1-37
VS. 31 “But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God”.

ESTHER
THE POWER OF ONE: 4:1-17.

JOB
PRAISING GOD IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD: 1:1-22
FACING YOUR FEARS: 3:1-26
KNOWING GOD IS WITH YOU: 7:1-21
FINDING PEACE IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING: 26:1-14
FINDING A SONG IN THE NIGHT: 35:1-16
TRUSTING GOD FOR WHO HE IS: 38:1-18.

PSALM
GOD HEARS WHEN YOU CALL: 4:1-8
THE GREATEST WEAPON IS PRAISE: 9:1-20
VS. 1, 12 “I will praise you, O Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all you wonders…For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted”.
GOD OUR PROTECTOR: 12:1-8
PERSERVERING PRAYER: 18:28-42
DAVID: A PRAYER FOR GOD’S GLORY: 24
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WAITS TO HEAR FROM YOU: 27:1-13
BLESSING FOUND IN CONFESSING: 32:1-11
DAVID’S PRAYER ACKNOWLEDGING PERSONAL SIN: 32
PRAYER ANSWERED FOR DAVID: 40
PRAYING TO RESIST TEMPTATION: 51:1-19
DAVID’S PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE: 51
THIRSTING AFTER GOD: 63:1-11
DAVID’S PRAISE-PRAYERS IN THE PSALMS: 65 & OTHERS
PRAYING FOR A RIGHT HEART: 66:1-20
VS. 18-20 “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected
my prayer or withheld his love from me!”
COMMIT YOU WORK TO GOD: 90:1-17
VS. 17 “May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands”.
EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF PRAISE: 100:1-5
PRAISE IS THE PRAYER THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING: 102:1-28
GOD HEARS YOU WHEN YOU PRAY: 116:1-19
DAVID’S PRAYER OF SURRENDER TO THE SEARCHER: 139
THANK GOD THAT HE KNOWS AND LOVES YOU: 139:1- 24
THE LORD IS NEAR WHEN WE PRAY: 145:1-21.

PROVERBS
ACKNOWLEDGE GOD IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE: 3:1-18
THE BENEFITS OF WAITING ON GOD: 8:22-36
GOD HEARS THE PRAYERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS: 15:8
VS. 8 “The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases Him”.
ASK GOD FOR WISDOM: 23:12-23
PRAYERS THAT DISPLEASE GOD: 28:9.

ECCLESIATES
TIMING IS EVERYTHING: 3:1-11
VS. 11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end”.

SONG OF SOLOMAN
SONGS OF LOVE AND PRAISE – REFRESHING: 4

ISAIAH
A PRAYER ADMITTING SIN: 6:1-13
I WILL PRAISE YOU: 12
HAVING PEACE ABOUT YOUR FUTURE: 26:1-9
A PRAYER FOR PEACE: 26:3-12, 20-21
KNOWING WHICH WAY TO GO: 30:19-26
PRAISE IS THE PUREST FORM OF PRAYER: 43:6-21
HOW TO RESPOND TO UNANSWERED PRAYER: 54:1-8
PRAYING GOD’S WORD: 55
GOD’S CHOSEN FAST: 58:6-14
VS. 6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?”
HOW TO GET GOD’S EAR: 59:1-8
BEAUTY FOR ASHES: 61
PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FOR ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM: 62
VS. 1 “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch”.

JEREMIAH
LISTENING AND OBEYING GOD: 1:1-10
PRAYING FOR YOUR NATION 6:16-19
BOASTING GOD’S WAY: 9:13-26
TELLING GOD WHAT IS ON YOUR HEART: 12:1-13
PRAYING FOR HEALING: 17:14-18
VS. 14 “Heal me, O Lord and I will be healed”.
DISCERNMENT GRANTED BY GOD: 23:16-32
GOD’S PLAN REQUIRES PRAYER: 29:4-14
VS. 11 “For I know the plans I have for you, ‘declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”.
LEARNING TO LISTEN: 35
GOD SAYS, PAY ATTENTION PLEASE: 37-38
GOD WILL GET YOU THROUGH: 45.

LAMENTATIONS
FINDING HOPE IN THE MIDST OF SORROW: 2
VS. 19 “Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him”.

EZEKIEL
FINDING A NEW HEART: 11:16-25 (ISRAEL)
A NEW HEART AND A FRESH START: 18
FREE OF THE BURDEN OF SIN: 20:30-44
STANDING IN THE GAP: 22:23-31
THE SPIRIT MOVING: 36:24-32
BRINGING DEAD THINGS TO LIFE: 37:1-14.

DANIEL
A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING: 2:14-23
SEEING GOD IN THE DARK: 2:17-23
DANIEL’S CONFESSION ON BEHALF OF HIS PEOPLE: 9:4-19
VS. 17-18 “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant…We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy”.
PATIENT FAITH TO WAIT FOR THE ANSWER: 10:1-14.

HOSEA
FINDING GOD’S FORGIVENESS AND LOVE: 14.

JOEL
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO TURN TO GOD: 2:12-27.

AMOS
PRAY FOR GODLY FRIENDS: 3

JONAH
A PRAYER OUT OF HELL: 2:1-9A PRAYER FROM A POUTING PROPHET: 4:2-3
DELIVERING GOD’S MESSAGE: 4.

MICAH
RAISING UP OUT OF THE DARKNESS: 7

HABAKKUK
KEEP PRAYING NO MATTER WHAT: 1:1-11
VS. 2 “How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save?”
PRAYING WITH GOD’S PERSPECTIVE: 3:1-19.

ZEPHANIAH
THANK GOD FOR HIS LOVE: 3:8-20
VS. 17 “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing”.

HAGGAI
DON’T NEGLECT YOUR WALK WITH GOD: 1:1-11.

ZECHARIAH
BY HIS SPIRIT: 4
DEVELOPING A HEART FOR WORSHIP: 7

MALACHI
PORTRAITS OF SPIRITUAL INDIFFERENCE:1:2-3:13
PRAISE GOD FOR HIS BOOK OF REMEMBERANCE: 3:16-18.

Acknowledgements:“Great prayers of the Bible “ by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson - article on internet.
NKJV Study Bible
"The Power of Praying Through the Bible" by Stormie Omartian

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God's Warrior · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

Martha doesn't get by the site very often but I will tell her you liked that post. She said that she spent many hours working on that handout she posted. She is quite busy now preparing for a class on Prayer she will start teaching early next month on Sunday nights.