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Isaiah 26:16
Lord, in distress we searched for you. We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.
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Hebrews 5:7
While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.
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Psalms 102:1-28
Lord, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!Don’t turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down to listen, and answer me quickly when I call to you.For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red hot coals.My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far off wilderness.I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me.I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drinkbecause of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.But you, O Lord, will sit on your throne forever. Your fame will endure to every generation.You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem— and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.Then the nations will tremble before the Lord. The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the Lord.Tell them the Lord looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down to earth from heavento hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.And so the Lord’s fame will be celebrated in Zion, his praises in Jerusalem,when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the Lord.He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days.But I cried to him,“ O my God, who lives forever, don’t take my life while I am so young!Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them.But you are always the same; you will live forever.The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.”
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Romans 8:26
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
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Philippians 4:6-7
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
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Psalms 62:8
O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Interlude
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1 Samuel 1 15-1 Samuel 1 16
“ Oh no, sir!” she replied.“ I haven’t been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the Lord.Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”
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Psalms 18:4-6
The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.But in my distress I cried out to the Lord; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry to him reached his ears.
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Psalms 42:4
My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!
