PAUL’S PRAYER
Sunday Morning: October 29,
2000
Text: 2
Thessalonians 2:16-17 "Now our
Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and
hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
17. Comfort [He might exhort] your hearts, and stablish
[He might establish] you in every good word and work."
2 Thessalonians 2:16 "Now our Lord Jesus Christ
[nominative singular] himself, and God [nominative singular],
even our Father [nominative singular], which [the one (not
they)] hath loved [aorist active participle nominative
singular (one God)] us, and hath given [aorist active
participle nominative singular] us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace, "
Ephesians 1:15-20 "Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord
Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16. Cease not to give thanks for
you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17. That the God of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of
him: 18. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling,
and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19.
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to
us-ward who believe [present active], according to the working
of his mighty power, 20. Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him
from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly
places,"
Colossians 1:4-10
Philippians 1:9-10
2 Thessalonians 2:16 "Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,
which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting [agelasting,
adjective] consolation [exhorter,
accusative singular] and good hope [exhorter, accusative
singular] through grace,"
John 14:16-17 "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter [exhorter], that he may abide with you for ever
[an age]; 17. Even the Spirit of [the]
truth; . . . ye know him; for
he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."
John 16:13
"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of [the] truth,
is come, he will guide you into all [the] truth: for he shall
not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak [rehearse]: and he will show you things to come."
Titus 1:2 "In hope of eternal [age, noun] life,
which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;"
Romans 5:2 "By whom also we have access by faith into this
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God."
2 Corinthians 12:9 "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:
for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will
I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
Hebrews 4:16 "Let us therefore come boldly unto the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need."
Hebrews 12:28 "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved,
let us have [present active subjunctive, may we have] grace,
whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:"
Romans 5:20-21 "Moreover the law entered, that the offence (lawlessness)
might abound. But where [the] sin (lawlessness 1 John 3:4)
abounded, grace did much more abound: 21. That as [the] sin (lawlessness)
hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign
through righteousness unto [leading to] eternal
[agelasting] life by Jesus Christ our Lord."
Titus 3:7 "That being justified by his grace, we should
be made heirs according to the hope of eternal
[agelasting] life."
2 Thessalonians 2:17 "Comfort [aorist active optative, might exhort]
your hearts, and stablish [aorist active optative, might
stedfastly set] you in every good word and work."
Proverbs 4:23 "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are
the issues of life."
Mark 7:20-23 "And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth
the man. 21. For from within, out of the heart of men,
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22.
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23. All these evil things come from
within, and defile the man."