WLC 185: How are we to pray?

Answer: We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the majesty of God1, and deep sense of our own unworthiness2, necessities3, and sins4; with penitent5, thankful6, and enlarged hearts7; with understanding8, faith9, sincerity10, fervency11, love12, and perseverance13, waiting upon him14, with humble submission to his will15.

  1. Eccl 5:1
  2. Gen 18:27; Gen 32:10
  3. Luke 15:17-19
  4. Luke 18:13-14
  5. Psalm 51:17
  6. Phil 4:6
  7. 1 Sam 1:15; 1 Sam 2:1
  8. 1 Cor 14:15
  9. Mark 11:24; James 1:6
  10. Psalm 145:18; Psalm 17:1
  11. James 5:16
  12. 1 Tim 2:8
  13. Eph 6:18
  14. Micah 7:7
  15. Matt 26:39

 

 

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