Q109 What is Prayer?

1 John 5:14, 1 John 1:9, Phil. 4:6, Ps. 10:17, 145:19, John 14:13,14

ANSWER: Prayer is an offering up of our desires to God, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgment of His mercies

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Q118 What does the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?

Matt. 6:13, Dan. 9:18,19, 1 Chron. 29:11-13, 1 Cor. 14:16, Phil. 4:6, Rev. 22:20

Q117 What do we pray for in the sixth petition?

Matt. 6:13, 26:41, Ps. 19:13, 1 Cor. 10:13, John 17:15

Q116 What do we pray for in the fifth petition?

Matt. 6:12, Ps. 51:1,3,7, Mark 11:25, Matt. 18:35

Q115 What do we pray for in the fourth petition?

Matt. 6:11, Prov. 30:8,9, 1 Tim. 6:6-8, 4:4,5

Q114 What do we pray for in the third petition?

Matt. 6:10, Ps. 103:20,21, Ps. 25:4,5, Ps. 119:26

Q113 What do we pray for in the second petition?

Matt. 6:10, Ps. 68:1-18, Rom. 10:1, 2 Thess. 3:1, Matt. 9:37,38, Rev. 22:20

Q112 What do we pray for in the first petition?

Matt. 6:9, Ps. 67:1-3, Rom. 11:36, Rev. 4:11

Q111 What does the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?

Matt. 6:9, Luke 11:13, Rom. 8:15, Acts 12:5, 1 Tim. 2:1-3

Q110 What rule has God given for our direction in prayer?

Matt. 6:9-13, 2 Tim. 3:16,17

Q108 What is required to the worthy receiving of the Lord’s Supper?

1 Cor. 11:27-31, 1 Cor. 5:8, 2 Cor. 13:5

Q107 What is the Lord’s Supper?

1 Cor. 11:23-26, 10:16

Q106 What is the invisible church?

Eph. 1:10, 1:22,23, John 10:16, 11:52