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Jeremiah 14:9
Why are you like a helpless man, like a warrior unable to save? Yet you are among us, LORD, and we bear your name. Don’t leave us!
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Daniel 9:18
Listen closely, my God, and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before you based on our righteous acts, but based on your abundant compassion.
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Luke 11:8
I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s shameless boldness, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
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Ephesians 3:10
This is so that God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.
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Ephesians 1:12
so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.
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Amos 7:2
When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said,“ Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”
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Jeremiah 14:7
Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you.
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Numbers 14:19
Please pardon the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of your faithful love, just as you have forgiven them from Egypt until now.”
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Psalms 79:5-6
How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,
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1 Kings 8 30-1 Kings 8 39
Hear the petition of your servant and your people Israel, which they pray toward this place. May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven. May you hear and forgive.When a man sins against his neighbor and is forced to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before your altar in this temple,may you hear in heaven and act. May you judge your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing what he has done on his own head and providing justice for the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.When your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against you, and they return to you and praise your name, and they pray and plead with you for mercy in this temple,may you hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel. May you restore them to the land you gave their ancestors.When the skies are shut and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you, and they pray toward this place and praise your name, and they turn from their sins because you are afflicting them,may you hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, so that you may teach them to walk on the good way. May you send rain on your land that you gave your people for an inheritance.When there is famine in the land, when there is pestilence, when there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, when their enemy besieges them in the land and its cities, when there is any plague or illness,every prayer or petition that any person or that all your people Israel may have— they each know their own affliction— as they spread out their hands toward this temple,may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and may you forgive, act, and give to everyone according to all their ways, since you know each heart, for you alone know every human heart,
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2 Chronicles 6 25-2 Chronicles 6 30
may you hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel. May you restore them to the land you gave them and their ancestors.When the skies are shut and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray toward this place and praise your name, and they turn from their sins because you are afflicting them,may you hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, so that you may teach them the good way they should walk in. May you send rain on your land that you gave your people for an inheritance.When there is famine in the land, when there is pestilence, when there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, when their enemies besiege them in the land and its cities, when there is any plague or illness,every prayer or petition that any person or that all your people Israel may have— they each know their own affliction and suffering— as they spread out their hands toward this temple,may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and may you forgive and give to everyone according to all their ways, since you know each heart, for you alone know the human heart,
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Psalms 85:5-6
Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger for all generations?Will you not revive us again so that your people may rejoice in you?
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Ezekiel 39:25
“ So this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name.
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Psalms 74:9-11
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer a prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.God, how long will the enemy mock? Will the foe insult your name forever?Why do you hold back your hand? Stretch out your right hand and destroy them!
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Jeremiah 14:20-21
We acknowledge our wickedness, LORD, the iniquity of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against you.For your name’s sake, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us; do not break it.
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Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
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Psalms 44:23-26
Wake up, LORD! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don’t reject us forever!Why do you hide and forget our affliction and oppression?For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of your faithful love.
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2 Chronicles 6 39
may you hear their prayer and petitions in heaven, your dwelling place, and uphold their cause. May you forgive your people who sinned against you.
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Jeremiah 25:29
For I am already bringing disaster on the city that bears my name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth. This is the declaration of the LORD of Armies.’
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Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
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Ezekiel 36:22
“ Therefore, say to the house of Israel,‘ This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went.
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Psalms 115:1-2
Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory because of your faithful love, because of your truth.Why should the nations say,“ Where is their God?”
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2 Chronicles 6 21
Hear the petitions of your servant and your people Israel, which they pray toward this place. May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven. May you hear and forgive.
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Isaiah 63:16-19
Yet you are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn’t recognize us. You, LORD, are our Father; your name is Our Redeemer from Ancient Times.Why, LORD, do you make us stray from your ways? You harden our hearts so we do not fear you. Return, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.Your holy people had a possession for a little while, but our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.We have become like those you never ruled, like those who did not bear your name.
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Psalms 102:13-16
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her— the appointed time has come.For your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust.Then the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory,for the LORD will rebuild Zion; he will appear in his glory.
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Psalms 79:8-10
Do not hold past iniquities against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak.God of our salvation, help us, for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake.Why should the nations ask,“ Where is their God?” Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants be known among the nations.
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Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I brought them out.
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Isaiah 64:9-12
LORD, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity forever. Please look— all of us are your people!Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned down, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.LORD, after all this, will you restrain yourself? Will you keep silent and afflict us severely?
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Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.