We can pray confidently because of who God is: alive, just and my father; and because of who we are: His children, living righteously and in faith.

1. Confident
Prayer
Luke 18.1; CB NT p. 143

5. Then Jehovah said, “I have surely seen the affliction of
my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry
because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,
and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand
of the Egyptians Exodus 3.7-8, CB OT p. 86-87

6. And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has
come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with
which the Egyptians oppress them.
Exodus 3.9, CB OT p. 87

7. “I will sing to Jehovah, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
Jehovah is my strength and my song, and he has
become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise
him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Exodus 15:1-2, CB OT p. 106

8. And I will walk among you and will be your God, and
you shall be my people.
Leviticus 26:12, CB OT p. 196

9. Great Sea
(Mediterranean)
Jebusites
Kir-moab
Heshbon
Rabbath-ammon
Ashtaroth
Hazor
Megiddo
Bethshan
Jericho
Jebus
Beer-sheba
Amalekites
Kenites
Moabites
Hittites
Hivites
Edomites
Perizzites
Canaanites
Bashan
(Kingdom of Og)
Sihon
(Amorites)
Ammonites
Sidonians
(Phoenicians)
Sea of
Chinnereth
Salt
Sea
JordanRiver
Nations of Canaan
(Before Conquest)
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Scale of Miles
0 50

10. Know that Jehovah, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 100:3, CB OT p. 942

11. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us
kneel before Jehovah, our Maker! For he is our
God, and we are the people of his pasture, and
the sheep of his hand.
Psalm 95:6-7, CB OT p. 939

12. Know that Jehovah, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 100:3, CB OT p. 942

13. THOUGHTS ABOUT HITTITE GODS

14. The lord in his anger of heart looked at me
The god in the rage of his heart confronted me;
When the goddess was angry with me
she made me become ill.
THOUGHTS ABOUT HITTITE GODS

15. The lord in his anger of heart looked at me
The god in the rage of his heart confronted me;
When the goddess was angry with me
she made me become ill.
The god whom I know or do not know
has oppressed me.
The goddess whom I know or do not know
has placed suffering upon me.
THOUGHTS ABOUT HITTITE GODS

16. The lord in his anger of heart looked at me
The god in the rage of his heart confronted me;
When the goddess was angry with me
she made me become ill.
The god whom I know or do not know
has oppressed me.
The goddess whom I know or do not know
has placed suffering upon me.
Although I am looking constantly for help,
no one takes me by the hand.
When I weep they do not come to my side.
I utter laments, but no one hears me.
THOUGHTS ABOUT HITTITE GODS

17. “O Baal, answer us!”
1 Kings 18:26, CB OT p. 556

18. And as midday passed, they raved on until the
time of the offering of the oblation, but there was
no voice. No one answered; no one paid
attention.
1 Kings 18:29, CB OT p. 556

19. “O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
let it be known this day that you are God in
Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I
have done all these things at your word. Answer
me, O Jehovah, answer me, that this people may
know that you, O Jehovah, are God, and that
you have turned their hearts back.”
1 Kings 18:36-37, CB OT p. 557

21. Praying Confidently

22. She was deeply distressed and
prayed to Jehovah and wept
bitterly.
1 Samuel 1:10, CB OT p. 418

23. “O Jehovah of hosts, if you
will indeed look on the
affliction of your servant and
remember me and not forget
your servant, but will give to
your servant a son, then I will
give him to Jehovah all the
days of his life, and no razor
shall touch his head.”
1 Samuel 1:10-11, CB OT p. 418-419

24. “My heart exults in
Jehovah; my horn is
exalted in Jehovah.
My mouth derides my
enemies, because I
rejoice in your
salvation.”
1 Samuel 2:1,
CB OT p. 420

25. “I called out to Jehovah, out of
my distress, and he answered
me; out of the belly of Sheol
I cried, and you heard
my voice.”
Jonah 2:2,
CB OT p. 1479

26. “When my life was fainting
away, I remembered Jehovah,
and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.”
Jonah 2:7,
CB OT p. 1479

27. Praying Confidently

28. Three times I pleaded with
the Lord about this, that it
should leave me.
2 Corinthians 12:8, CB NT p. 323

29. See what kind of love the Father
has given to us, that we should be
called children of God; and so we
are.
1 John 3:1, CB NT p. 421

30. and I will be a father to you, and
you shall be sons and daughters
to me, says the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 6:18, CB NT p. 421

31. And this is the confidence that we
have toward him, that if we ask
anything according to his will he
hears us.
1 John 5:14, CB NT p. 425

32. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to
him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
Luke 18:7, CB NT p. 143
My God is just.

33. how much more will your
Father who is in heaven
give good things to those
who ask him!
Matthew 7:11, CB NT p. 12
My God is my Father.

34. The prayer of a righteous person
has great power as it is working.
James 5:16, CB NT p. 405

35. But let him ask in faith, with
no doubting, for the one who
doubts is like a wave of the
sea that is driven and tossed
by the wind.
James 1:6, CB NT p. 400

36. Praying
Confidently

37. Praying
Confidently
My God
— Is alive
— Is just
— Is my father

38. Praying
Confidently
My God
— Is alive
— Is just
— Is my father
His People
— His child
— Living righteously
— Living in faith

39. Praying
Confidently

40. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?

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42. Concerning Prayer
#02
Praying Confidently
Luke 18.1
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
15 September 2013
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: We can pray confidently because of who God is: alive, just and my father; and because of who we are:
His children, living righteously and in faith.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
"Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”

43. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?