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Quotes From Genesis 1-11

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Chapter 11

Prayer: The Engine that moves God

Genesis 32:11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.

24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.

26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."

27 The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.

28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."

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19 Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O LORD, are God."

1 Chronicles 5:20 They were helped in fighting them, and God handed the Hagrites and all their allies over to them, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.

16:11 Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.

2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

14:11 Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, "LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. O LORD, you are our God; do not let man prevail against …show more content…

How many rise up against me!

4:1 Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer.

5:8 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies-- make straight your way before me.

6:1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

9:13 O Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

13:1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

16:1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.

17:1 Hear, O Lord, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer--it does not rise from deceitful lips.

18:41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them--to the LORD, but he did not answer.

20:1 May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?

27:8 My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.

11 Teach me your way, O Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my

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