Which Prayers are Honored before God?

All scripture is given for the inspiration of God’s word (2 tim 3:16) that we
do his will according to the laws of God rather than the commandments of
man (Mark 7:7).

Therefore when we pray unto God, how should we pray? Should we pray in
deceit or in humility of truth? We will now read which prayers God honors.

When we do wicked in the sight of God, knowing the truth our prayers are an
abomination before God. (Proverbs 28:4,9) Because many lack love in obeying God’s
laws we become lovers of our own ungodly lusts serving ourselves rather than God.
(Jude 1:17-21) Those that continue to do evil and not seek God, God know the intent of
every man’s heart and will accordingly which those who chose not to obey him.
(Daniel 9:12-14)

Psalm 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

God is righteous and just in all things, he commands us to be righteous through perfecting
his laws each day we are to be a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1) enduring until the end.
(Matthew 24:13) The question now is how are we to perfect ourselves in Gods word?

In this life, we must endure all things yet having patience to wait on God to overcome our
afflictions. (James 5:7-12) Having patience is key to understanding God’s word so that
he may impart wisdom (Proverbs 4:2-5) to obtain understanding (Proverbs 4:7) of us
becoming perfect before God unto righteousness. (2 Corinthians 13). As servants of the
Most High God we are made to become perfect (Matthew 5:48) in all our works to do the
will of God. (Hebrews 13:20-22) And by us becoming perfect before God, we are less
likely to sin against God made holy unto the day of salvation.

Jeremiah 17:5-8 (Trust in God)

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Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm,
and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
6
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but
shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
7
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the
river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be
careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Which Prayers are Honored before God?
Matthew 6:5-8 (Praying for Yourself)
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And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of
men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door,
pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward
thee openly.
7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they
shall be heard for their much speaking.
8
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need
of, before ye ask him.

James 5:13-20 (Praying for Others)

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Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he
have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might
not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
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Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save
a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Which Prayers are Honored before God?
Psalm 33:18-22 (Trust in God)
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Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his
mercy;
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To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
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For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Psalm 84:9-12 (Trust in God)

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Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the
house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good
thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Psalm 27:10-14 (Forsaken by Parents)

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When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
11
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up
against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the
living. (Psalm 25:1-5)
14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,
on the LORD.
Which Prayers are Honored before God?
Psalm 94:18-23 (Prayer for Transgression)
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When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
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In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a
law?
21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the
innocent blood. (Mark 11:25–26)
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But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own
wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Psalm 23 (God’s Protection)

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The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside
the still waters.
3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
his name's sake.
4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort
me.
5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Proverbs 3:5-7 (Trust in God)

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Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Which Prayers are Honored before God?
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Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Psalm 91 (God’s Protection)

1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of
the Almighty.
2
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome
pestilence.
4
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall
be thy shield and buckler.
5
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at
noonday.
7
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not
come nigh thee.
8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy
habitation;
10
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou
trample under feet.
14
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on
high, because he hath known my name.
15
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honour him.
16
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Which Prayers are Honored before God?

Jeremiah 29:11-14 (Seek God)

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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace,
and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto
you.
13
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
14
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I
will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you,
saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be
carried away capt

Isaiah 55:6-11 (God’s thoughts)

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Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him
return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon.
8
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts.
10
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower,
and bread to the eater:
11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent
it.

Revelation 22:14, 20-21

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Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Revelation 21)
20
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. (v. 12) Amen. Even so,
come, Lord Jesus. 21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.