24. Petition

Petition The publican’s prayer:Luke 18:13 God, be Thou merciful to me, the sinner.

Prayer of the dying thief:Luke 23:42 Jesus, remember me, when Thou comest in [1] Thy kingdom.

[1] Orinto.

Prayer for a successor to Judas:Acts 1:24-25

Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which of these two Thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

Prayer of the friends of Peter and John,after the latter,on their release,had told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them:Acts 4:24-30

O Master, Thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is, Thou who, by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:— for of a truth in this city against Thy holy servant Jesus whom Thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel foreordained to come to pass. And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant unto Thy servants to speak Thy word with all boldness, while Thou stretchest forth Thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Thy holy servant Jesus.

Stephen’s dying prayer:Acts 7:59 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Stephen’s last words::Acts 7:60 Lord, lay not this sin to their charge Paul’s prayer for the Ephesian Church:Ephesians 3:15-19

O Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named! Grant, according to the riches of Thy glory, that they may be strengthened with power through Thy spirit in the inward man: that Christ may dwell in their hearts through faith—to the end that, being rooted and grounded in love, they may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that they may be filled unto all the fullness of God.

Prayer of the martyred souls from underneath the altar:Revelation 6:10 How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Prayer for the coming of Jesus:Revelation 22:20 Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.