Binding Prayer Before Reading Apostolic Writings

Notes

1It is a great mystery to me that, for nearly two thousand years, the Church has known that Satan and his apostate host steal the Word of God from the people of God in various ways, with the design of keeping them ignorant of the Truth. “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 (KJV). And yet no Church writings, and no writings of any Christian author of which I am aware, begin with a binding prayer or with a binding command by one in authority holding the office of bishop or apostle. Given the acknowledged spiritual warfare in which the Church and the members of the Body of Christ are now engaged, it seems reasonable and prudent to me to include such a binding prayer in all writings dealing with matters of the Christian faith. ↩︎

2“. . . the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.” Genesis 17:1 (KJV); “. . . and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.” Revelation 4:8 (KJV). ↩︎

3“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth.” Genesis 14:18–19 (KJV); “I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.” Psalm 57:2 (KJV). ↩︎

4“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” Matthew 6:9 (KJV). ↩︎

5“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (KJV); “. . . the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary . . .” Isaiah 40:28 (KJV); “My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:2 (KJV); “Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is.” Acts 4:24 (KJV). ↩︎

6“We” here is intended to mean the reader as well as the bishop author. ↩︎

7“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 (KJV). ↩︎

8“. . . Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.” John 16:23 (KJV); “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” John 14:13 (KJV). ↩︎

9“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (KJV); “. . . the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” John 1:18 (KJV); “. . . God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.” 1 John 4:9 (KJV). ↩︎

10“. . . thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 (KJV). ↩︎

11“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV); “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 (KJV); “. . . he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” Hebrews 8:6 (KJV); The wording “between God and men” is retained as recorded in 1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV), as translated from the original Greek, so that the Scripture is quoted intact. The Greek word is anthrōpos (Strong’s G444), which denotes human beings without regard to sex, as distinct from anēr (G435), a man as male. The verse therefore includes women and men alike, for in Christ “there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 (KJV). ↩︎

12“And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” Acts 2:42 (KJV); “Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.” 2 Thessalonians 2:15 (KJV); “And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone.” Ephesians 2:20 (KJV); “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” 2 Timothy 4:2 (KJV). ↩︎

13“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God . . . that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” 1 Peter 4:11 (KJV); “Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee.” John 17:1 (KJV); “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.” John 5:23 (KJV); “. . . whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 (KJV). ↩︎

14“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV). ↩︎

15“. . . where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.” Mark 4:15 (KJV); “. . . then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.” Matthew 13:19 (KJV). ↩︎

16“Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.” Luke 8:12 (KJV). ↩︎

17“. . . now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” John 12:31 (KJV); “. . . the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.” Ephesians 2:2 (KJV); “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not . . .” 2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV); “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” Revelation 20:10 (KJV). ↩︎

18“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV). ↩︎

19“Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.” Mark 9:25 (KJV); “When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.” Matthew 13:19 (KJV). ↩︎

20“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.” 1 Corinthians 14:33 (KJV); “This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.” James 3:15–16 (KJV); “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:3 (KJV). ↩︎

21“Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.” Hebrews 2:1 (KJV); “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.” 2 Peter 1:12 (KJV); “And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.” Mark 4:15 (KJV). ↩︎

22“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6 (KJV); “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Matthew 7:7 (KJV). ↩︎

23“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” Colossians 1:9 (KJV); “Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.” Ephesians 1:16–17 (KJV). ↩︎

24“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you . . .” Acts 1:8 (KJV); “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.” Ephesians 3:16 (KJV). ↩︎

25“Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.” 2 Timothy 2:7 (KJV); “Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.” Luke 24:45 (KJV). ↩︎

26“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11 (KJV); “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” 1 Thessalonians 5:21 (KJV); “. . . those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” Hebrews 5:14 (KJV); “And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent . . .” Philippians 1:9–10 (KJV). ↩︎

27“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16 (KJV); “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5 (KJV). ↩︎

28“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” Romans 8:6–7 (KJV); “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV); “. . . walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them . . .” Ephesians 4:17–18 (KJV); “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin . . .” Romans 5:12 (KJV). ↩︎

29“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” John 16:7 (KJV); “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.” John 15:26 (KJV). ↩︎

30“Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.” Acts 2:33 (KJV); “So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.” Mark 16:19 (KJV). ↩︎

31“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling . . .” Ephesians 1:18 (KJV); “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” Psalm 119:18 (KJV); “And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see . . .” 2 Kings 6:17 (KJV). ↩︎

32“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 (KJV). ↩︎

33“. . . Lydia . . . whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.” Acts 16:14 (KJV); “Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.” Proverbs 23:12 (KJV); “. . . receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.” James 1:21 (KJV). ↩︎

34“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth . . .” John 16:13 (KJV). ↩︎

35“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him . . .” John 6:44 (KJV); “. . . Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3 (KJV); “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.” James 4:8 (KJV); “Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.” Malachi 3:7 (KJV); “Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.” Zechariah 1:3 (KJV). ↩︎

36“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17 (KJV); “. . . God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.” 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (KJV). ↩︎

37“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” John 17:15 (KJV); “And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.” Revelation 20:1–2 (KJV); “. . . how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man?” Matthew 12:29 (KJV); “But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.” 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (KJV). ↩︎

38“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” John 8:44 (KJV). ↩︎

39“The enemy that sowed them is the devil . . .” Matthew 13:39 (KJV); “. . . your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV); “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy . . .” Luke 10:19 (KJV). ↩︎

40“. . . Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Revelation 12:12 (KJV); “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 12:17 (KJV); “He was a murderer from the beginning.” John 8:44 (KJV). ↩︎

41“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:27 (KJV); “For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity. Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world . . .” Wisdom of Solomon 2:23–24 (KJV). ↩︎

42“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.” Matthew 13:19 (KJV); “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not . . .” 2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV). ↩︎

43“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.” Ephesians 4:26–27 (KJV); “When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.” (in response to Stephen’s sermon) Acts 7:54 (KJV); “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” Galatians 4:16 (KJV); “. . . let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.” James 1:19–20 (KJV). ↩︎

44“For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed . . .” Matthew 13:15 (KJV); “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” Hebrews 3:13 (KJV); “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost . . .” Acts 7:51 (KJV). ↩︎

45“. . . when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.” Mark 4:15 (KJV); “. . . he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” James 1:25 (KJV); “. . . lest at any time we should let them slip.” Hebrews 2:1 (KJV). ↩︎

46“. . . the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.” Matthew 13:22 (KJV); “Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition . . .” Mark 7:13 (KJV). ↩︎

47“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12 (KJV); “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations . . . and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:3–5 (KJV); “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Ephesians 6:17 (KJV). ↩︎

48“Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein . . .” Revelation 1:3 (KJV); “The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.” Numbers 6:24–26 (KJV). ↩︎

49“Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee . . .” 2 Samuel 7:29 (KJV) (David, praying for a blessing upon his spiritual house, a direct model for this prayer); “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Acts 16:31 (KJV). ↩︎

50“Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? . . .” Job 1:10 (KJV) (the recorded words of Satan which document that God’s protection acts as a hedge around the righteous and their house [which is confirmed by a detailed examination of Job and beyond the scope of the citation here]. I have referred to this when dealing with the Christian faithful with whom I have ministered as “Praying the Hedge.”); “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not . . .” Luke 22:31–32 (KJV); “. . . afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.” Mark 4:17 (KJV) (this verse illustrates that Satan and his apostate host can and sometimes do retaliate against the hearer or reader of the Word of God because the Word was received. This prayer asks God not to permit this in this teaching); “There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.” Psalm 91:10 (KJV) (. . . because of the Hedge that was asked for in prayer, heard by God, and answered). ↩︎

51“When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.” Psalm 27:8 (KJV) (a direct command by God for us to seek His face, acknowledged here); “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven . . .” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV). ↩︎

52“And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you . . .” Exodus 12:13 (KJV); “. . . For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.” 1 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV); “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony . . .” Revelation 12:11 (KJV); “. . . through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ . . .” 1 Peter 1:2 (KJV). ↩︎

53“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 2:5 (KJV); “Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood . . .” Hebrews 9:21–22 (KJV) (here, blood is applied to things used in ministry and, of course, teaching the Word is a primary tool). ↩︎

54“Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.” Psalm 68:1 (KJV); “Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days . . .” Isaiah 51:9 (KJV); “Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.” Psalm 21:13 (KJV); “And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.” Ephesians 1:19 (KJV). ↩︎

55“Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.” Psalm 84:9 (KJV); “Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.” Psalm 105:15 (KJV); “The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.” Psalm 28:8 (KJV); “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.” 1 John 2:20 (KJV) (all believers are anointed). ↩︎

56“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 3:16–17 (KJV); “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” Ephesians 4:11–12 (KJV); “Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ . . .” Hebrews 13:21 (KJV). ↩︎

57“. . . that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour.” 1 Timothy 2:2–3 (KJV); “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:1–2 (KJV); “. . . we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.” Titus 2:12 (KJV). ↩︎

58“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV); “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.” Ephesians 4:15 (KJV); “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ . . .” 2 Peter 3:18 (KJV); “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” Proverbs 4:18 (KJV). ↩︎

59“. . . though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV). ↩︎

60“That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers . . .” Isaiah 44:26 (KJV) (asking that God confirm and perform the word that His servant speaks); “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven . . . Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 18:18–19 (KJV); “And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.” Mark 16:20 (KJV). ↩︎

61“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.” Romans 1:1 (KJV); “For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5 (KJV); “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven . . .” Matthew 16:19 (KJV). ↩︎

62“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 (KJV); “And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.” Leviticus 26:8 (KJV); “The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.” Deuteronomy 28:7 (KJV); “Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.” Psalm 68:1 (KJV). ↩︎

63“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.” James 2:19 (KJV); “Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone . . .” Exodus 15:16 (KJV); “. . . art thou come hither to torment us before the time?” Matthew 8:29 (KJV) (This is an example of the fear of the LORD in the enemy, recorded so that the faithful in Christ shall also believe in His power). ↩︎

64“Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? . . .” Job 1:10 (KJV) (Satan talking to God and acknowledging that God had prevented him from touching anything connected to Job in any way such that it was as if a hedge of protection, of holy fire, were placed around Job and everything connected to him) (“hedge” is the very term that scripture records that Satan himself used to describe God’s divine protection); “For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.” Zechariah 2:5 (KJV); “The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” Psalm 34:7 (KJV); “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” Psalm 91:11 (KJV). ↩︎

65“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Psalm 100:4 (KJV); “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6 (KJV). ↩︎

66“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” John 14:18 (KJV); “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11 (KJV); “(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)” 2 Corinthians 10:4 (KJV). ↩︎

67“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Ephesians 6:17 (KJV). ↩︎

68“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 (KJV). ↩︎

69“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32 (KJV); “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (KJV). ↩︎

70“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV); “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” Romans 8:37 (KJV); “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” 1 John 5:4 (KJV). ↩︎

71“And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” Colossians 2:15 (KJV). ↩︎

72“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12 (KJV); “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not . . .” 2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV). ↩︎

73“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5 (KJV); “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” Ephesians 1:7 (KJV). ↩︎

74“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” Romans 5:10 (KJV); “And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself . . .” Colossians 1:20 (KJV). ↩︎

75“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” James 1:12 (KJV); “. . . be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Revelation 2:10 (KJV). ↩︎

76“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth . . .” John 16:13 (KJV). ↩︎

77“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.” 1 Corinthians 12:27 (KJV); “And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.” Ephesians 1:22–23 (KJV). ↩︎

78“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18 (KJV). ↩︎

79“Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.” John 11:41 (KJV) (Christ giving thanks before Lazarus was raised); “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” 1 John 5:14–15 (KJV). ↩︎

80“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Mark 11:24 (KJV); “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 (KJV). ↩︎

81“. . . Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.” John 16:23–24 (KJV); “And what soever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Colossians 3:17 (KJV). ↩︎

82“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18 (KJV). ↩︎

83“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” 2 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV). ↩︎