Here are a few scripture passages that might help us in our prayer time today.

Some time later God tested Abraham; he called to him, “Abraham!” And Abraham answered, “Yes, here I am!” – Genesis 22:1 GNT

Lord, if ever You call on ______ may their response to You be as Abraham’s was, “Here I am.”

“Don’t hurt the boy or do anything to him,” he said. “Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him.” – Genesis 22:12 GNT

Like Abraham, may ____ fear You, God, and withhold nothing from You.

Abraham named that place “The Lord Provides.”^[a] And even today people say, “On the Lord‘s mountain he provides.” – Genesis 22:14 GNT

In their life may ______ come to know You, God, as “The Lord will provide.”

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. – Matthew 21:22 GNT

May ______ know that if they believe, they will receive whatever they ask for in prayer. May ______ believe You, Lord, and always bring their needs to You in prayer.

When there are lists of names in the Bible, I wonder if they are pointing to names that could have been prayed over then as well. For instance, Nehemiah has a list of names – 822 of them specifically.

In all, 822 members of this clan served in the Temple. – Nehemiah 11:12 GNT

Paul met so many people on his way back to Jerusalem. All of them did not want him to go. Paul showed us what his speaking terms with God looked like by not bowing to the temptation to remain.

There we found some believers and stayed with them a week. By the power of the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.  But when our time with them was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, together with their wives and children, went with us out of the city to the beach, where we all knelt and prayed. – Acts 21:4-5 GNT

By his example, he taught us this rule – pray always, pray without ceasing and when leaving a time of fellowship, sweeten it with prayer.

“You can tell if a  man or woman is really on speaking terms with God.” – Jack Miller