Key Prayers Throughout the Bible
• Abraham’s servant—He prayed for success in finding a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:12).
• Jacob—He prayed for God’s protection (Genesis 32:9-12).
• Moses—He prayed for mercy (Exodus 32:11-13,31-32; Deuteronomy 9:26-29).
• Moses—He prayed to know God and to see his glory (Exodus 33:12-18).
• Manoah—He prayed for guidance in raising his son, Samson (Judges 13:8).
• Hannah—She prayed to exalt God with thanksgiving and praise (1 Samuel 2:1-10).
• Elijah—He prayed for vindication and proof of God’s power (1 Kings 18:36-37).
• Hezekiah—He prayed for deliverance from enemies (2 Kings 19:15-19).
• Solomon—He prayed for forgiveness of sins for Israel (2 Chronicles 6:21).
• Ezra—He prayed to confess his people’s sin (Ezra 9:6-15).
• Jeremiah—He prayed to complain (Jeremiah 20:7-18).
• Daniel—He prayed with thanksgiving for help (Daniel 6:10-11).
• Daniel—He prayed to confess his people’s sin (Daniel 9:9-19).
• Jonah—He prayed for restoration (Jonah 2:1-9).
• Jesus—He prayed for forgiveness for his enemies (Luke 23:34).
• Jesus—He prayed for himself, for the disciples, and for all believers (John 17).
• Apostles—They prayed for guidance in selecting Judas’s replacement (Acts 1:24-25).
• Apostles—They prayed for the bold proclamation of the gospel, with miracles (Acts 4:29-30).
• Stephen—He prayed and asked the Lord to receive his spirit and to forgive his killers (Acts 7:59-60).
Bible Promises
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness”
(Lamentations 3:22-23).
“He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name”
(John 1:12).
“Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man that trusteth in him”
(Psalm 34:8).
Things You Really Don't Want to Hear In The Operating Room
Nobody likes the idea of having surgery. Worse still is the idea of having surgery while wide awake.
Worst of all is the idea of having surgery while wide awake and hearing one of these...
- "Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?"
- "That's cool! Can you make his leg twitch too?"
- "Better save that. We'll need it for the autopsy."
- "Hand me that....uh....that uh....thingie."
- "Could you stop that thing from beating? It's throwing my concentration off."
- "What do you mean, 'You want a divorce!?'"
- "This is truly a freak of nature."
- "Darn! Page 47 is missing from the manual!"
- "What's this doing here?"
- "Accept this sacrifice, O Great Lord of Darkness"
Some Things We've Learned From Movies
Movies are good for entertainment, but often not so good at reflecting real life. Here are twenty things that routinely happen in movies which make you wonder if the people behind them live in the same planet as the rest of us...
- During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
- Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.
- The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.
- Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant. - All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.
- All grocery shopping bags are made out of brown paper and contain at least one stick of French bread.
- If being fired at by German soldiers, hide in a river
- or even a bath. German bullets are unable to penetrate water. - If you find yourself caught up in a misunderstanding that could be cleared up quickly with a simple explanation, for goodness sake, keep your mouth shut.
- It's always possible to park directly outside the building you're visiting.
- Freelance helicopter pilots are always eager to accept bookings from international terrorist organizations
- even though the job will require them to shoot total strangers and will end in their own certain death as the helicopter explodes in a ball of flames.
- When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
- Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.
- You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
- You can tell if somebody is British because they'll be wearing a bow tie.
- Honest and hard working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement.
- Having a job of any kind will make fathers forget their son's eighth birthday.
- The more a man and a woman hate each other, the more likely they will fall in love.
- Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.
- It's not necessary to say hello or good-bye when beginning or ending phone conversations.l
- It doesn't matter if you're heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts
– your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
Quotes...
Nobody likes the idea of having surgery. Worse still is the idea of having surgery while wide awake.
Worst of all is the idea of having surgery while wide awake and hearing one of these...
- "Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?"
- "That's cool! Can you make his leg twitch too?"
- "Better save that. We'll need it for the autopsy."
- "Hand me that....uh....that uh....thingie."
- "Could you stop that thing from beating? It's throwing my concentration off."
- "What do you mean, 'You want a divorce!?'"
- "This is truly a freak of nature."
- "Darn! Page 47 is missing from the manual!"
- "What's this doing here?"
- "Accept this sacrifice, O Great Lord of Darkness"
Some Things We've Learned From Movies
Movies are good for entertainment, but often not so good at reflecting real life. Here are twenty things that routinely happen in movies which make you wonder if the people behind them live in the same planet as the rest of us...
- During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
- Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.
- The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.
- Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant. - All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.
- All grocery shopping bags are made out of brown paper and contain at least one stick of French bread.
- If being fired at by German soldiers, hide in a river
- or even a bath. German bullets are unable to penetrate water. - If you find yourself caught up in a misunderstanding that could be cleared up quickly with a simple explanation, for goodness sake, keep your mouth shut.
- It's always possible to park directly outside the building you're visiting.
- Freelance helicopter pilots are always eager to accept bookings from international terrorist organizations
- even though the job will require them to shoot total strangers and will end in their own certain death as the helicopter explodes in a ball of flames.
- When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
- Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.
- You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
- You can tell if somebody is British because they'll be wearing a bow tie.
- Honest and hard working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement.
- Having a job of any kind will make fathers forget their son's eighth birthday.
- The more a man and a woman hate each other, the more likely they will fall in love.
- Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.
- It's not necessary to say hello or good-bye when beginning or ending phone conversations.l
- It doesn't matter if you're heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts
– your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
Quotes...
