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Psalms‬ ‭115‬:‭15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“May you be blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.”

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Psalm 69:33

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Psalm 65:2

O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 

DO NOT BE TOO PROUD TO PRAY, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE SINNED GREATLY GOD WILL FORGIVE AND HEAR YOUR CRY  

Psalm 50:15

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. 

2 Chronicles 16:12

And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. 

Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson,

Matthew 7:7-11

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 

Matthew 11:28

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

Psalm 55:22

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 

THE POOR IN SPIRIT PRIORITIZE PRAYER  

Psalm 55:16-17

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. 

Psalm 5:1-3

Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. 2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 

Mark 1:35

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 

Our heavenly Father waits to bestow upon us the fullness of His blessing. It is our privilege to drink largely at the fountain of boundless love. What a wonder it is that we pray so little! God is ready and willing to hear the sincere prayer of the humblest of His children, and yet there is much manifest reluctance on our part to make known our wants to God. – {Steps to Christ p. 94.1}

Luke 11:1

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.