Genesis 32:24-30
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
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Because of his Importunity
... is nothing but His putting of Jacob's words, "I ... book which Thou hast written." That
was importunity, that would ... content until, in answer to his prayer that God ...
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Prayer and Importunity
... Jacob, wrestling all night with the angel, gives ... shows how, in things spiritual,
importunity succeeds, just as ... Elijah repeated and urged his prayer seven times ...
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"Nothing is Impossible to Industry, "Said one of the Seven Sages ...
... brought God to the rescue, changed Esau's attitude and conduct, changed Jacob's
character, saved ... Importunity, it may be repeated, is a condition of prayer. ...
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The Man who Knocked at Midnight
... Jacob is the father of all men of importunate prayer. Jacob was called no more Jacob,
but Israel, because of his all-night importunity in prayer. ...
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Prevailing Prayer.
... no degree of desire or importunity in prayer is improper. A Christian may come up,
as it were, and take hold of the hand of God. See the case of Jacob, when he ...
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The Insistency of Prayer
... the Syrophenician woman, where her wit, faith, and importunity together did ... and urging
us to be instant, insistent, continual in prayer. We have Jacob wrestling ...
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Prayer Answered, Love Nourished
... The first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked that ... You would soon be tired
of such importunity as that ... Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob." He has ...
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Prayer and Desire
... began to set down what I had seen." " JACOB BEHMEN. ... The secret of faint heartedness,
lack of importunity, want of courage and strength in prayer, lies in ...
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Prayer Essential to God
... the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father ...
Persevering prayer always wins; God yields to importunity and fidelity. ...
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Concentration in Prayer
... and with discrimination, and with importunity prayed for ... as to times or as to places
for such prayer. ... his circumstances: how Abraham did, and Jacob, and David ...
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Prayers

Prayers of Christ

Prayers of the Unrighteous

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