TSK · Ezra 8:23

Jehoahaz asked for the LORD’s mercy and the LORD responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.

In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way.

“Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!”

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

“When that time comes,” says the LORD,“the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the LORD their God.

Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

Cornelius replied,“Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me