When
God called to him, Abraham heard and responded, “Here I am, Lord.” When God asked him to intercede for a man he
had wronged, Abraham obeyed.
This
patriarch of God’s people is lauded as an example of true faith and closeness
to God, but few of his actual prayers have been recorded.
Genesis 15:2
O Lord God, what will You give me?
Will I need an inheritance
if I have no child?
Genesis 17:18
Oh, that my child
might live in Your
presence, Lord,
and be under Your
blessing!
Genesis 18:23, 32
Lord, would You really sweep away
the righteous with the wicked?
What if ten honorable people
are found?
And God
answered:
For the sake of ten,
I will not destroy the town.
Paraphrased
by Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2019, in the Book of Bible Prayers.
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