Scriptures Read during 40 hours of
elim’s Xtreme Team Prayer
1 Timothy 2:8 KJVR I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
2 Timothy 2:15-19 KJVR Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (16) But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. (17) And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; (18) Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. (19) Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
James 1:26-27 KJVR If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. (27) Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1 Peter 4:11 KJVR If any man speak, lethimspeak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, lethimdoit as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Leviticus 11:44-45 KJVR (44) For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (45) For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Mark 6:34 KJVR And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Mark 7:5-23 KJVR Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? (6) He answered and said unto them, WellhathIsaiahprophesiedofyouhypocrites,asitiswritten,Thispeoplehonorethmewiththeirlips,buttheirheartis farfromme. (7) Howbeitin vaindotheyworshipme,teachingfordoctrinesthecommandmentsof men. (8) Forlaying asidethecommandmentofGod,yeholdthetraditionofmen,asthewashingofpotsandcups:andmanyothersuchlike thingsyedo. (9) And he said unto them, Full wellyerejectthecommandmentofGod,thatyemaykeepyour owntradition. (10) ForMosessaid,Honorthyfatherandthymother;and,whoso cursethfatherormother,lethimdiethedeath: (11) Butyesay,Ifamanshallsaytohisfatherormother,ItisCorban,that is to say,agift,bywhatsoeverthoumightestbeprofitedbyme;heshallbefree. (12) Andyesufferhimno moretodoaughtforhisfatherorhismother; (13) Making the word of God of none effectthroughyourtradition,whichyehavedelivered:andmanysuchlike thingsdoye. (14) And when he had called all the people untohim, he said unto them, Hearkenuntomeevery oneofyou,andunderstand: (15) Thereisnothingfrom withoutaman,thatenteringintohimcandefilehim:butthethings which comeout ofhim,thosearethey that defiletheman. (16) If any manhaveearstohear,lethimhear. (17) And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. (18) And he saith unto them, Areyesowithout understandingalso?Doyenotperceive,thatwhatsoever thingfrom withoutenterethintotheman,itcannotdefilehim; (19) Becauseitenterethnotintohisheart,butintothebelly,andgoeth outintothedraught,purgingallmeats? (20) And he said, That which comethout oftheman,thatdefileththeman. (21) Forfrom within,out oftheheartofmen,proceedevilthoughts,adulteries,fornications,murders, (22) Thefts,covetousness,wickedness,deceit,lasciviousness,anevileye,blasphemy,pride,foolishness: (23) Alltheseevil thingscomefrom within,anddefiletheman.
Mark 7:31-37 KJVR And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. (32) And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. (33) And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; (34) And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. (35) And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. (36) And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; (37) And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Mark 8:22-26 KJVR And he cometh to Bethsaida: and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. (23) And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. (24) And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. (25) After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. (26) And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neithergointothetown,nortellittoanyinthetown.
Matthew 10:1 KJVR And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
Ephesians 6:11-12 KJVR Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (12) For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Matthew 21:18-22 KJVR Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. (19) And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Letnofruitgrowontheehenceforwardforever. And presently the fig tree withered away. (20) And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! (21) Jesus answered and said unto them, VerilyIsayuntoyou,Ifyehavefaith,anddoubtnot,yeshallnotonlydothiswhichisdonetothefig tree,butalso ifyeshallsayuntothismountain,Bethouremoved,andbethoucastintothesea;itshallbedone. (22) Andall things,whatsoeveryeshallaskinprayer,believing,yeshallreceive.
Mark 16:15-18 KJVR And he said unto them, Goyeintoalltheworld,andpreachthegospeltoeverycreature. (16) He that believethandisbaptizedshallbesaved;buthe that believeth notshallbedamned. (17) Andthesesignsshallfollowthemthatbelieve;Inmynameshalltheycast outdevils;theyshallspeakwithnewtongues; (18) They shalltake upserpents;and iftheydrinkanydeadly thing,itshallnothurtthem;theyshalllayhandsonthesick,andtheyshallrecover.
1 Timothy 4:2 KJVR Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Romans 5:1-6 KJVR Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (2) By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. (3) And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; (4) And patience, experience; and experience, hope: (5) And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (6) For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
2 Timothy 2:18-19 KJVR Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. (19) Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Colossians 2:15 KJVR And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Joel 2:23-32 KJVR Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. (24) And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. (25) And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. (26) And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. (27) And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. (28) And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: (29) And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. (30) And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. (31) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. (32) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Revelation 12:9-11 KJVR (9) And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (10) And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (11) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Psalms 37:25 KJVR I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 KJVR (1) Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. (2) And though I have thegiftof prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. (3) And though I bestow all my goods to feed thepoor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. (4) Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, (5) Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; (6) Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; (7) Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (8) Charity never faileth: but whether therebe prophecies, they shall fail; whether therebe tongues, they shall cease; whether therebe knowledge, it shall vanish away. (9) For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. (10) But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. (11) When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (12) For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. (13) And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Matthew 13:13-17 MSG That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it. (14) I don't want Isaiah's forecast repeated all over again: Your ears are open but you don't hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don't see a thing. (15) The people are blockheads! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won't have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won't have to look, so they won't have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them. (16) "But you have God-blessed eyes--eyes that see! And God-blessed ears--ears that hear! (17) A lot of people, prophets and humble believers among them, would have given anything to see what you are seeing, to hear what you are hearing, but never had the chance. 34-35 All Jesus did that day was tell stories--a long storytelling afternoon. (35) His storytelling fulfilled the prophecy: I will open my mouth and tell stories; I will bring out into the open things hidden since the world's first day. :52 He said, "Then you see how every student well-trained in God's kingdom is like the owner of a general store who can put his hands on anything you need, old or new, exactly when you need it."
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 MSG (1) You'll remember, friends, that when I first came to you to let you in on God's master stroke, I didn't try to impress you with polished speeches and the latest philosophy. (2) I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did--Jesus crucified. (3) I was unsure of how to go about this, and felt totally inadequate--I was scared to death, if you want the truth of it-- (4) and so nothing I said could have impressed you or anyone else. But the Message came through anyway. God's Spirit and God's power did it, (5) which made it clear that your life of faith is a response to God's power, not to some fancy mental or emotional footwork by me or anyone else. (6) We, of course, have plenty of wisdom to pass on to you once you get your feet on firm spiritual ground, but it's not popular wisdom, the fashionable wisdom of high-priced experts that will be out-of-date in a year or so. (7) God's wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don't find it lying around on the surface. It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest--what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene. (8) The experts of our day haven't a clue about what this eternal plan is. If they had, they wouldn't have killed the Master of the God-designed life on a cross. (9) That's why we have this Scripture text: No one's ever seen or heard anything like this, Never so much as imagined anything quite like it-- What God has arranged for those who love him. (10) But you've seen and heard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all out into the open before you. The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God, and brings out what God planned all along. (11) Who ever knows what you're thinking and planning except you yourself? The same with God--except that he not only knows what he's thinking, (12) but he lets us in on it. God offers a full report on the gifts of life and salvation that he is giving us. (13) We don't have to rely on the world's guesses and opinions. We didn't learn this by reading books or going to school; we learned it from God, who taught us person-to-person through Jesus, and we're passing it on to you in the same firsthand, personal way. (14) The unspiritual self, just as it is by nature, can't receive the gifts of God's Spirit. There's no capacity for them. They seem like so much silliness. Spirit can be known only by spirit--God's Spirit and our spirits in open communion. (15) Spiritually alive, we have access to everything God's Spirit is doing, and can't be judged by unspiritual critics. (16) Isaiah's question, "Is there anyone around who knows God's Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?" has been answered: Christ knows, and we have Christ's Spirit.
1 Corinthians 1:10-30 MSG (10) I have a serious concern to bring up with you, my friends, using the authority of Jesus, our Master. I'll put it as urgently as I can: You must get along with each other. You must learn to be considerate of one another, cultivating a life in common. (11) I bring this up because some from Chloe's family brought a most disturbing report to my attention--that you're fighting among yourselves! (12) I'll tell you exactly what I was told: You're all picking sides, going around saying, "I'm on Paul's side," or "I'm for Apollos," or "Peter is my man," or "I'm in the Messiah group." (13) I ask you, "Has the Messiah been chopped up in little pieces so we can each have a relic all our own? Was Paul crucified for you? Was a single one of you baptized in Paul's name?" (14) I was not involved with any of your baptisms--except for Crispus and Gaius--and on getting this report, I'm sure glad I wasn't. (15) At least no one can go around saying he was baptized in my name. (16) (Come to think of it, I also baptized Stephanas's family, but as far as I can recall, that's it.) (17) God didn't send me out to collect a following for myself, but to preach the Message of what he has done, collecting a following for him. And he didn't send me to do it with a lot of fancy rhetoric of my own, lest the powerful action at the center--Christ on the Cross--be trivialized into mere words. (18) The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. (19) It's written, I'll turn conventional wisdom on its head, I'll expose so-called experts as crackpots. (20) So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn't God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? (21) Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered dumb--preaching, of all things!--to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation. (22) While Jews clamor for miraculous demonstrations and Greeks go in for philosophical wisdom, (23) we go right on proclaiming Christ, the Crucified. Jews treat this like an anti-miracle--and Greeks pass it off as absurd. (24) But to us who are personally called by God himself--both Jews and Greeks--Christ is God's ultimate miracle and wisdom all wrapped up in one. (25) Human wisdom is so tinny, so impotent, next to the seeming absurdity of God. Human strength can't begin to compete with God's "weakness." (26) Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. (27) Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, (28) chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? (29) That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. (30) Everything that we have--right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start--comes from God by way of Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah 29:11-14 KJVR For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (12) Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. (13) And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (14) And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Matthew 14:25-29 KJVR And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. (26) And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. (27) But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer;it isI;be not afraid. (28) And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. (29) And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Luke 15:11-32 KJVR And he said, Acertainmanhadtwosons: (12) Andtheyoungerofthemsaidtohisfather,Father,givemetheportionofgoodsthatfallethtome.Andhedivideduntothemhisliving. (13) Andnotmanydaysaftertheyoungersongathered all together,andtook his journeyintoafarcountry,andtherewastedhissubstancewithriotousliving. (14) Andwhenhehadspentall,therearoseamightyfamineinthatland;andhebegantobe in want. (15) Andhewentandjoinedhimselftoacitizenofthatcountry;andhesenthimintohisfieldstofeedswine. (16) Andhewould fainhavefilledhisbellywiththehusksthattheswinedideat:andno mangaveuntohim. (17) Andwhenhecametohimself,hesaid,How manyhired servantsofmyfather'shave bread enough and to spare,andIperishwithhunger! (18) I willariseandgotomyfather,andwillsayuntohim,Father,Ihavesinnedagainstheaven,andbeforethee, (19) Andamno moreworthytobecalledthyson:makemeasoneofthyhired servants. (20) Andhearose,andcametohisfather.Butwhenhewas yet a great way off,hisfathersawhim,andhad compassion,andran,andfellonhisneck,andkissedhim. (21) Andthesonsaiduntohim,Father,Ihavesinnedagainstheaven,andin thy sight,andamno moreworthytobecalledthyson. (22) Butthefathersaidtohisservants,Bring forththebestrobe,andput it onhim;andputaringonhishand,andshoesonhisfeet: (23) Andbring hitherthefattedcalf,andkillit;andletuseat,andbe merry: (24) Forthismysonwasdead,andis alive again;hewaslost,andisfound.Andtheybegantobe merry. (25) Nowhiseldersonwasinthefield:andashecameanddrew nightothehouse,heheardmusicanddancing. (26) Andhecalledoneoftheservants,andaskedwhatthese thingsmeant. (27) Andhesaiduntohim,Thybrotheriscome;andthyfatherhathkilledthefattedcalf,becausehehathreceivedhimsafe and sound. (28) Andhewas angry,andwouldnotgo in:thereforecame his father out,andentreatedhim. (29) Andheansweringsaidtohisfather,Lo,these manyyearsdoIservethee,neithertransgressedIat any timethycommandment:andyetthounevergavestmeakid,thatImightmake merrywithmyfriends: (30) Butas soon asthisthysonwascome,which hath devouredthylivingwithharlots,thouhastkilledforhimthefattedcalf. (31) Andhesaiduntohim,Son,thouarteverwithme,andallthat I haveisthine. (32) Itwas meetthatweshouldmake merry,andbe glad:forthisthybrotherwasdead,andis alive again;andwaslost,andisfound.
Hosea 4:6 KJVR My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 KJVR (13) For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Psalms 1:1-6 KJVR Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. (2) But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (3) And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (4) The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. (5) Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. (6) For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Hebrews 13:17 KJVR Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Isaiah 1:19-20 KJVR If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: (20) But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Hebrews 11:6 KJVR But without faith itis impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Matthew 11:28 KJVR Comeuntome,allyethat laborandare heavy laden,andIwillgive you rest.
Ephesians 4:29 KJVR Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.