Answer Key

Answers to the Prayer Quiz follow.

1.        It is wrong to repeat a prayer, thinking God will answer because of the length of time spent praying.
True. Matt. 6:7.

2.        Some prayers should be repeated if they are not answered immediately.
True. Luke 18:1-8.

3.        Giving up on seeking God for something is losing heart.
True. Luke 18:1.

4.        God hates the prayers of those who refuse to obey his law.
True. Prov. 15:8; 28:9.

5.        God sometimes answers prayer that is without faith.
False. James 1:1-8.

6.        Those who are weak in faith will sometimes receive what they ask for in prayer.
True. Mark 9:22-25; Luke 8:25.

7.        When we pray, we should believe God will give us the things we ask him for.
True. Mark 11:24.

8.        Our prayers can change God's mind.
False. Numbers 23:19; James 1:17.

9.        God used his foreknowledge of what we would ask to decide what to foreordain for our lives.
False. Romans 9:10-12.

10.   Whether or not we pray affects what God will do. In other words, prayer changes things outside of ourselves.
True. James 4:2; 5:14-18.

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