Exemplos de oração na Bíblia que mudaram histórias

10 Hannah was very distressed, and she cried very sorrowfully as she prayed to Yahweh. 11 She made a vow saying, "O Almighty Commander of the armies of angels, if you will look at me and see how miserable I am, and think about me and allow me to give birth to a son, then I will dedicate him to you to serve you for the rest of his life. And to show that he is dedicated to you, ◄no one will ever be allowed to cut his hair/his hair will never be cut►."

12 As she was praying like that to Yahweh, Eli the priest saw Hannah’s lips moving as she was praying. 13 But Hannah was only praying silently; she was not making any sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk. 14 He said to her, "How long will you continue to get drunk [RHQ]? ◄Throw away your wine/Quit drinking wine►!"

15 Hannah replied, "Sir, I am not drunk! I have not been drinking wine or any other alcoholic drink. I feel very distressed and I have been telling Yahweh about how I feel. 16 Do not think that I am a worthless/wicked woman! I have been praying like this because I am very distressed [DOU]."

17 Eli replied, "I wish/desire that things will go well for you. I desire that God, the one we Israeli people worship, will give you what you requested from him."

18 She replied, "I want you to think highly/well about me." Then she returned to her family and after she ate something, her face no longer looked sad.

19 Early the next morning, Elkanah and his family got up and worshiped Yahweh again, and then they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah ◄slept with/had sex with► Hannah. Then Yahweh answered her prayer, 20 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, which sounds like the words in the Hebrew language that mean ‘heard by God’, because she said "Yahweh heard me when I requested from him a son."

Elijah prayed for rain

41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go and get something to eat and drink. But do it quickly, because it is soon going to rain very hard!" 42 So Ahab and his men left to prepare a big meal. But Elijah went back up to the top of Carmel Mountain and prayed.

43 Then he said to his servant, "Go and look out toward the sea, to see if there are any rain clouds." So his servant went and looked, and came back and said, "I do not see anything." This happened six times. 44 But when the servant went the seventh time, he came back and said, "I saw a very small cloud above the sea. As I extend my arm, the cloud is about the size of my hand/fist."

Then Elijah shouted to him, "Go and tell King Ahab to get his chariot ready and go home immediately! If he does not do that, the rain will stop him!" 45 Very soon the sky was full of black clouds. There was a strong wind, and then it began to rain very hard. Ahab got into his chariot and started to return to Jezreel city.

While the disciples slept, Jesus prayed that God would spare him from the coming suffering.

36 Then Jesus went with us to a place that is called {that people call} Gethsemane. There he said to most of us, "Stay here while I go over there and pray." 37 He took Peter, James, and John with him. He became extremely distressed. 38 Then he said to them, "I [SYN] am very sorrowful, so much so that I feel as if I were about to die! Remain here and stay awake with me!" 39 After going a little further, he threw himself face down on the ground. He prayed, "My Father, if it is possible [MTY], do not make me have to endure the suffering that is coming now. But do not do as I want. Instead, do as you want!" 40 Then he returned to the three disciples and saw that they were sleeping. He woke Peter and said to him, "◄I am disappointed that you men fell asleep and were not able to stay awake with me for just a short time!/Why were you men not able to stay awake with me for just one hour?► [RHQ] 41 You must keep alert and pray so that you can resist when you are tempted {something tempts you}. You want to do what I tell you, but you [SYN] are not strong enough to actually do it."

42 He went away a second time. He prayed, "My Father, if it is necessary for me to suffer [LIT], may what you want happen!"

43 When he returned to the three disciples, he saw that they were asleep again. They could not keep their eyes open [IDM]. 44 So he left them and went away again. He prayed the third time, saying the same thing that he had prayed before. 45 Then he returned to us disciples. He woke us up and said to us, "◄I am disappointed that you are still sleeping and resting!/Why are you still sleeping and resting?► [RHQ] Look Someone is about to enable sinful men to seize me, the one who came from heaven! 46 Get up! Let’s go to meet them Here comes the one who is enabling them to seize me!"