Almost Persuaded

‘The angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias:  for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.’—Luke 1:13 ‘Thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest:  for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;‘thou, ch…

‘Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee:  on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.’—2 Kings 20:5

‘The Lᴏʀᴅ said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me:  I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.’—1 Kings 9:3

‘When he was in affliction, he besought the Lᴏʀᴅ his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,‘And prayed unto him:  and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.  Then Manasseh knew that the Lᴏʀᴅ he was God.’—