Online Preliminary Conference Orders. O Lord, please hear my prayer!Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. What have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? Now what is your petition? Israel instead demanded a king who would judge them, go before them, and fight their battles (1 Samuel ). Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your eyes, O King, and if it please the king, give me my life, and give my people their lives. In the words of King Jesus there is power to save you, to renew you, to pardon you, to preserve you, to sanctify you, and to perfect you. Hezekiah is reasoning with the Lord in prayer at a very profound level. He is really saying to the Lord, "You are the giver of life.