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VERSES ABOUT PRAYER
You know, our Heavenly Father wants us to be in constant communication with Him through prayer. It's how we connect with God. Think of prayer as your direct line to Him. It's where you bring every request, every worry, every heartache. It's where you go when things aren't going so well, when you're feeling down, when you're carrying a heavy load.
God already knows everything about us, even before we were born. But He wants us to talk to Him, to seek Him out. Prayer is how you build your friendship, your intimacy, your relationship with God. It's one of the most powerful tools you have as a believer in Jesus. It's your defense in every battle, the key to victory in every struggle.
Remember, the power of prayer doesn't come from you. It comes from Jesus. He's the one who answers prayer and makes the impossible possible. When you pray from the heart, you open yourself up to receive His comfort, His peace, and His love.
Come to God with a humble and contrite heart, and He will never turn you away. Just as Ephesians 6:181 says, "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints".
And don't forget what 1 Thessalonians 5:16-182 tells us: "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." So, give thanks, even in the tough times. And sometimes, just be still in His presence.
You must serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst.
No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!
For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.
You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my promises before the Lord’s loyal followers.
Sing to the Lord a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!
The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear Him, both the small and the great!”
So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you.
I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!
The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)
Then I heard every creature – in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them – singing: “To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!”
But a time is coming – and now is here – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.
God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”
But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the Lord!”
Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true!
He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord!
Now I will triumph over my enemies who surround me! I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! I will sing praises to the Lord!
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
Say this prayer: “Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.”
Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! For you love to do this, you Israelites.” The sovereign Lord is speaking!
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
I will thank the Lord with all my heart! I will tell about all your amazing deeds!
Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.
Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
when they prayed: “Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance.”
The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah)
The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.
Rise up, Lord! Don’t let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!
I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!
to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his presence! Worship the Lord in holy attire!
All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, O Lord. They will honor your name.
Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing!
For God is king of the whole earth! Sing a well-written song!
For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.
for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.
The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news.
Kings leading armies run away – they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot.
When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.
When the sovereign judge scatters kings, let it snow on Zalmon!
The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks.
Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the Lord will live there permanently!
God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor.
You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!
The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)
As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.
Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.
The Lord says, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
so that your feet may stomp in their blood, and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies’ corpses.”
They see your processions, O God – the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor.
Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.
In your large assemblies praise God, the Lord, in the assemblies of Israel!
There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah in their robes, along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.
God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,
as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem! Kings bring tribute to you.
But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly!
Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!
Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;
Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,
so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.
O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!
From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.