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61 Bible Verses That Talk About Prayer
Prayer, as the Bible teaches us, is about seeking God's favor, crying out to Him, humbling ourselves, and kneeling before the Father. Scripture gives us so many examples of prayer, but I want to share one that's really stuck with me: the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10. He asks for such powerful things: "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Oh, that your hand would be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain!" And God granted his request.
It's so important to keep praying. Prayer has the power to transform and change our lives, even canceling out any curse spoken against us in Jesus' name. Even when people are hoping we'll fail, when we ask Jesus to keep us from harm and give us victory in every situation, He will. The key is to believe in Him, be consistent, strive each day to see His will in our lives, and never give up.
Nothing is impossible for God. He's all-powerful and has the strength to do what we can't. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous person has great power, and for those who believe, all things are possible.
I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
In my distress, I called on the LORD. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Always rejoice. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you.
if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
He said, “I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
This is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
This is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” I said in my haste, “All people are liars.” What will I give to the LORD for all his benefits towards me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the LORD’s name. I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people. Precious in the LORD’s sight is the death of his saints. LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains. I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the LORD’s name. I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise the LORD! Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,
He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men, but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness. Let a woman learn in quietness with full submission. But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience; but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with sobriety. for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.
He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honour him.
Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,