Be anxiousfor nothing,but in everythingby prayerand supplicationwith thanksgivinglet your requestsbe made knownto God.
"Yet haveregardto the prayerof Your servantand to his supplication,O LORDmy God,to listento the cryand to the prayerwhichYour servantpraysbeforeYou today;
But KingHezekiahand Isaiahthe prophet,the sonof Amoz,prayedaboutthisand criedout to heaven.
O Lord,openmy lips,That my mouthmay declareYour praise.
Eveningand morningand at noon,I will complainand murmur,And He will hearmy voice.
Castyour burdenupon the LORDand He will sustainyou; He will neverallowthe righteousto be shaken.
Trustin Him at alltimes,O people;Pourout your heartbeforeHim; Godis a refugefor us. Selah.
The sacrificeof the wickedis an abominationto the LORD,But the prayerof the uprightis His delight.
Commityour worksto the LORDAnd your planswill be established.
"O my dove,in the cleftsof the rock,In the secretplaceof the steeppathway,Let me seeyour form,Let me hearyour voice;For your voiceis sweet,And your formis lovely."
"AfterI had giventhe deedof purchaseto Baruchthe sonof Neriah,then I prayedto the LORD,saying,
Callto Me and I will answeryou, and I will tellyou greatand mightythings,which you do not know.'
Shadrach,Meshachand Abed-negorepliedto the king,"O Nebuchadnezzar,we do not needto giveyou an answerconcerningthismatter.
Now whenDanielknewthat the documentwas signed,he enteredhis house(now in his roofchamberhe had windowsopentowardJerusalem);and he continued kneelingon his kneesthreetimesa day,prayingand givingthanksbeforehis God,as he had been doingpreviously.
"But whenthey handyou over, do not worryabout howorwhatyou are to say;for it will be givenyou in that hourwhatyou are to say.
"And the one on whom seed was sownamongthe thorns,thisis the man who hearsthe word,and the worryof the worldand the deceitfulnessof wealthchokethe word,and it becomesunfruitful.
"Sodo not worryabouttomorrow;for tomorrowwill carefor itself.Each dayhas enoughtroubleof its own.
"Sodo not be likethem; for your Fatherknowswhatyou needbeforeyou askHim.
But the Lordansweredand saidto her, "Martha,Martha,you are worriedand botheredaboutso many things;
And He saidto His disciples,"For thisreasonI sayto you, do not worryabout[your] life,[as to] whatyou will eat;norfor your body,[as to] whatyou will puton.
"And do not seekwhatyou will eatand whatyou will drink,and do not keep worrying.
NowHe was tellingthem a parableto show that at all timesthey oughtto prayand not to lose heart,
now,will not Godbring aboutjusticefor His electwho cryto Him dayand night,and will He delay longoverthem?
Were you calledwhile a slave?Do not worryabout it; but ifyou are ablealsoto becomefree,ratherdothat.
But I wantyou to be free from concern.One who is unmarriedis concernedabout the things of the Lord,howhe may pleasethe Lord;
you alsojoining in helpingus through your prayers,sothat thanks may be givenby manypersonson our behalffor the favorbestowedon us through[the prayers] [of] many.
alwaysgiving thanksfor all thingsin the nameof our LordJesusChristto God,eventhe Father;
With allprayerand petitionprayat alltimesin the Spirit,and with thisin view,be on the alertwith allperseveranceand petitionfor allthe saints,
Let the peaceof Christrulein your hearts,to whichindeedyou were calledin onebody;and be thankful.
Whateveryou doin wordordeed,[do] allin the nameof the LordJesus,giving thanksthroughHim to Godthe Father.
Devote yourselvesto prayer,keeping alertin it with [an attitude of] thanksgiving;
Firstof all,then,I urgethat entreaties[and] prayers,petitions[and] thanksgivings,be madeon behalfof allmen,
Nowshe who is a widowindeedand who has been left alone,has fixed her hopeon Godand continuesin entreatiesand prayersnightand day.
The endof all thingsis near;therefore,be of sound judgmentand sober[spirit] for the purpose of prayer.
castingallyour anxietyon Him, becauseHe caresfor you.
But Hannahreplied,"No,my lord,I am a womanoppressedin spirit;I have drunkneitherwinenorstrongdrink,but I have pouredout my soulbeforethe LORD.
Moreover Davidwas greatlydistressedbecausethe peoplespokeof stoninghim, for allthe peoplewere embittered,eachonebecauseof his sonsand his daughters.But Davidstrengthenedhimself in the LORDhis God.
Then Samueltooka stoneand setit betweenMizpahand Shen,and namedit Ebenezer,saying,"Thusfarthe LORDhas helpedus."
