Pray Without Ceasing

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. — read the full passage →

Pray without ceasing.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

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:

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

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.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

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.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.

Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; neither his ear heavy, that it can’t hear: — read the full passage →

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Let us 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.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them? — read the full passage →

When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

Rejoice always.

I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

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. — read the full passage →

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow!” God granted him that which he requested.

But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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.

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. — read the full passage →

Don’t despise prophesies.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, — read the full passage →

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

Brothers, pray for us.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Don’t quench the Spirit.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Give us today our daily bread.

Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to 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 as you abound in everything, in faith, utterance, knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that you also abound in this grace.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. ’

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants: — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Don’t let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

As the livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of Yahweh caused them to rest; so you led your people, to make yourself a glorious name. — read the full passage →

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: — read the full passage →

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying, — read the full passage →