Praying In The Spirit

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. — read the full passage →

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

Pray without ceasing.

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. — read the full passage →

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. — read the full passage →

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. — read the full passage →

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. — read the full passage →

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. — read the full passage →

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — 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 →

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: