Public Prayer

“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. — read the full passage →

“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 →

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.

“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.

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

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

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

“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. — read the full passage →

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

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.

Pray without ceasing.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

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

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

After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

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

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.

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

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

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

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

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

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.

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.

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

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

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

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

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

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

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:

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

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

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

“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.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

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.

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.

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

But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,

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

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

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.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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 →

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.

Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; — read the full passage →

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

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

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Give us today our daily bread.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,

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

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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

“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. — read the full passage →

“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, 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.

Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

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.”

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

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 →

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

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

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.

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →