The Importance Of Prayer

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.

pray without ceasing;

with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

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

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Rejoice always; — read the full passage →

These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee: — read the full passage →

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

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

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

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

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

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 will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

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

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: — read the full passage →

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →

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

And when ye pray, ye 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 of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. — read the full passage →

and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

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

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.

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

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

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

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

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

O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. — read the full passage →

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Is any among you sick? 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: — read the full passage →

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers — read the full passage →

I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my tongue.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.

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

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

and saith unto them, Go your way into the village that is over against you: and straightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him.

Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

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

beholding your chaste behaviorcoupledwith fear.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent? — read the full passage →

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, — read the full passage →

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem),

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;