Prayer

And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”

Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.

We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,

In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.