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Teaching About Prayer. “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
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The Lord’s Prayer. “This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
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The Answer to Prayers. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
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And he said to them, “It is written: ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
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Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.” The Authority of Jesus Questioned.
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He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will.”
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He said to them, “This kind can only come out through prayer.”
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Then he taught them saying, “Is it not written: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples’? But you have made it a den of thieves.”
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Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.
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They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy prayers. They will receive a very severe condemnation.” The Poor Widow’s Contribution.
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But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John.
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and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.
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And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.”
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In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.
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Chapter 11
The Lord’s Prayer. He was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
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and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.” Further Teachings on Prayer.
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I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence. The Answer to Prayer.
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The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector.
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saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.’”
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They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext, recite lengthy prayers. They will receive a very severe condemnation.”
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When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief.
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Chapter 17
The Prayer of Jesus. When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you,
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All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
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They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.
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Chapter 3
Cure of a Crippled Beggar. Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer.
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Prayer of the Community. After their release they went back to their own people and reported what the chief priests and elders had told them.
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whereas we shall devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
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He looked intently at him and, seized with fear, said, “What is it, sir?” He said to him, “Your prayers and almsgiving have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
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Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, three o’clock in the afternoon, I was at prayer in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling robes stood before me and said,
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‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your almsgiving remembered before God.
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“I was at prayer in the city of Joppa when in a trance I had a vision, something resembling a large sheet coming down, lowered from the sky by its four corners, and it came to me.
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Peter thus was being kept in prison, but prayer by the church was fervently being made to God on his behalf.
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When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is called Mark, where there were many people gathered in prayer.
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Then, completing their fasting and prayer, they laid hands on them and sent them off.
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They appointed presbyters for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith.
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On the sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river where we thought there would be a place of prayer. We sat and spoke with the women who had gathered there.
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Imprisonment at Philippi. As we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl with an oracular spirit, who used to bring a large profit to her owners through her fortune-telling.
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always asking in my prayers that somehow by God’s will I may at last find my way clear to come to you.
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Chapter 10
Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on their behalf is for salvation.
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Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer.
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Paul’s Plans; Need for Prayers. That is why I have so often been prevented from coming to you.
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I urge you, [brothers,] by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in the struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,
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Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, to be free for prayer, but then return to one another, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
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[For] if I pray in a tongue, my spirit is at prayer but my mind is unproductive.
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as you help us with prayer, so that thanks may be given by many on our behalf for the gift granted us through the prayers of many.
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while in prayer on your behalf they long for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
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do not cease giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
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So I ask you not to lose heart over my afflictions for you; this is your glory. Prayer for the Readers.
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Constant Prayer. With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones
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praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you,
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And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception,
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for I know that this will result in deliverance for me through your prayers and support from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
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Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.
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and who also told us of your love in the Spirit. Prayer for Continued Progress.
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Prayer and Apostolic Spirit. Persevere in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;
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Epaphras sends you greetings; he is one of you, a slave of Christ [Jesus], always striving for you in his prayers so that you may be perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
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Thanksgiving for Their Faith. We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly
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Concluding Thanksgiving and Prayer. What thanksgiving, then, can we render to God for you, for all the joy we feel on your account before our God?
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Concluding Prayer. May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Prayer. To this end, we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith,
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III. Concluding Exhortations
Chapter 3
Request for Prayers. Finally, brothers, pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may speed forward and be glorified, as it did among you,
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III. Problems of Discipline
Chapter 2
Prayer and Conduct. First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone,
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for it is made holy by the invocation of God in prayer.
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The real widow, who is all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
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Thanksgiving. I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.
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Thanksgiving. I give thanks to my God always, remembering you in my prayers,
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At the same time prepare a guest room for me, for I hope to be granted to you through your prayers.
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In the days when he was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
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I especially ask for your prayers that I may be restored to you very soon.
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IV. The Power of Prayer
Anointing of the Sick. Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praise.
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and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.
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Confession and Intercession. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.
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Likewise, you husbands should live with your wives in understanding, showing honor to the weaker female sex, since we are joint heirs of the gift of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. Christian Conduct.
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For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears turned to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against evildoers.” Christian Suffering.
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The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober for prayers.
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IV. Epilogue
Prayer for Sinners. I write these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
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When he took it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones.
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The Gold Censer. Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a gold censer. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne.
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The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.