And he looked at him intently and became terrified, and said, “What is it, lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and charitable gifts have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

and he *said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your charitable gifts have been remembered before God.

So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made to God intensely by the church.

And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were thinking that there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.

It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave woman who had a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling.

always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you.

The Word of Faith Brings Salvation

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

if you also join in helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by many persons in our behalf for the favor granted to us through the prayers of many.

while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;

With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be alert with all perseverance and every request for all the saints,

always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,

for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;

Epaphras, who is one of your own, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

We always give thanks to God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers;

Request for Prayer

Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it was also with you;

A Call to Prayer

First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people,

for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.

Now she who is actually a widow and has been left alone has set her hope on God, and she continues in requests and prayers night and day.

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,