Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Pray without ceasing,
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
If my people who are called by my name 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 heal their land.
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone 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. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. ...
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...
In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” ...
But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
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