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Prayer

Prayer is direct communication with God through Jesus Christ, the central practice of Christian life where believers bring their requests, thanksgivings, and worship before the throne of grace.

Overview

Prayer is the believer's privilege and responsibility to speak directly to God the Father through Christ. Jesus taught His disciples to pray with faith, persistence, and alignment with God's will. Prayer encompasses petition, intercession, thanksgiving, and worship, and God promises to hear and answer those who come to Him in faith through Christ.

Key Scriptures

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7, ESV). "If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it" (John 14:14, ESV). "And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us" (1 John 5:14, ESV).

Application

Establish a consistent prayer life, bringing your genuine needs and concerns before God with confidence in His willingness and ability to answer according to His perfect will.

Scripture References 40
Matthew 6:9 Matthew 6:10 Matthew 6:11 Matthew 6:12 Matthew 6:13 Luke 11:2 Luke 11:3 Luke 11:4 John 14:13 John 14:14 John 15:16 John 16:23 John 16:24 Acts 9:11 Psalms 22:1 Psalms 22:2 Psalms 40:1 Psalms 80:4 Psalms 88:14 Jeremiah 42:7 Habakkuk 1:2 Luke 18:7 Exodus 33:17 Exodus 33:18 Exodus 33:19 Exodus 33:20 Deuteronomy 4:29 Deuteronomy 4:30 Deuteronomy 4:31 2 Chronicles 7:13 2 Chronicles 7:14 2 Chronicles 7:15 Job 8:5 Job 8:6 Psalms 37:4 Psalms 37:5 Psalms 50:14 Psalms 50:15 Psalms 55:16 Psalms 55:17
Full Topical Reference List 614 total — Nave's Topical Bible

»Lord's Prayer«

Luke 11:2 Luke 11:3 Luke 11:4 Matthew 6:9 Matthew 6:10 Matthew 6:11 Matthew 6:12 Matthew 6:13

Acceptable through Christ

John 14:13 John 14:14 John 15:16 John 16:23 John 16:24

An evidence of conversion

Acts 9:11

Answer to prayer, delayed

Habakkuk 1:2 Jeremiah 42:7 Luke 18:7 Psalms 22:1 Psalms 22:2 Psalms 40:1 Psalms 80:4 Psalms 88:14

Answer to prayer, promised

2 Chronicles 7:13 2 Chronicles 7:14 2 Chronicles 7:15 Amos 5:4 Amos 5:5 Amos 5:6 Deuteronomy 4:29 Deuteronomy 4:30 Deuteronomy 4:31 Exodus 33:17 Exodus 33:18 Exodus 33:19 Exodus 33:20 Jeremiah 29:12 Jeremiah 29:13 Job 8:5 Job 8:6 Joel 2:18 Joel 2:19 Matthew 6:5 Matthew 6:6 Matthew 6:7 Matthew 6:8 Matthew 6:9 Matthew 6:10 Matthew 6:11 Matthew 6:12 Matthew 6:13 Matthew 7:7 Matthew 7:8 Matthew 7:9 Matthew 7:10 Matthew 7:11 Matthew 18:19 Matthew 18:20 Psalms 37:4 Psalms 37:5 Psalms 50:14 Psalms 50:15 Psalms 55:16 Psalms 55:17 Psalms 86:5 Psalms 86:6 Psalms 86:7 Psalms 102:17 Psalms 102:18 Psalms 102:19 Psalms 102:20 Psalms 145:18 Psalms 145:19

Answered

2 Corinthians 12:8 2 Corinthians 12:9 James 5:17 James 5:18 Job 34:28 Jonah 2:1 Jonah 2:2 Lamentations 3:57 Lamentations 3:58 Luke 23:42 Luke 23:43 Psalms 3:4 Psalms 4:1 Psalms 6:8 Psalms 6:9 Psalms 18:6 Psalms 21:2 Psalms 21:4 Psalms 22:4 Psalms 22:5 Psalms 22:24 Psalms 28:6 Psalms 30:2 Psalms 30:3 Psalms 31:22 Psalms 34:4 Psalms 34:5 Psalms 34:6 Psalms 40:1 Psalms 66:19 Psalms 66:20 Psalms 77:1 Psalms 77:2 Psalms 81:7 Psalms 99:6 Psalms 99:7 Psalms 99:8 Psalms 106:44 Psalms 107:6 Psalms 107:7 Psalms 107:13 Psalms 107:14 Psalms 107:15 Psalms 107:16 Psalms 107:17 Psalms 107:18 Psalms 107:19 Psalms 107:20 Psalms 116:1 Psalms 116:2

As the Spirit of adoptions, leads to

Galatians 4:6 Romans 8:15

Ascends to heaven

2 Chronicles 30:27 Revelation 5:8

Avoid hindrances in

1 Peter 3:7

Beseeching the Lord

Exodus 32:11

Bowing down

Psalms 95:6

Bowing the knees

Ephesians 3:14

By Hezekiah

2 Kings 20:2

By Jacob

Genesis 35:3

Calling upon the name of the Lord

Acts 22:16 Genesis 12:8 Psalms 116:4

Commanded

Isaiah 55:6 Matthew 7:7 Philippians 4:6

Confession

Daniel 9:4 Daniel 9:5 Daniel 9:6 Daniel 9:7 Daniel 9:8 Daniel 9:9 Daniel 9:10 Daniel 9:11 Nehemiah 1:4 Nehemiah 1:7

Confession in prayer

1 Kings 8:47 1 Samuel 12:10 Daniel 9:5 Daniel 9:6 Daniel 9:7 Daniel 9:8 Daniel 9:9 Daniel 9:10 Daniel 9:11 Daniel 9:12 Daniel 9:13 Daniel 9:14 Daniel 9:15 Ezra 9:6 Ezra 9:15 Isaiah 59:12 Isaiah 59:13 Job 7:20 Job 40:4 Job 40:5 Judges 10:10 Judges 10:15 Leviticus 5:5 Leviticus 26:40 Nehemiah 1:6 Nehemiah 1:7 Nehemiah 9:2 Nehemiah 9:33 Nehemiah 9:34 Nehemiah 9:35 Numbers 5:5 Numbers 5:6 Numbers 5:7 Psalms 31:10 Psalms 32:3 Psalms 32:5 Psalms 38:4 Psalms 38:5 Psalms 38:6 Psalms 38:7 Psalms 38:8 Psalms 38:10 Psalms 38:18 Psalms 40:12 Psalms 51:3 Psalms 51:4 Psalms 69:5 Psalms 106:6 Psalms 106:7 Psalms 119:176

Continue instant in

Romans 12:12

Covenant of God

Jeremiah 14:21

Crying to God

Psalms 27:7 Psalms 34:6

Crying to heaven

2 Chronicles 32:20

Drawing near to God

Hebrews 10:22 Psalms 73:28

Everywhere

1 Timothy 2:8

Evils averted by praying

Jeremiah 26:19

Experience of past mercies an incentive to

Psalms 4:1 Psalms 112:2

Faint not in

Luke 18:1

Faithfulness of God

Psalms 143:1

Falling on the face

1 Chronicles 21:16 Joshua 5:14 Matthew 26:39 Numbers 16:22

Fasting

Acts 13:3 Daniel 9:3 Nehemiah 1:4

For mercy and grace to help in time of need

Hebrews 4:16

For spiritual blessings

Matthew 6:33

For temporal blessings

Genesis 28:20 Matthew 6:11 Proverbs 30:8

God answers

Isaiah 58:9 Psalms 99:6

God hears

Psalms 10:17 Psalms 65:2

Helps our infirmities in

Romans 8:26

Importunity in prayer

1 Kings 8:22 1 Kings 8:23 1 Kings 8:24 1 Kings 8:25 1 Kings 8:26 1 Kings 8:27 1 Kings 8:28 1 Kings 8:29 1 Kings 8:30 1 Samuel 1:10 1 Samuel 1:11 Ezra 9:5 Ezra 9:6 Genesis 18:23 Genesis 18:24 Genesis 18:25 Genesis 18:26 Genesis 18:27 Genesis 18:28 Genesis 18:29 Genesis 18:30 Genesis 18:31 Genesis 18:32 Genesis 32:24 Genesis 32:25 Genesis 32:26 Genesis 32:27 Genesis 32:28 Genesis 32:29 Judges 6:36 Judges 6:37 Judges 6:38 Judges 6:39 Judges 6:40 Nehemiah 1:4 Nehemiah 1:5 Nehemiah 1:6 Psalms 22:1 Psalms 22:2 Psalms 28:1 Psalms 28:2 Psalms 35:22 Psalms 35:23 Psalms 55:1 Psalms 55:2 Psalms 55:16 Psalms 55:17 Psalms 61:1 Psalms 61:2 Psalms 88:1

Imprecatory prayers

2 Samuel 16:10 2 Samuel 16:11 2 Samuel 16:12 Deuteronomy 11:29 Deuteronomy 11:30 Deuteronomy 27:11 Deuteronomy 27:12 Deuteronomy 27:13 Job 3:1 Job 3:2 Job 3:3 Job 3:4 Job 3:5 Job 3:6 Job 3:7 Job 3:8 Job 3:9 Job 3:10 Joshua 8:33 Joshua 8:34 Nehemiah 4:4 Nehemiah 4:5 Numbers 22:6 Numbers 22:7 Numbers 22:8 Numbers 22:9 Numbers 22:10 Numbers 22:11 Numbers 23:7 Numbers 23:8 Numbers 24:9 Numbers 24:10 Psalms 31:17 Psalms 31:18 Psalms 40:14 Psalms 40:15 Psalms 68:1 Psalms 68:2 Psalms 69:23 Psalms 69:24 Psalms 69:27 Psalms 69:28 Psalms 70:2 Psalms 70:3 Psalms 83:13 Psalms 83:14 Psalms 83:15 Psalms 83:16 Psalms 83:17 Psalms 109:9

In a forgiving spirit

Matthew 6:12

In everything

Philippians 4:6

In faith

James 1:6 Matthew 21:22

In full assurance of faith

Hebrews 10:22

In the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 6:18 Jude 1:20

Kneeling

2 Chronicles 6:13 Acts 20:36 Luke 22:41 Psalms 95:6

Lifting up the hands

1 Timothy 2:8 Lamentations 2:19 Psalms 28:2

Lifting up the heart

Lamentations 3:41

Lifting up the soul

Psalms 25:1

Looking up

Psalms 5:3

Making supplication

Jeremiah 36:7 Job 8:5

Mercy of God

Daniel 9:18 Psalms 51:1

Model for

Matthew 6:9 Matthew 6:10 Matthew 6:11 Matthew 6:12 Matthew 6:13

Night and day

1 Timothy 5:5

Of the righteous, avails much

James 5:16

Of the upright, a delight to God

Proverbs 15:8

Ostentation in, forbidden

Matthew 6:5

Pleas offered in prayer

1 Kings 8:25 1 Kings 8:26 1 Kings 8:59 1 Kings 8:60 1 Kings 18:36 1 Kings 18:37 2 Kings 19:15 2 Kings 19:16 2 Kings 19:17 2 Kings 19:18 2 Kings 19:19 2 Samuel 7:25 2 Samuel 7:26 2 Samuel 7:27 2 Samuel 7:28 2 Samuel 7:29 Deuteronomy 3:24 Deuteronomy 3:25 Deuteronomy 9:25 Deuteronomy 9:26 Deuteronomy 9:27 Deuteronomy 9:28 Deuteronomy 9:29 Exodus 32:11 Exodus 32:12 Exodus 32:13 Genesis 32:9 Genesis 32:10 Genesis 32:11 Genesis 32:12 Joshua 7:8 Joshua 7:9 Nehemiah 1:8 Nehemiah 1:9 Numbers 14:13 Numbers 14:14 Numbers 14:15 Numbers 14:16 Numbers 14:17 Numbers 14:18 Psalms 9:19 Psalms 9:20 Psalms 74:10 Psalms 74:11 Psalms 74:20 Psalms 74:21 Psalms 74:22 Psalms 74:23 Psalms 79:10 Psalms 79:11

Pouring out the heart

Psalms 62:8

Pouring out the soul

1 Samuel 1:15

Praise

Psalms 66:17

Prayer test proposed by Elijah

1 Kings 18:24 1 Kings 18:25 1 Kings 18:26 1 Kings 18:27 1 Kings 18:28 1 Kings 18:29 1 Kings 18:30 1 Kings 18:31 1 Kings 18:32 1 Kings 18:33 1 Kings 18:34 1 Kings 18:35 1 Kings 18:36 1 Kings 18:37 1 Kings 18:38 1 Kings 18:39

Prayers of the apostles

Acts 1:24 Acts 1:25

Praying all night

Luke 6:12

Praying daily in the morning

Isaiah 33:2 Psalms 5:3 Psalms 88:13 Psalms 143:8

Praying in a loud voice, satirized by Elijah

1 Kings 18:27

Praying thrice daily

Daniel 6:10 Psalms 55:17

Praying to idols

1 Kings 18:26 1 Kings 18:27 1 Kings 18:28 1 Kings 18:29

Praying twice daily

Psalms 88:1

Praying without ceasing

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Private prayer, enjoined

Matthew 6:6

Profuse prayers, to be avoided

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Matthew 6:7

Promised as a Spirit of

Zechariah 12:10

Promises of God

1 Kings 8:26 Exodus 32:13 Genesis 32:9 Genesis 32:10 Genesis 32:11 Genesis 32:12 Psalms 119:49

Quickening grace necessary to

Psalms 80:18

Repentance

1 Kings 8:33 Jeremiah 36:7

Righteousness of God

Daniel 9:16

Rise early for

Psalms 5:3 Psalms 119:147

Secret prayer

Genesis 24:63 Matthew 6:6

Seek divine teaching for

Luke 11:1

Seeking the face of the Lord

Psalms 27:8

Seeking to God

Job 8:5

Self-abasement

Genesis 18:27

Shortness of time a motive to

1 Peter 4:7

Silent prayer

Psalms 5:1

Spreading forth the hands

Isaiah 1:15

Standing

1 Kings 8:22 Mark 11:25

Suitable in affliction

Isaiah 26:16 James 5:13

Thanksgiving

Colossians 4:2 Philippians 4:6

Thanksgiving before taking food

1 Corinthians 10:30 1 Corinthians 10:31 1 Corinthians 11:24 1 Samuel 9:13 1 Timothy 4:3 1 Timothy 4:4 Acts 27:35 John 6:11 John 6:23 Joshua 9:14 Luke 9:16 Luke 22:19 Mark 6:41 Mark 8:6 Mark 8:7 Mark 14:22 Mark 14:23 Matthew 14:19 Matthew 15:36 Matthew 26:26 Matthew 26:27 Romans 14:6

The promises of Christ encourage to

John 14:13 John 14:14 Luke 11:9 Luke 11:10

The promises of God encourage to

Amos 5:4 Isaiah 65:24 Zechariah 13:9

Through Christ

Ephesians 2:18 Hebrews 10:19

To Christ

Acts 7:59 Luke 23:42

To God

Matthew 4:10 Psalms 5:2

To the Holy Spirit

2 Thessalonians 3:5

Unbelief in prayer

Job 21:15

Unclassified scriptures relating to prayer

1 Chronicles 16:11 1 Chronicles 16:35 1 Thessalonians 5:17 1 Thessalonians 5:18 2 Chronicles 7:14 Ecclesiastes 5:2 Ephesians 3:11 Ephesians 3:12 Ephesians 6:18 Ephesians 6:19 Genesis 32:24 Genesis 32:25 Genesis 32:26 Genesis 32:27 Genesis 32:28 Isaiah 55:6 Luke 11:1 Luke 11:2 Luke 11:3 Luke 11:4 Luke 11:5 Luke 11:6 Luke 11:7 Luke 11:8 Luke 11:9 Luke 11:10 Luke 11:11 Luke 11:12 Luke 11:13 Mark 9:28 Mark 9:29 Matthew 6:5 Matthew 6:6 Matthew 6:7 Matthew 6:8 Matthew 6:9 Matthew 6:10 Matthew 6:11 Matthew 6:12 Matthew 6:13 Matthew 7:7 Matthew 7:8 Nehemiah 4:9 Proverbs 15:8 Psalms 27:8 Psalms 105:3 Psalms 105:4 Psalms 145:18 Revelation 8:3 Revelation 8:4

Vain repetitions in, forbidden

Matthew 6:7

Vain repetitions of prayers, to be avoided

Matthew 6:7

Watchfulness

1 Peter 4:7 Luke 21:36

Weeping

Hosea 12:4 Jeremiah 31:9

Weeping in prayer

Ezra 10:1

With a true heart

Hebrews 10:22

With boldness

Hebrews 4:16

With confidence in God

1 John 5:14 Psalms 56:9 Psalms 86:7

With deliberation

Ecclesiastes 5:2

With desire to be answered

Psalms 27:7 Psalms 102:2 Psalms 108:6 Psalms 143:1

With desire to be heard

Nehemiah 1:6 Psalms 17:1 Psalms 55:1 Psalms 55:2 Psalms 61:1

With earnestness

1 Thessalonians 3:10 James 5:17

With holiness

1 Timothy 2:8

With humility

2 Chronicles 7:14 2 Chronicles 33:12

With importunity

Genesis 32:26 Luke 11:8 Luke 11:9 Luke 18:1 Luke 18:2 Luke 18:3 Luke 18:4 Luke 18:5 Luke 18:6 Luke 18:7

With preparation of heart

Job 11:13

With submission to God

Luke 22:42

With the heart

Jeremiah 29:13 Lamentations 3:41

With the soul

Psalms 42:4

With the spirit and understanding

1 Corinthians 14:15 John 4:22 John 4:23 John 4:24

With the whole heart

Psalms 119:58 Psalms 119:145

With truth

John 4:24 Psalms 145:18

With unfeigned lips

Psalms 17:1

Without ceasing

1 Thessalonians 5:17
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