LORD teach us to pray pt 2

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 194 helpful votes  

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

1 Peter 3:12 ESV / 192 helpful votes

 

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Luke 11:1 ESV / 189 helpful votes

 

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”

John 14:13-14 ESV / 187 helpful votes

 

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

John 9:31 ESV / 186 helpful votes

 

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 182 helpful votes

 

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

John 16:23-24 ESV / 179 helpful votes

 

In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Luke 11:9-13 ESV / 177 helpful votes

 

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. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

1 Peter 4:7 ESV / 173 helpful votes

 

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

Psalm 145:18-19 ESV / 168 helpful votes

 

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

Proverbs 28:9 ESV / 167 helpful votes

 

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Psalm 55:17 ESV / 166 helpful votes

 

Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.

Matthew 9:35-38 ESV / 164 helpful votes

 

And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

James 1:5 ESV / 159 helpful votes

 

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Hebrews 5:7 ESV / 157 helpful votes

 

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

James 5:13 ESV / 153 helpful votes

 

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

James 5:14-15 ESV / 148 helpful votes

 

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.

James 5:14 ESV / 144 helpful votes

 

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.

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 140 helpful votes

 

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Luke 21:36 ESV / 140 helpful votes

 

But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 1:37 ESV / 138 helpful votes

 

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Psalm 118:5 ESV / 138 helpful votes

 

Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.

Acts 16:25 ESV / 134 helpful votes

 

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

Psalm 4:1 ESV / 131 helpful votes

 

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

James 1:6-7 ESV / 126 helpful votes

 

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. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

Colossians 1:3 ESV / 123 helpful votes

 

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

Ezra 8:23 ESV / 123 helpful votes

 

So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

1 John 5:16 ESV / 122 helpful votes

 

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.

Romans 8:26-27 ESV / 119 helpful votes

 

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 he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Acts 12:5 ESV / 116 helpful votes

 

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

James 5:16-18 ESV / 106 helpful votes

 

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. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.

Acts 4:31 ESV / 106 helpful votes

 

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

John 14:14 ESV / 106 helpful votes

 

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

1 Corinthians 1:4 ESV / 105 helpful votes

 

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 96 helpful votes

 

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

James 5:13-14 ESV / 94 helpful votes

 

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.

Psalm 122:6 ESV / 92 helpful votes

 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!

1 Samuel 12:23 ESV / 91 helpful votes

 

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Proverbs 15:8 ESV / 90 helpful votes

 

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

Matthew 21:21-22 ESV / 88 helpful votes

 

And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Jude 1:20 ESV / 87 helpful votes

 

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,