Prayer is the simple, honest speech of a child to a Father who hears. The Bible does not treat it as a ritual for the religious but as the daily breath of everyone who belongs to God. We are invited to ask, to confess, to give thanks, and to bring every care to the throne of grace. These passages teach what prayer is and how to come.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
In the original: δέησις deēsis G1162 — From G1189; a petition: - prayer, request, supplication.
See also: Proverbs 3:5 · 1 Peter 5:7 · Matthew 6:25 · Psalms 55:22
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
In the original: προσεύχομαι proseuchomai G4336 — From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
See also: Revelation 4:11 · Luke 11:1 · Ephesians 4:32 · Hebrews 10:36
16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
In the original: προσεύχομαι proseuchomai G4336 — From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
See also: Ephesians 5:20 · Romans 12:12 · Colossians 4:2 · Philippians 4:6
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? 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: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
In the original: προσεύχομαι proseuchomai G4336 — From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
See also: Jeremiah 29:12 · Proverbs 15:29 · Matthew 21:22 · Psalms 34:15
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
See also: Matthew 21:22 · 1 John 3:22 · John 15:7 · Mark 11:24
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: in: or, concerning 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
In the original: αἴτημα aitēma G155 — From G154; a thing asked or (abstractly) an asking: - petition, request, required.
See also: John 14:13 · Jeremiah 29:12 · Jeremiah 33:3 · 1 John 3:21
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. mighty: or, hidden
See also: Jeremiah 29:12 · Isaiah 65:24 · Ephesians 3:20 · Isaiah 48:6
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
See also: Jeremiah 29:12 · Psalms 34:18 · Deuteronomy 4:7 · John 4:24
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
In the original: προσεύχομαι proseuchomai G4336 — From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
See also: Matthew 21:22 · 1 John 5:14 · 1 John 3:22 · James 1:5
1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
In the original: προσεύχομαι proseuchomai G4336 — From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
See also: Colossians 4:2 · Romans 12:12 · 1 Thessalonians 5:17 · Philippians 4:6
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
In the original: προσεύχομαι proseuchomai G4336 — From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
See also: Matthew 10:20 · Ephesians 6:18 · Galatians 4:6 · John 14:16
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
In the original: προσεύχομαι proseuchomai G4336 — From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
See also: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 · Colossians 4:2 · Philippians 4:6 · 1 Timothy 2:1
41 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
In the original: προσεύχομαι proseuchomai G4336 — From G4314 and G2172; to pray to God, that is, supplicate, worship: - pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
See also: Luke 22:46 · Mark 14:38 · Ephesians 6:18 · Matthew 6:13
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. which...: Heb. upon whom my name is called
In the original: פּלל pâlal H6419 — A primitive root; to judge (officially or mentally); by extension to intercede, pray: - intreat, judge (-ment), (make) pray (-er, -ing), make supplication.
See also: Lamentations 3:40 · Isaiah 55:6 · James 4:9 · Proverbs 28:13