And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.

For I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.

Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.

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

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.

Give us today our daily bread.

Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.’

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.

Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.