For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

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.

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.

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.

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.

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

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

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.”

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

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.

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

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

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

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

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

Give us today our daily bread.

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

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

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

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.

In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

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.

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.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

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

If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

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.

The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.

This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’

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

So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.