Bible verses by topic / Prayer
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
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.
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
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.
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.
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.
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.’
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
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.
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.
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 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.
They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
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.
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
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.”
So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.