Prayer

In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,

as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.

As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”

Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.

I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.