Adults and everyone · 10 passages
Prayer
Verses that teach how to pray and invite us to do it.
Matthew 6:9–13 WEB
9Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. 10Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11Give us today our daily bread. 12Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
Philippians 4:6–7 WEB
6In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 WEB
16Always rejoice. 17Pray without ceasing. 18In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Jeremiah 33:3 WEB
3‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
Psalm 145:18 WEB
18The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Matthew 7:7 WEB
7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Read with Matthew 7:9-11: the Father gives good gifts.
James 5:16 WEB
16Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
Romans 12:12 WEB
12rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,
1 John 5:14 WEB
14This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
Confidence in prayer is linked with asking according to God's will.
Psalm 19:14 WEB
14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.