How to pray, what to ask for, and how Scripture describes fellowship with God in prayer.
21 Scripture Passage · Father’s Blessing Bible
Matthew 6:9–13
9 Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name; 10 Your kingdom come; Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven; 11 give us this day our daily bread; 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors; 13 and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [[For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]]
Philippians 4:6–7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God, 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
Matthew 7:7–8
7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you; 8 for everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have already received it, and it will be yours.
Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your room and, shutting the door, pray to your Father, who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer you and tell you great and hidden things that you do not know.
Psalm 145:18
The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.
1 John 5:14–15
14 And this is the confidence that we have toward Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him.
Luke 18:1
He also told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart,
Romans 8:26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for or how to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
Hebrews 4:16
Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help.
Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
2 Chronicles 7:14
and My people, who are called by My name, humble themselves, pray, seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Psalm 66:18–19
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened to me. 19 But God has surely listened; He has heard the voice of my prayer.
Matthew 18:19–20
19 [Truly] I also say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything they ask, whatever they ask will be done for them by My Heavenly Father, 20 for where two or three are gathered in My name, I am there among them.
John 15:7
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
Psalm 55:17
Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud, and He will hear my voice,
Ephesians 6:18
praying at all times in the Spirit with every kind of prayer and petition, staying alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints,
1 Timothy 2:1–2
1 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made for all people, 2 for kings and all those in authority, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and dignity,
