“During the days of Jesus’s life on earth, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission.” —Hebrews 5.7
“Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.” —Paul, Romans 8:34
“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 with groans that words cannot express.” —Paul, Romans 8.26
“I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone.” —Apostle Paul, 1st Timothy 2.1
“We cannot all argue, but we can all pray. We cannot all be leaders, but we can all be pleaders. We cannot all be mighty in rhetoric, but we can all be prevalent in prayer.” —Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him!” —Jesus, Matthew 7.9-11
How to Pray: Ask with
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“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’” —Jesus, Luke 18.10-12
“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” —Jesus, Luke 18.13-14
How to Pray: Ask according to
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“You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” —James 4.2-3
“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of Him.” —John, 1st John 5.14-15
“Yet not my will, God; but you will be done.” —Jesus, Luke 22.42
How to Pray: Ask in
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“And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.” —Jesus, John 14.13
How to Pray: Ask in
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“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” —Jesus, Mark 11.24
“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because anyone who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not think he will receive anything from the Lord.” —James 1.5-7
“God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us.” —Paul, Ephesians 3.20
“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” —Hebrews 4.16