I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I remember you in my prayers

They should have desired the joy he gives; they should have constantly prayed to him.

Answer me when I pray, O God, my defender! When I was in trouble, you helped me. Be kind to me now and hear my prayer.

he listens to my cry for help and will answer my prayer.

You punished your people, LORD, and in anguish they prayed to you.

When Daniel learned that the order had been signed, he went home. In an upstairs room of his house there were windows that faced toward Jerusalem. There, just as he had always done, he knelt down at the open windows and prayed to God three times a day.

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Kenan,

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.

And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, 'Help me against my opponent!'

yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!' "

Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?

Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man."

They gathered frequently to pray as a group, together with the women and with Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.

We ourselves, then, will give our full time to prayer and the work of preaching."

He was a religious man; he and his whole family worshiped God. He also did much to help the Jewish poor people and was constantly praying to God.

So Peter was kept in jail, but the people of the church were praying earnestly to God for him.

Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times.

Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart.

Be persistent in prayer, and keep alert as you pray, giving thanks to God.

pray at all times,

I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did. I thank him as I remember you always in my prayers night and day.

"Sovereign LORD, may you always look with favor on your people Israel and their king, and hear their prayer whenever they call to you for help.

After Solomon had finished praying to the LORD, he stood up in front of the altar, where he had been kneeling with uplifted hands.

May the LORD our God remember at all times this prayer and these petitions I have made to him. May he always be merciful to the people of Israel and to their king, according to their daily needs.

The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer. I consecrate this Temple which you have built as the place where I shall be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.

He gave Hathach a copy of the proclamation that had been issued in Susa, ordering the destruction of the Jews. Mordecai asked him to take it to Esther, explain the situation to her, and have her go and plead with the king and beg him to have mercy on her people.

I went on praying, confessing my sins and the sins of my people Israel and pleading with the LORD my God to restore his holy Temple.

he fought against an angel and won. He wept and asked for a blessing. And at Bethel God came to our ancestor Jacob and spoke with him.

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people;

In his life on earth Jesus made his prayers and requests with loud cries and tears to God, who could save him from death. Because he was humble and devoted, God heard him.

In union with him you too are being built together with all the others into a place where God lives through his Spirit.

"I will fill the descendants of David and the other people of Jerusalem with the spirit of mercy and the spirit of prayer. They will look at the one whom they stabbed to death, and they will mourn for him like those who mourn for an only child. They will mourn bitterly, like those who have lost their first-born son.

For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, "Father! my Father!"

In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express.

And God, who sees into our hearts, knows what the thought of the Spirit is; because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people and in accordance with his will.

To show that you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who cries out, "Father, my Father."

But you, my friends, keep on building yourselves up on your most sacred faith. Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,

Keep watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come.

And he said to them, "Keep watch, and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man."

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation."

Be persistent in prayer, and keep alert as you pray, giving thanks to God.

The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.

but he stayed behind, alone. Then a man came and wrestled with him until just before daybreak.

The man said, "Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless me," Jacob answered.

The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel."

At this the woman came and fell at his feet. "Help me, sir!" she said.

"That's true, sir," she answered, "but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their masters' table."

And Jesus said to his disciples, "Suppose one of you should go to a friend's house at midnight and say, 'Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

And suppose your friend should answer from inside, 'Don't bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.

And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, 'Help me against my opponent!'

yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!' "

Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?

And pray also for me, that God will give me a message when I am ready to speak, so that I may speak boldly and make known the gospel's secret.

I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I remember you in my prayers

I am less than the least of all God's people; yet God gave me this privilege of taking to the Gentiles the Good News about the infinite riches of Christ,

so that you, together with all God's people, may have the power to understand how broad and long, how high and deep, is Christ's love.

and every time I pray for you all, I pray with joy

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people;

For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all God's people.

For I hear of your love for all of God's people and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus.