Category Archives: Prayer FAQ

• 2 Peter 3.9 (NIV):

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

• Mark 11.25 (NIV):

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive your sins.

• Luke 18.10-14 (NIV):

Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 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 everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

• 1 Peter 3.7 (NLT):

In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.

• Psalm 139.4 (NIV):

Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O LORD.

• Luke 22.31-32 (NIV): (this is spoken by Jesus)

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

• John 17.20 (NIV)- Jesus Prays for All Believers:

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

• Romans 8.26-27 (NIV):

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. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.

• Matthew 17.20-21 (NIV):

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

• Matthew 21.22 (NIV):

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

• Mark 11.24 (NIV):

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

• Luke 11.9-13 (NIV):

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 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 the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

• Acts 9.40 (NIV):

Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

• Acts 16.22-26 (NIV):

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose.

• Philippians 1.19 (NIV):

Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.

• Philippians 4.6-7 (NIV):

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

• James 5.17-18 (NIV):

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.

• Matthew 26.41 (NIV):

Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.

• Luke 22.40 (NIV):

On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

• Acts 7.59 (NIV):

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

• Romans 12.12 (NIV):

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

• Colossians 4.2 (NIV):

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

• 1 Timothy 2.8 (NIV):

I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.

• James 5.13-16 (NIV):

Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.