What Does The Bible Say? | Prayer
Lack of Importance
Lack of Confidence
Lack of Belief
Prayer is a Command
Romans 12:12
12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
17 pray without ceasing,
Colossians 4:2
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Ephesians 6:18
18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Pray Every Time About Everything
Exodus 33:11
11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
Prayer is Relational NOT Transactional
1 Peter 5:6-7
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Prayer is a Command
Prayer Intervenes
Romans 8:34
34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.[a]
Hebrews 7:25
25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[a] those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
1 Timothy 2:1
25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[a] those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
1 Timothy 2:1-2
2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
Luke 6:28
28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
Ephesians 6:18
18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Romans 8:26
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Colossians 4:3
3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—
“Dignity of Causality is that Both humans and Angels, in God’s Plan, have the Capacity to make things Happen through their Actions, Including PRAYER, Thus Shaping the Course of Events. Dignity of Causality means that God allows humans and Angels to play a Role in the Unfolding of God’s WILL, rather than simply being Puppets of Devine Determinism” - DA CARSON
Matthew 7:7-11
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 the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Prayer is a Command
Prayer Intervenes
Prayer Expresses Faith
Ephesians 3:20
20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,
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.
Prayer is a Command
Prayer Intervenes
Prayer Expresses Faith