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How We Should Pray:
"In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it
is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver
us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory
forever. Amen." Matthew 6:9-13
"Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be
found." Psalms 32:6
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites,
for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners
to be seen by men." Matthew 6:5
"But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your
Father, who is unseen." Matthew 6:6
"Then little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands
on them and pray for them. Matthew 19:13"
"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should
always pray and not give up." Luke 18:1
"For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is
unfruitful. So what shall i do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will
also pray with my mind." 1 Corinthians 14:14-15
"Pray continually." 1 Thessalonians
5:17
"Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. 1
Peter 4:7"
"But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith
and pray in the Holy Spirit." Jude 20
You can pray anywhere, in any position. "Elijah stepped forward
and prayed" "He sat down under it (tree) and prayed" "got down on
his knees and prayed" "from inside the fish Jonah prayed" "with his
face to the ground he prayed" "off to solitary places where he
prayed" "knelt down and prayed" "looked toward the heaven and
prayed"
"They all joined together constantly in prayer." Acts
1:14"
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." Romans
12:12
"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." Colossians
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What Should We Pray For:
"As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord
by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and
right." 1 Sam 12:23
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem,
Psalms 122:6
"Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which i have
carried you into exile. pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers,
you too will prosper," Jeramiah 29:7
Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we
should go and what
we should do Jeramiah 42:3
"But I tell you : Love your enemies and pray for
those who persecute you." Matthew 5:44
"Pray for those who mistreat you,"
Luke 6:28
"Pray that you will not fall into temptation"
Luke 22:40
"My prayer is not for them (disciples) alone. I pray also for those
who will believe in me through their message that all of them may be one,
Father, just as you are in me and I am in you." John 17:20-21
"I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order
that you may know the hope to which he has called you.." Eph 1:18
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you
with power through his Spirit in your inner being." Eph 3:16
"Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray... 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"
James 5:13-14
"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always, in every prayer
of mine for you all, making requests with joy" Phill 1:3
"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so
that you may be healed." James 5:16a
"My prayer is not that you take them out of the
world but that you protect them from the evil one," John
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