Theme
Prayer
How to talk to God when you don't know what to say
Verse 1
“Pray without ceasing.”
I Thessalonians 5:17 · KJV
The shortest and deepest instruction on prayer: pray without ceasing.
Verse 2
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”
Matthew 7:7 · KJV
Jesus promises that those who ask, seek, and knock will receive, find, and be welcomed.
Verse 3
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Jeremiah 33:3 · KJV
God invites us to call to Him with the promise of great and unsearchable answers.
Verse 4
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Philippians 4:6 · KJV
Replaces anxiety with prayer and petition offered with thanksgiving.
Verse 5
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
James 5:16 · KJV
Affirms that the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Verse 6
“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”
Matthew 6:6 · KJV
Jesus teaches private, honest prayer to a Father who sees what is done in secret.
Verse 7
“The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.”
Psalms 145:18 · KJV
Promises that God is near to all who call on Him in truth.
Verse 8
“And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;”
Luke 18:1 · KJV
Jesus tells a parable to show that we should always pray and not give up.
Verse 9
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
John 14:13 · KJV
Assures that whatever we ask in Jesus' name He will do, bringing glory to the Father.
Verse 10
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
Romans 12:12 · KJV
Links joyful hope with patient endurance and faithful devotion to prayer.