Quotes About Prayer

But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.

And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by Godís will I may succeed in coming to you.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Brothers, my heartís desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.

for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?