The document contains several Bible passages about prayer, devotion to prayer, and the importance of prayer. It highlights that early Christians were devoted to prayer, prayer should be made for all people including those in authority, and that prayer is essential but must be done with the right heart and intentions to be effective and heard by God.

2. 41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that
day there were added about three thousand souls. 42 They were
continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to
fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- Acts 2:41-42 NASB
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3. But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the
number of the men came to be about five thousand.
- Acts 4:4 NASB
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4. Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread
rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:1 NASB
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5. 18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with
this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the
saints, 19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in
the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of
the gospel
- Ephesians 6:18-19 NASB
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6. He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, Even his prayer is
an abomination.
- Proverbs 28:9 NASB
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7. If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
- Psalm 66:18 NASB
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8. 9 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in
themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the
other a tax collector. 11 “The Pharisee stood and was praying this to
himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers,
unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 ‘I fast twice a week;
I pay tithes of all that I get.’ 13 “But the tax collector, standing some
distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but
was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
14“I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other;
for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles
himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 18:9-14 NASB
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9. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we
ask or think, according to the power that works within us.
- Ephesians 3:20 NASB
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10. 20 They brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the
spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began
rolling around and foaming at the mouth. 21 And He asked his father,
“How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From
childhood. 22 “It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the
water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and
help us!” 23 And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If You can?’ All things are
possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the boy’s father cried
out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”
- Mark 9:20-24 NASB
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11. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
- Philippians 4:6 NASB
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12. First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and
thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men.
- 1 Timothy 2:1 NASB
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13. 1 O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
2 Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.
- Psalm 63:1-3 NASB
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14. But Jesus was saying, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what
they are doing."
- Luke 23:34a NASB
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15. "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and
pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is
done in secret will reward you.”
- Matthew 6:6 NASB
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16. In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the
house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.
- Mark 1:35 NASB
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17. 7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this
reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in
the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from
exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that
it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for
you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will
rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may
dwell in me. 10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with
insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s
sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
- 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 NASB
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18. You do not have because you do not ask.
- James 4:2b NASB
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19. "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it
will be opened to you.”
- Matthew 7:7 NASB
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20. 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that the
Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod
and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” 12 And when he
realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who
was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were
praying. 13 When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl
named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she recognized Peter’s
voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and
announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate. 15 They said to
her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so.
They kept saying, “It is his angel.” 16 But Peter continued knocking;
and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.
- Acts 12:11-16 NASB
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21. 1First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and
thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 2for kings and all who are
in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness
and dignity. 3This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior, 4who desires all men to be saved and to come to the
knowledge of the truth.
- 1 Timothy 2:1-4 NASB
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