Prayer is a petition
Prayer is an offering
The Word of God instructs us to pray
many times in many ways for many reasons
Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Prayer combined with watching Ephesians 6:18
Prayer trusting only in God Matthew 6:6
Prayer to let your supplications be known with thanksgiving Philippians 4:6
Jesus told us how to pray: Matthew 6:9-13
Pray in the Holy Spirit Jude 1:20
Pray for our leaders and all who are in authority 1 Timothy 2
Pray and watch to keep from temptation Matthew 26:41
Prayer as a sacrifice Psalm 141:2
Pray with no iniquity in your heart Psalm 66:18
Pray for those who abuse you and persecute you Matthew 5:44
Pray to obtain wisdom from God James 1:5
Pray to obtain grace and mercy from God Hebrews 4:16
Pray and wait upon God who gives strength Isaiah 40:28-31
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem Psalm 122:6
Prayers for healing and affliction and when you are merry James 5:13-18
Prayer combined with Fasting Ezra 8:23
Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7
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
This scripture is a lovely promise.
Read Jeremiah, chapter 29 to find out why the Lord made this promise:
Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me,
and I will hearken unto you. v. 12
This sample scripture is a reminder that we can’t just pick and choose scriptures and make them applicable to us. The Word of God belongs to God.
Jesus reveals to us and opens His word up to us by His Spirit. We receive our precious manna, the bread of Life from His word, the Holy Bible. It is not a buffet from which we demand to gulp down the things of God. It is with reverent fear of the Lord that He supplies what we need and that He communicates to us His will as we fear Him and seek His will with humility.
Additional Information:
Here are some portions of the word prayer from the original Greek and Hebrew and their explanations. I have also included Matthew Poole’s and Pulpit’s commentaries. This information, along with further information, can be found in biblehub.com. From this biblehub webpage, you can also press on the commentary button which will lead you to further commentaries if you would like to read them.
From HELPS word studies:
literally, to interact with the Lord by switching human wishes (ideas) for His wishes as He imparts faith (“divine persuasion“).
By prayer; by petition or appreciation of good to ourselves or others; mercies, or blessings, temporal, spiritual, and eternal. Matthew Poole’s commentary
The two words rendered “prayer” and “supplication” προσευχή and δέησις) occur together also in Ephesians 6:18; 1 Timothy 2:l and Ephesians 5:5. The first has been defined by Chrysostom and others as prayer to obtain a good; the second, prayer to avoid an evil Better, perhaps, as most modern commentators, προσευχή is the general word, covering the idea of prayer in its widest meaning; while δέησις is a special act of supplication for some particular object of need (see Trench, ‘Synonyms of the New Testament,’ sect. 51.). Pulpit’s Commentary.