Notes on Prayer

What is Prayer

Philippians 4:6
I Timothy 2:1-3

Supplication (a request regarding a need)

John 16:24
II Corinthians 1:11
James 4:2

Prayer (to praise or worship)

I Samuel 2:1-10
Psalm 66:19-20

Intercession (to request a change)

Ephesians 3:12
James 4:8-10
James 5:16

Thanksgiving (gratitude)

I Thessalonians 5:18

How to Pray

II Kings 4:32-35
Ecclesiastes 5:7
Matthew 6:5-13
Matthew 14:23
Mark 11:22-24
Luke 11:1-13
Luke 18:1-11
John 16:19-24
Ephesians 6:18
I Thessalonians 5:17
James 1:5-8
I John 5:14-15

To Whom Should We Pray?

Isaiah 57:15
Isaiah 66:1-2
Matthew 6:9
John 20:17
Hebrews 7:25
Romans 8:26-27

How Often to Pray

Philippians 4:6
I Thessalonians 5:17
James 5:13-18

Length of Prayers

Matthew 6:5-8
Matthew 23:14

Requirements for Prayer

I Kings 18:19-39
Psalm 66:18
Proverbs 1:24-31
Proverbs 21:13
Isaiah 66:2
Mark 11:25
James 4:1-3
James 5:16
I John 3:22

Positions in Which to Pray

Genesis 24:26
Numbers 16:22
I Kings 8:22-23
I Chronicles 21:16-17
Joshua 5:14
Psalm 28:2
Psalm 95:6
Lamentations 2:19
Matthew 26:39
Mark 11:25
Luke 18:10-14
Luke 22:41
John 17:1
Acts 9:40
Acts 20:36
Ephesians 3:14
I Timothy 2:8

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