IT'S A SIN TO NOT PRAY FOR OTHERS -

1Sam 12:23   Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

Jas 4:17   Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.

ASK & SEEK -

Matthew 7:7-11   "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (8) "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. (9) "Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? (10) "Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? (11) "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

PRAY ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL -

1 John 5:14-15   Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (15) And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

James 4:3   You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend [it] on your pleasures.

GOD HEARS THE PRAYERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS -

1Pet 3:12   For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.

Psalms 91:14-15   "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.

Proverbs 15:8    The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.

John 15:7   "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

1 John 3:22   And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

UNBELIEVER'S PRAYERS ARE NOT ANSWERED -

Proverbs 28:9    One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.

John 9:31   "Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him.

Psalms 66:18   If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.

Proverbs 1:28-29   "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD,

Isaiah 1:15   When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 59:2   But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden [His] face from you, So that He will not hear.

Micah 3:4   Then they will cry to the LORD, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds.

James 1:6-7   But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

BE PERSISTENT -

Luke 18:1-8   Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, (2) saying: "There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. (3) "Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ (4) "And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, (5) ‘yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’" (6) Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. (7) "And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? (8) "I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"

Luke 11:5-8   And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; (6) ‘for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; (7) "and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? (8) "I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

1Thes 5:17   Pray without ceasing.

Luke 18:1    Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,

Ephesians 6:18   praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints

Colossians 4:2    Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;

FERVENT & INTENSE PRAYER -

Jas 5:16   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.

PRAY WITH THANKSGIVING -

Php 4:6   Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

CONFESSION -

1John 1:9   If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Chronicles 7:14-15   "if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer [made] in this place.

Isaiah 58:9   Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I [am].’ " If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

ADORATION -

Daniel 4:34-35   And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom is from generation to generation. (35) All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, "What have You done?"

Psalms 37:4   Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

CONFIDENT EXPECTATION -

Mark 11:24   Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them].

PRAY FOR LEADERS -

1 Timothy 2:1-4   Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, (2) for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. (3) For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, (4) who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES -

Mat 5:44   But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Luke 6:28   Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

Jer 29:7   And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

INTERCESSORY PRAYER -

1Tim 2:1   I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;

John 17:1-26   Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, (2) "as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. (3) "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. (4) "I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. (5) "And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
(6) "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. (7) "Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. (8) "For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.
(9) "I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. (10) "And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.
(11) "Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. (12) "While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. (13) "But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. (14) "I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (15) "I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. (16) "They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
(17) "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. (18) "As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. (19) "And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
(20) "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; (21) "that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. (22) "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: (23) "I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
(24) "Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. (25) "O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. (26) "And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

HAVE A FORGIVING SPIRIT -

Mat 6:14   For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

PRAY FOR THE SICK AND THE POOR -

Jas 5:15   And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Proverbs 21:13    Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor. Will also cry himself and not be heard.

PRAYER OF SUPPLICATION -

Acts 1:14   These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Php 4:6   Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

HONOR YOUR MATE OR PRAYERS ARE
HINDERED -

1Pet 3:7   Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

BREVITY -

Ecclesiastes 5:2   Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God [is] in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.

Matthew 6:7   "And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen [do]. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Matthew 23:14   "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.