Prayer
practiceCommunion with God — speaking, listening, and abiding in the relationship that sustains every dimension of the spiritual life.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Prayer connects to different paths in Scripture:
Prayer arises from Holy Spirit and Fear, and leads to Peace and Spiritual Warfare.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”Genesis 1:2 →
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”Colossians 3:15 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 19 verses
“The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.”
Read in context →“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.”
Read in context →“To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.”
Read in context →“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.”
Read in context →“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
Read in context →“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
Read in context →“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”
Read in context →“And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
Read in context →“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”
Read in context →“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”
Read in context →“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:”
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