Pray like Jesus

Pray like Jesus

Matthew 6:6-13

[6]But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.

[7]And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking.

[8]Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

[9]Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your name.

[10]Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

[11]Give us this day our daily bread.

[12]And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted, and let go of the debts, and have given up resentment against) our debtors.

[13]And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Luke 11:1

[1] Then He (Jesus) was praying in a certain place; and when He stopped, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, [just] as John taught his disciples.

Romans 8:14-16

14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” 

16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.

John 3:3-5

3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

1 Peter 1:16 NIV

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

2 Corinthians 1:21‭-‬22 NIV

21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 

22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Galatians 4:6

And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”

Proverbs 4:23 NIV

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

1 Peter 5:8

Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

James 4:7 NIV

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Mark 1:35 NIV

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Luke 6:12 NIV

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

James 5:16b NIV

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Matthew 7:7‭-‬8

7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 

8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Romans 8:26‭-‬27

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.

Ephesians 6:18

Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.