Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
Pray without ceasing.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance i
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand b
But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with t
rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through H
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?