NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS
A Topical Reference
by
Steven Greene
Website: https://sabbathreflections.org
Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture is from
the King James Version.
NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS
“In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”—Matthew 6:9-13.
INTRODUCTION
The Bible is a record of many prayers to God by His people. The first mention is in Genesis:
GENESIS 4:25-26 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.” 26 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the LORD.
It might seem strange that prayer was not known before that time. Perhaps God walked among mankind up until then. It is even uncertain whether prayer began with Seth at the birth of his son or with Enos as an adult. In any regard, prayer has been the way that mankind communicates with God and, through prayer, God is able to discern our hearts[1].
CHAPTER 1
New Testament Prayers
The following lists Scriptures by topic of the prayers recorded in the New Testament.
|
ITEM |
PRAY … |
NT SCRIPTURE |
|
1 |
According to the will of God |
1 John 5:14 |
|
2 |
Against temptation |
Matt. 26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 22:40, 46 |
|
3 |
Against wicked spirits (with fasting) |
Matt. 17:21; Mark 9:29; John 17:15 |
|
4 |
Always |
Mark 13:33; Luke 2:37; 5:33; 6:12; 18:1; 21:36; Acts 6:4; 10:2; 12:5; Rom. 12:12; 15:30; Eph. 6:18; Col. 1:3, 9; 4:2, 12; 1 Thess. 1:2; 3:10; 5:17; 2 Thess. 1:11; 1 Tim. 5:5; 2 Tim. 1:3; Phlm. 1:4 |
|
5 |
At a baptism |
Luke 3:21 |
|
6 |
Earnestly |
Luke 22:44; Heb. 5:7; Jas. 5:16-18 |
|
7 |
For agape love |
John 15:12; Eph. 3:14, 18-19; Phil. 1:9; 1 Thess. 1:3; 3:12; 2 Thess. 3:5 |
|
8 |
For all people |
1 Tim. 2:1 |
|
9 |
For children |
Matt. 19:13 |
|
10 |
For Christ to abide in us and us in Him |
John 15:8; Eph. 3:14, 17; 2 Thess. 1:12 |
|
11 |
For comfort |
2 Cor. 1:4-7 |
|
12 |
For courage |
John 16:33 |
|
13 |
For encouragement |
2 Thess. 2:16-17 |
|
14 |
For enemies |
Matt. 5:44; Luke 6:28 |
|
15 |
For faith |
Luke 22:32; John 17:8; 1 Thess. 1:3; 3:10; 2 Thess. 1:11; Jas. 5:15; Jude 1:20 |
|
16 |
For fellowship |
Phil. 1:5; 1 Thess. 3:11 |
|
17 |
For forgiveness and repentance |
Acts 8:22; Jas. 5:15 |
|
18 |
For God to forgive others |
Acts 7:59; 2 Tim. 4:16 |
|
19 |
For God to receive the spirit at death |
Acts 7:59 |
|
20 |
For godliness |
2 Thess. 1:11; 2 Pet. 1:3 |
|
21 |
For grace, joy, mercy, peace, and tranquility |
John 15:11; 16:33; Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3; 16:23; 2 Cor. 13:14; Gal. 1:3, 18; Eph. 1:2; Phil. 1:2; 4:23; Col. 1:2; 1 Thess. 5:28; 2 Thess. 1:2; 3:16, 18; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2:2; 2 Tim. 1:2, 16; 4:22; Titus 1:4; 3:13; Phlm. 1:3, 25; 1 Pet. 1:2; 2 Pet. 1:2; 2 John 1:3 |
|
22 |
For healing |
Acts 4:30; 9:40; 28:8; 2 Cor. 12:8; Jas. 5:14-16 |
|
23 |
For honesty |
Heb. 13:18 |
|
24 |
For hope |
1 Thess. 1:3; 2:16-17 |
|
25 |
For ordinations |
Acts 1:24-25; 6:6; 13:3; 14:23 |
|
26 |
For protection from wicked men and spirits |
John 17:15; 2 Thess. 3:2-3 |
|
27 |
For providing life’s necessities |
Acts 27:35; Rom. 14:6; |
|
28 |
For reconciliation |
Mark 11:25 |
|
29 |
For rulers |
1 Tim. 2:2 |
|
30 |
For signs and wonders |
Acts 4:29 |
|
31 |
For spiritual discernment, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom |
1 Cor. 1:5; 2 Cor. 2:14; Eph. 1:17-18; Col. 1:9; Jas. 1:5; Phil. 1:9; 2 Pet. 1:2 |
|
32 |
For spiritual strength |
1 Cor. 1:8; Eph. 3:14, 16 |
|
33 |
For the ekklesia |
Luke 2:37; John 17:9, 20; Rom. 1:9; 1 Cor. 1:4; 2 Cor. 9:14; Eph. 1:16; 6:18; Phil. 1:3-4; Col. 1:3; 4:2, 12; 1 Thess. 1:2-3; 2 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 1:3; Phlm. 1:4; 1 John 5:16 |
|
34 |
For the gift of eternal life |
2 Cor. 9:15 |
|
35 |
For the Holy Spirit to be given (elders) |
John 14:16; Acts 8:14-17 |
|
36 |
For the ministry |
Rom. 15:30; Phil. 1:19; 1 Thess. 5:25; 2 Thess. 3:1; Heb. 13:18 |
|
37 |
For the preaching of the Word of God |
Acts 4:29; 2 Cor. 1:11; Eph. 6:19; Col. 4:3-4; 2 Thess. 3:1 |
|
38 |
For truth |
John 16:13; 17:17, 19 |
|
39 |
For victory |
2 Cor. 2:14 |
|
40 |
For workers to serve the ekklesia |
Matt. 9:37-38; Luke 10:2 |
|
41 |
In private |
Matt. 6:5-6; 14:23; 26:36; Mark 1:35; 6:46; 14:32; Luke 5:16; 6:12; Acts 10:9 |
|
42 |
In sorrows or trials |
Matt. 26:36-39, 42; Mark 14:32-36; Luke 22:41-44; Acts 16:25; 2 Cor. 1:4-7; Jas. 5:13 |
|
43 |
On the Sabbath |
Acts 16:13 |
|
44 |
That our flight is not on the Sabbath during the Tribulation |
Matt. 24:20; Mark 13:18 |
|
45 |
To be a witness for God |
John 15:27 |
|
46 |
To be called |
John 4:10 |
|
47 |
To be holy and blameless |
1 Thess. 3:13 |
|
48 |
To be one with each other |
John 17:11; Rom. 15:5-6 |
|
49 |
To be one with God the Father and Jesus Christ |
John 17:11, 21-24 |
|
50 |
To be perfected |
John 17:23; 2 Cor. 13:9; 2 Thess. 3:4; 1 Pet. 5:10 |
|
51 |
To be worthy of God’s calling |
2 Thess. 1:11 |
|
52 |
To bear much fruit |
John 15:8; Phil. 1:10 |
|
53 |
To do no evil |
2 Cor. 13:7 |
|
54 |
To endure until the end |
1 Thess. 1:3; 5:23; 2 Thess. 3:5 |
|
55 |
To God in Jesus’ name |
John 14:13-14; 15:16; 16:23-24, 26; Phil. 4:6; Col. 3:17 |
|
56 |
To interpret languages |
1 Cor. 14:13 |
|
57 |
To keep from sin |
Jude 1:24 |
|
58 |
To keep the Commandments |
John 15:10 |
|
59 |
To know God the Father and Jesus Christ |
John 17:3 |
|
60 |
To know the will of God |
Col. 1:9 |
|
61 |
To live in agape love |
John 15:9 |
|
62 |
To not cause offense |
2 Cor. 13:7; Phil. 1:10 |
|
63 |
To praise, honor, and glorify God |
Luke 1:64; 2:14; 17:18; 18:43; 19:37; Acts 12:23; Rom. 4:20; 11:36; 16:27; Heb. 13:15; 1 Cor. 10:31; 2 Cor. 1:20; 4:15; 9:13; Eph. 1:6; 3:21; Phil. 2:11; 4:20; 1 Tim. 1:17; 1 Pet. 4:11; Jude 1:25 |
|
64 |
To save Israel |
Rom. 10:1 |
|
65 |
To see God and Jesus Christ |
Jude 1:24 |
|
66 |
To thank God for healing |
Luke 18:43 |
|
67 |
When fasting |
1 Cor. 7:5 |
|
68 |
With faith |
Matt. 21:22; Mark 11:24; Jas. 1:5 |
|
69 |
With humility |
Luke 18:10-14 |
|
70 |
With others |
Matt. 18:19; Luke 9:18, 28; Acts 1:14; Acts 2:42; 4:31; 12:12; 20:36; 21:5; Rom. 15:30 |
|
71 |
With persistence |
Luke 11:8-13; 18:2-5 |
|
72 |
With sincerity |
Matt. 6:7-8; 23:14; Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47; Heb. 5:7; 1 Pet. 4:7 |
|
73 |
With thanksgiving |
Acts 27:35; Rom. 14:6; 1 Cor. 15:57; 2 Cor. 1:11; 2:14; 4:15; 8:16; 9:11-12; Eph. 1:16; 5:20; Col. 4:2; Phil. 4:6; Col. 1:3; 3:17; 4:2; 1 Thess. 5:17-18; 2:13; 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:12; 4:5; Heb. 13:15 |
|
74 |
Without doubt |
1 Tim. 2:8; Jas. 1:5 |
|
75 |
Without evil motives |
Jas. 4:3 |
|
76 |
Without wrath |
1 Tim. 2:8 |