14 Bible Verses about Intercessory Prayer
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you also striving together for us in prayer, that thanks may be rendered for us by many persons for the gift bestowed on us by many.
for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
praying with all prayer and supplication on every occasion with the spirit, and watching in the same with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings should be offered for all men,
if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you;
but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not entirely fail; and when you recover yourself, confirm your brothers.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And distributing his garments they cast lots [for them].
Again, I tell you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any thing for which they shall ask, they shall have it from my Father in heaven; for where two or three are assembled together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
But at the same time also prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given to you.
if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be cured, for the prayer of the righteous operates with great power.
Brothers, the earnest desire and prayer of my heart for Israel is for their salvation. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge; for not knowing God's righteousness, and seeking to set up their righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God's righteousness.read more.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes.
And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this he fell asleep.
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Intercessory prayer » Other instances of
do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
Intercessory prayer » For israel
Intercessory prayer » Hezekiah for the people
Intercessory prayer » David for israel
Intercessory prayer » For miriam
Intercessory prayer » A man of God for jeroboam
Intercessory prayer » Samuel for israel
Intercessory prayer » Moses for israel
Intercessory prayer » By ministers for their people
do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father, of whom all the family in heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant to you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man, read more.
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith, you being founded and established in love, that you may be able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length, and depth and height, and to know the love of Christ which exceeds knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Those who murmur against God
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified
For which also we pray always for you, that our God will account you worthy of the calling, and accomplish all the good pleasure of [his] goodness and the work of faith with power;
Therefore we also, from the day that we heard, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all that is pleasing [to him], being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious power, for all patience and long suffering with joy; read more.
giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light,
Intercessory prayer » Commanded
if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be cured, for the prayer of the righteous operates with great power.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings should be offered for all men,
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Ministers
you also striving together for us in prayer, that thanks may be rendered for us by many persons for the gift bestowed on us by many.
for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Intercessory prayer » Christ set an example of
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And distributing his garments they cast lots [for them].
but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not entirely fail; and when you recover yourself, confirm your brothers.
I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine, and all mine are thine, and thine mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep in thy name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we also are. read more.
When I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name which thou gayest me, and preserved [them], and no one of them has been lost, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled; but now I come to thee, and I say these things in the world that they may have my joy made complete in them. I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. I ask not that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them from evil. They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world: and I sanctify myself for them, that they also may be sanctified by truth. And I ask not for these only, but for those also who shall believe on me through their word, that all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one as we are one, I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world;
Intercessory prayer » Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent
Intercessory prayer » Seek an interest in
Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things wishing to live well.
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Children
And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions came out and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is badly affected with a demon.
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » The church
Intercessory prayer » Encouragement to
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be cured, for the prayer of the righteous operates with great power.
If any one sees his brother commit a sin, not to death, he shall ask, and he will give him life, for those who sin not to death. There is a sin to death; I say not that you should pray for it.
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » hezekiah
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Isaiah
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Masters'
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Abraham's servant
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Abraham
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Nehemiah
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Solomon
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Those who forsake us
At my first defense no one stood by me, but all forsook me; may it not be set to their account;
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » All saints
praying with all prayer and supplication on every occasion with the spirit, and watching in the same with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
Intercessory prayer » Sin of neglecting
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Enemies among whom we dwell
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Those who envy us
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » All in authority
for kings and all in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives in all piety and sanctity.
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » All men
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings should be offered for all men,
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Kings
for kings and all in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives in all piety and sanctity.
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Daniel
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Persecutors
But I tell you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you;
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » samuel
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Elisha
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Fellow-countrymen
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Ezekiel
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » David
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » Servants
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and about to die; and he hearing of Jesus, sent to him the elders of the Jews, asking him to come and cure his servant.
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » The sick
if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Church of jerusalem
Peter therefore was kept by the guard; but prayer was made incessantly by the church to God for him.
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Peter and john
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Stephen
And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this he fell asleep.