16 Bible Verses about The Holy Spirit, And Prayer

For you have not received a spirit of bondage again causing fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Father, Father! (Chaldee: Abba, meaning father).

Because you are sons, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.

In that same hour he rejoiced in Holy Spirit and said: I thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you did hide these things from the wise and the understanding and revealed them to babes. Father, it is pleasing in your sight.

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another in psalms and praise and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to Jehovah. Always give thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to speak with different tongues, as the Spirit moved them to speak.

Holy Spirit descended on all who heard the message Peter spoke. Those circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of Holy Spirit was also poured out on the people of the nations. They heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then Peter responded:

Paul laid his hands on them and Holy Spirit came upon them. They spoke with tongues and prophesied.

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding (mind) is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding (Greek: nous: mind) also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding (mind) also. When you bless with the spirit, how will the audience of the unlearned say Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing he does not understand what you said?read more.
For you give thanks well, but the other is not given understanding. I thank God that I speak with tongues more then all of you.

Likewise the Spirit also helps our weaknesses. We do not know what we should pray for, as we should. The Spirit [of God] makes intercession with groaning that cannot be spoken. So he who searches the hearts knows what is the inclination (purpose) (mind-set) of the Spirit [of God], because the Spirit makes intercession for the holy ones according to the will of God.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers. We continually remember your work of faith, labor of love, and patience, and your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father. We know your calling brothers, beloved of God.read more.
We preached the good news to you, not in words only but with power from Holy Spirit and with conviction of its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you. It was for your own good.

When I spoke the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it was in the beginning. Then I remembered what the Lord said, 'John indeed baptized with water. However you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' Since God gave them the same gift as he gave to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could oppose God?read more.
When they heard this they objected no more and praised God, saying: God has granted the people of the nations repentance to life.

With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones. Pray on my behalf, that ability to speak may be given to me, to make known with boldness the secret of the good news. I am an ambassador in chains who should speak boldly.

Now I beg you, brothers, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me. That I may be delivered from those who do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted by the holy ones. That I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. Peter and John prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit. They were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus but had not yet received the Spirit.read more.
So they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.