Prayer Keys is a series of free Bible studies online helping Christians to pray as God leads.
Imagine you are drifting in a rowboat, up the proverbial creek without a paddle. You throw a hook to shore and pull. Does pulling move the shore to you, or does it move you to the shore? In the same way, prayer keys do not pull God to our will. They pull us to His will.
This is a growing list. I welcome suggestions with Bible verses to add to the list.
Scripture quotations are from the New International Version, 1984.
Abiding in Christ and Christ’s Words Abiding in Us
If you remain [KJV, abide] in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. John 15:7
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14
Matthew 26:39
“What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied. Luke 18:41
Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence [ KJV, boldness ], so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16
Ephesians 3:11-12
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:12-13
Psalms 119:145; Mark 7:24-30; Luke 22:44; James 5:16
“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:22-24
Matthew 8:13; 9:27-30; 17:20; 21:21-22; Mark 5:36; Luke 8:48
But when you fast, put oil on you head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:17-18
Psalms 35:13; Daniel 9:3; Matthew 17:21; Mark 9:29; Luke 2:37; Acts 13:3; 14:23
A life key studied here as a prayer key
Be still, and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalms 46:10
A life key studied here as a prayer key
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. Mark 11:25
I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer. 1 Timothy 2:8
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Psalms 35:13; 2 Chronicles 34:26-27; Luke 18:9-14
In Jesus’ Name and Bearing Fruit
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. John 15:16
John 14:13-14; 16:23-24
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Ephesians 6:18
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. James 1:6-8
Matthew 21:21-22; Mark 11:23; 1 Timothy 2:8
…and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. 1 John 3:22
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1
Nehemiah 1:6; Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30; Luke 18:1-8; Eph 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19
A life key studied here as a prayer key
I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. Psalms 34:1
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:6
Matthew 14:23; Mark 1:35; Luke 6:12
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4:3
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. Psalms 66:18
I Kings 8:33-34; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Nehemiah 1:9-11; Isaiah 59:2; Jeremiah 36:7; Daniel 9:4-11; Luke 15:18, 21; 18:13; James 5:16
These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Isaiah 29:13
Ecclesiastes 5:2; Matthew 6:5-7; 15:8; John 4:24
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Matthew 26:39
Jude 10:15; Job 1:21-22; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6
Psalms 50:14-15; Daniel 6:10; Col 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:19-20
So what shall I do? I shall pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind. 1 Corinthians 14:15
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