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Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (niv)
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Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 5 17
pray continually, (niv)
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Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (niv)
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Ephesians 6:18
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 Lord’s people. (niv)
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Luke 21:36
Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” (niv)
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Psalms 55:16-17
As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me.Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. (niv)
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Jeremiah 29:12
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. (niv)
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Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. (niv)
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Psalms 86:3
have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. (niv)
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Psalms 102:17
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 1
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. (niv)
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Luke 11:5-9
Then Jesus said to them,“ Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say,‘ Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’And suppose the one inside answers,‘ Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.“ So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (niv)
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Psalms 142:5-7
I cry to you, Lord; I say,“ You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me. (niv)
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Jonah 2:7
“ When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple. (niv)
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Psalms 65:2
You who answer prayer, to you all people will come. (niv)
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Genesis 32:24-26
So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.Then the man said,“ Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied,“ I will not let you go unless you bless me.” (niv)
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Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. (niv)
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Hebrews 12:3-5
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,“ My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, (niv)
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Genesis 32:9-12
Then Jacob prayed,“ O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me,‘ Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.But you have said,‘ I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’” (niv)
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Psalms 27:13
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. (niv)
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Job 27:8-10
For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times? (niv)