Prayer
- Commanded
Isa 55:6; Mt 7:7; Php 4:6
- TO BE OFFERED
• To God
Ps 5:2; Mt 4:10
• To Christ
Lk 23:42; Ac 7:59
• To the Holy Spirit
2Th 3:5
• Through Christ
Eph 2:18; Heb 10:19
- God hears
Ps 10:17; 65:2
- God answers
Ps 99:6; Isa 58:9
- IS DESCRIBED AS
• Bowing the knees
Eph 3:14
• Looking up
Ps 5:3
• Lifting up the soul
Ps 25:1
• Lifting up the heart
La 3:41
• Pouring out the heart
Ps 62:8
• Pouring out the soul
1Sa 1:15
• Calling upon the name of the Lord
Ge 12:8; Ps 116:4; Ac 22:16
• Crying to God
Ps 27:7; 34:6
• Drawing near to God
Ps 73:28; Heb 10:22
• Crying to heaven
2Ch 32:20
• Beseeching the Lord
Ex 32:11
• Seeking to God
Job 8:5
• Seeking the face of the Lord
Ps 27:8
• Making supplication
Job 8:5; Jer 36:7
- Acceptable through Christ
Jn 14:13,14; 15:16; 16:23,24
- Ascends to heaven
2Ch 30:27; Re 5:8
- Quickening grace necessary to
Ps 80:18
- THE HOLY SPIRIT
• Promised as a Spirit of
Zec 12:10
• As the Spirit of adoptions, leads to
Ro 8:15; Ga 4:6
• Helps our infirmities in
Ro 8:26
- An evidence of conversion
Ac 9:11
- Of the righteous, avails much
Jas 5:16
- Of the upright, a delight to God
Pr 15:8
- SHOULD BE OFFERED UP
• In the Holy Spirit
Eph 6:18; Jude 1:20
• In faith
Mt 21:22; Jas 1:6
• In full assurance of faith
Heb 10:22
• In a forgiving spirit
Mt 6:12
• With the heart
Jer 29:13; La 3:41
• With the whole heart
Ps 119:58,145
• With preparation of heart
Job 11:13
• With a true heart
Heb 10:22
• With the soul
Ps 42:4
• With the spirit and understanding
Jn 4:22-24; 1Co 14:15
• With confidence in God
Ps 56:9; 86:7; 1Jo 5:14
• With submission to God
Lk 22:42
• With unfeigned lips
Ps 17:1
• With deliberation
Ec 5:2
• With holiness
1Ti 2:8
• With humility
2Ch 7:14; 33:12
• With truth
Ps 145:18; Jn 4:24
• With desire to be heard
Ne 1:6; Ps 17:1; 55:1,2; 61:1
• With desire to be answered
Ps 27:7; 102:2; 108:6; 143:1
• With boldness
Heb 4:16
• With earnestness
1Th 3:10; Jas 5:17
• With importunity
Ge 32:26; Lk 11:8,9; 18:1-7
• Night and day
1Ti 5:5
• Without ceasing
1Th 5:17
• Everywhere
1Ti 2:8
• In everything
Php 4:6
- For temporal blessings
Ge 28:20; Pr 30:8; Mt 6:11
- For spiritual blessings
Mt 6:33
- For mercy and grace to help in time of need
Heb 4:16
- Model for
Mt 6:9-13
- Vain repetitions in, forbidden
Mt 6:7
- Ostentation in, forbidden
Mt 6:5
- ACCOMPANIED WITH
• Repentance
1Ki 8:33; Jer 36:7
• Confession
Ne 1:4,7; Da 9:4-11
• Self-abasement
Ge 18:27
• Weeping
Jer 31:9; Ho 12:4
• Fasting
Ne 1:4; Da 9:3; Ac 13:3
• Watchfulnes
Lk 21:36; 1Pe 4:7
• Praise
Ps 66:17
• Thanksgiving
Php 4:6; Col 4:2
- PLEAD IN THE
• Promises of God
Ge 32:9-12; Ex 32:13; 1Ki 8:26; Ps 119:49
• Covenant of God
Jer 14:21
• Faithfulness of God
Ps 143:1
• Mercy of God
Ps 51:1; Da 9:18
• Righteousness of God
Da 9:16
- Rise early for
Ps 5:3; 119:147
- Seek divine teaching for
Lk 11:1
- Faint not in
Lk 18:1
- Continue instant in
Ro 12:12
- Avoid hindrances in
1Pe 3:7
- Suitable in affliction
Isa 26:16; Jas 5:13
- Shortness of time a motive to
1Pe 4:7
- POSTURES IN
• Standing
1Ki 8:22; Mr 11:25
• Bowing down
Ps 95:6
• Kneeling
2Ch 6:13; Ps 95:6; Lk 22:41; Ac 20:36
• Falling on the face
Nu 16:22; Jos 5:14; 1Ch 21:16; Mt 26:39
• Spreading forth the hands
Isa 1:15
• Lifting up the hands
Ps 28:2; La 2:19; 1Ti 2:8
- The promises of God encourage to
Isa 65:24; Am 5:4; Zec 13:9
- The promises of Christ encourage to
Lk 11:9,10; Jn 14:13,14
- Experience of past mercies an incentive to
Ps 4:1; 112:2
Torrey's Topical Textbook
The New Topical Textbook, by R. A. Torrey, Public domain.
Isa 55:6; Mt 7:7; Php 4:6
- TO BE OFFERED
• To God
Ps 5:2; Mt 4:10
• To Christ
Lk 23:42; Ac 7:59
• To the Holy Spirit
2Th 3:5
• Through Christ
Eph 2:18; Heb 10:19
- God hears
Ps 10:17; 65:2
- God answers
Ps 99:6; Isa 58:9
- IS DESCRIBED AS
• Bowing the knees
Eph 3:14
• Looking up
Ps 5:3
• Lifting up the soul
Ps 25:1
• Lifting up the heart
La 3:41
• Pouring out the heart
Ps 62:8
• Pouring out the soul
1Sa 1:15
• Calling upon the name of the Lord
Ge 12:8; Ps 116:4; Ac 22:16
• Crying to God
Ps 27:7; 34:6
• Drawing near to God
Ps 73:28; Heb 10:22
• Crying to heaven
2Ch 32:20
• Beseeching the Lord
Ex 32:11
• Seeking to God
Job 8:5
• Seeking the face of the Lord
Ps 27:8
• Making supplication
Job 8:5; Jer 36:7
- Acceptable through Christ
Jn 14:13,14; 15:16; 16:23,24
- Ascends to heaven
2Ch 30:27; Re 5:8
- Quickening grace necessary to
Ps 80:18
- THE HOLY SPIRIT
• Promised as a Spirit of
Zec 12:10
• As the Spirit of adoptions, leads to
Ro 8:15; Ga 4:6
• Helps our infirmities in
Ro 8:26
- An evidence of conversion
Ac 9:11
- Of the righteous, avails much
Jas 5:16
- Of the upright, a delight to God
Pr 15:8
- SHOULD BE OFFERED UP
• In the Holy Spirit
Eph 6:18; Jude 1:20
• In faith
Mt 21:22; Jas 1:6
• In full assurance of faith
Heb 10:22
• In a forgiving spirit
Mt 6:12
• With the heart
Jer 29:13; La 3:41
• With the whole heart
Ps 119:58,145
• With preparation of heart
Job 11:13
• With a true heart
Heb 10:22
• With the soul
Ps 42:4
• With the spirit and understanding
Jn 4:22-24; 1Co 14:15
• With confidence in God
Ps 56:9; 86:7; 1Jo 5:14
• With submission to God
Lk 22:42
• With unfeigned lips
Ps 17:1
• With deliberation
Ec 5:2
• With holiness
1Ti 2:8
• With humility
2Ch 7:14; 33:12
• With truth
Ps 145:18; Jn 4:24
• With desire to be heard
Ne 1:6; Ps 17:1; 55:1,2; 61:1
• With desire to be answered
Ps 27:7; 102:2; 108:6; 143:1
• With boldness
Heb 4:16
• With earnestness
1Th 3:10; Jas 5:17
• With importunity
Ge 32:26; Lk 11:8,9; 18:1-7
• Night and day
1Ti 5:5
• Without ceasing
1Th 5:17
• Everywhere
1Ti 2:8
• In everything
Php 4:6
- For temporal blessings
Ge 28:20; Pr 30:8; Mt 6:11
- For spiritual blessings
Mt 6:33
- For mercy and grace to help in time of need
Heb 4:16
- Model for
Mt 6:9-13
- Vain repetitions in, forbidden
Mt 6:7
- Ostentation in, forbidden
Mt 6:5
- ACCOMPANIED WITH
• Repentance
1Ki 8:33; Jer 36:7
• Confession
Ne 1:4,7; Da 9:4-11
• Self-abasement
Ge 18:27
• Weeping
Jer 31:9; Ho 12:4
• Fasting
Ne 1:4; Da 9:3; Ac 13:3
• Watchfulnes
Lk 21:36; 1Pe 4:7
• Praise
Ps 66:17
• Thanksgiving
Php 4:6; Col 4:2
- PLEAD IN THE
• Promises of God
Ge 32:9-12; Ex 32:13; 1Ki 8:26; Ps 119:49
• Covenant of God
Jer 14:21
• Faithfulness of God
Ps 143:1
• Mercy of God
Ps 51:1; Da 9:18
• Righteousness of God
Da 9:16
- Rise early for
Ps 5:3; 119:147
- Seek divine teaching for
Lk 11:1
- Faint not in
Lk 18:1
- Continue instant in
Ro 12:12
- Avoid hindrances in
1Pe 3:7
- Suitable in affliction
Isa 26:16; Jas 5:13
- Shortness of time a motive to
1Pe 4:7
- POSTURES IN
• Standing
1Ki 8:22; Mr 11:25
• Bowing down
Ps 95:6
• Kneeling
2Ch 6:13; Ps 95:6; Lk 22:41; Ac 20:36
• Falling on the face
Nu 16:22; Jos 5:14; 1Ch 21:16; Mt 26:39
• Spreading forth the hands
Isa 1:15
• Lifting up the hands
Ps 28:2; La 2:19; 1Ti 2:8
- The promises of God encourage to
Isa 65:24; Am 5:4; Zec 13:9
- The promises of Christ encourage to
Lk 11:9,10; Jn 14:13,14
- Experience of past mercies an incentive to
Ps 4:1; 112:2
Torrey's Topical Textbook
The New Topical Textbook, by R. A. Torrey, Public domain.