{"id":5534,"date":"2017-08-16T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/?post_type=resource&p=5534"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:54:22","slug":"31-days-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/resource\/31-days-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Days of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Commit to spending 31 days seeking God in prayer. Look up each verse and study the context of that passage. Ask God to show you how you can apply this in your life. Write the verses on note cards and place them around your house to memorize God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/strong> \u2013 Then Hannah prayed and said: \u201cMy heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high.\u201d
1 Samuel 2:1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2<\/strong> \u2013 Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
Psalm 5:2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3<\/strong> \u2013 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me\u2014a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 42:8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/strong> \u2013 Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!
Psalm 66:20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5<\/strong> \u2013 But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Psalm 88:13<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6<\/strong> \u2013 May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
Psalm 141:2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7<\/strong> \u2013 The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Proverbs 15:8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8<\/strong> \u2013 Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.
Jeremiah 29:7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9<\/strong> \u2013 Three times a day he [Daniel] got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
Daniel 6:10<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10<\/strong> \u2013 When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
Jonah 2:7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11<\/strong> \u2013 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Matthew 5:44<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12<\/strong> \u2013 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.
Matthew 6:6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13<\/strong> \u2013 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
Matthew 21:22<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14<\/strong> \u2013 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Luke 5:16<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15<\/strong> \u2013 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message.
John 17:20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16<\/strong> \u2013 They all joined together constantly in prayer.
Acts 1:14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

17<\/strong> \u2013 They devoted themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18<\/strong> \u2013 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
Acts 4:31<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19<\/strong> \u2013 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
Acts 14:23<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20<\/strong> \u2013 The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Romans 8:26<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

21<\/strong> \u2013 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

22<\/strong> \u2013 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you.
Ephesians 1:18<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

23<\/strong> \u2013 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:16,17<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

24<\/strong> \u2013 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.
Philippians 1:9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

25<\/strong> \u2013 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

26<\/strong> \u2013 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27<\/strong> \u2013 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.
1 Thessalonians 1:2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28<\/strong> \u2013 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray.
James 5:13<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

29<\/strong> \u2013 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
James 5:16<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

30<\/strong> \u2013 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer.
1 Peter 3:12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

31<\/strong> \u2013 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God\u2019s people, went up before God from the angel\u2019s hand.
Revelation 8:4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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