Basic
What is it called when you're talking to God?
Prayer
He prayed inside a fish.
Jonah
Before choosing His disciples, Jesus did this all night.
Prayed
Psalm 66:18 warns that if we do this, God won’t hear.
Cherish sin in our hearts.
Elijah’s prayer stopped this for three and a half years.
Rain
According to Matthew 6:6, where did Jesus say to pray?
In your room, in secret before your Father
She prayed silently in the temple for a son.
Hannah
Jesus taught His disciples this prayer in Matthew 6.
The Lord's Prayer
James 4:3 says we don’t receive because we ask with these motives.
Selfish motives
Paul and Silas prayed and sang here when an earthquake set them free.
Prison
This part of the Lord’s Prayer teaches us to ask for God’s will.
"Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven"
This king prayed and God added 15 years to his life.
Hezekiah
In Gethsemane, Jesus prayed, “Not my will, but ___.”
Yours be done
Distractions like Martha’s in Luke 10 can do this to our prayer life.
Keep us from focusing on Jesus.
In Acts 12, the church prayed for this man who was freed by an angel.
Peter
According to Philippians 4:6, what should we do instead of being anxious?
Pray about everything with thanksgiving
This prophet prayed for rain to return after three years of drought.
Elijah
Jesus often withdrew to these kinds of places to pray.
Lonely or quiet places
Unforgiveness toward others can do this to our prayers.
Hinder or block them
After Elisha prayed, God opened his servant’s eyes to see this.
Angels or chariots of fire
This verse says the Holy Spirit helps us when we don’t know what to pray.
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”
Romans 8:26
This man prayed for his friends, and the Lord restored his fortunes.
Job
On the cross, Jesus prayed for those who crucified Him saying this.
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
1 Peter 3:7 says husbands’ prayers may be hindered if they fail to do this.
Treat their wives with understanding and respect
James 5:16 says the prayer of a righteous person has this kind of power.
Great power or effectiveness.