Psalms 55:17
55:17 During the evening, morning, and noontime
I will lament and moan,
and he will hear me.
Psalms 88:9
88:9 My eyes grow weak because of oppression.
I call out to you, O Lord, all day long;
I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
Luke 2:37
2:37 She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years.
She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
Luke 11:8-13
11:8 I tell you, even though the man inside
will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s
sheer persistence
he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
11:9 “So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11:11 What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
11:13 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Luke 18:7
18:7 Won’t
God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out
to him day and night?
Will he delay
long to help them?
Ephesians 6:18
6:18 With every prayer and petition, pray
at all times in the Spirit, and to this end
be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.