This page is dedicated to all who believe in the power of prayers to the God who sees, hears and understands the earthly conditions of man. He created us in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26 & 27) and gave us authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts and over everything that creeps upon the earth. He created us male and female therefore proving that He knows us more than we even know ourselves. Therefore, it is our right to explore the wonderful opportunities of prayer (the act of talking to God) for in this we can find many solutions to our issues of life.
On this page, you'll find some prayer scripts handpicked from different passages of scripture, in no particular order of selection. These prayer accounts were so beautifully weaved that much was stirred up within the soul upon reading such intense material coupled with an urge to learn and understand the reason of passion behind such prayers. May you be blessed and inspired to connect with the God who answers such prayers from the domain of men. God bless you richly! Amen.
The First Prayer Script is found in the Book of Nehemiah 1:5 - 11 (Amplified)
Nehemiah's Prayer:
And said, O Lord God of Heaven, the great and terrible God. Who keeps covenant, loving-kindness and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments. Let Your ear now be attentive and Your ears open, to listen to the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You day and night for the Israelites Your servants, confessing the sins of the Israelites which we have sinned against You. We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes and ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.
Remember earnestly what You commanded Your servant Moses: If you transgress and are unfaithful, I will scatter you abroad among the nations. But if you keep My commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the farthest part of the heavens (the expanse of outer space) yet will I gather them from there and will bring them to the place in which I have chosen to set My name.
Now these are Your servants and Your people whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand. O Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere and fear Your name (Your nature and attributes): and prosper I pray You, Your servant this day and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was cupbearer to the king.
The Second Prayer Script is found in the Book of 1 Samuel 2:1 - 10 (NIV)
Hannah's Prayer:
1: Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
2: There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
3: Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.
4: The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5: Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.
6: The LORD brings death and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and raises up.
7: The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
8: He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; He sends them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honour. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; on them He has set the world.
9: He will guard the feet of His faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. It is by strength that one prevails;
10: Those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to His king and exalt the horn of His anointed."
The Third Prayer Script is found in the book of Habakkuk 3:1 - 19 (NKJV)
Habakkuk's Prayer:
1: A prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet, on Shigionoth.
2: O LORD, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
3: God came from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah! His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of His pride.
4: His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand, and there His power was hidden.
5: Before Him went pestilence, and fever followed at His feet.
6: He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting.
7: I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
8: O LORD, were You displeased with the rivers, was Your anger against the rivers, was Your wrath against the sea, that You rode on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation?
9: Your bow was made quite ready; oaths were sworn over Your arrows. Selah! You divided the earth with rivers.
10: The mountains saw You and trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice and lifted its hands on high.
11: The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of Your arrows they went, at the shining of Your glittering spear.
12: You marched through the land in indignation; You trembled the nations in anger.
13: You went forth for the salvation of Your people, for salvation with Your Anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, by laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah!
14: You thrust through with His own arrows the head of His villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.
15: You walked through the sea with Your horses, through the heap of great waters.
16: When I heard, my body trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; rottenness entered my bones; and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, He will invade them with His troops.
Habakkuk's Faith in Prayer:
17: Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls --
18: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19: The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet and He will make me walk on my high hills.
To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.
The Song of Moses & Miriam is found in the Book of Exodus 15:1 - 21
Song of Moses and Miriam:
1: Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: "I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. Both horse and driver He has hurled into the sea.
2: "The LORD is my strength and my defence; He has become my salvation. He is my God and I will praise Him, my father's God and I will exam Him.
3: The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is His name.
4: Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh's officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
5: The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.
6: Your right hand, LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, LORD, shattered the enemy.
7: In the greatness of Your majesty You threw down those who opposed You. You unleashed Your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.
8: By the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
9: The enemy boasted, I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.
10: But You blew with Your breath and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11: Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like You - majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?
12: You stretch out Your right hand and the earth wallows Your enemies.
13: In Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed.
14: The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia.
15: The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people of Canaan will melt away;
16: terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone - until Your people pass by, LORD, until the people You bought pass by.
17: You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance - the place, LORD, You made for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, LORD, Your hands established.
18: The LORD reigns for ever and ever.
19: When Pharaoh's horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground."
20: Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.
21: Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. Both horse and driver He has hurled into the sea."
SOLOMON'S PRAYER OF DEDICATION is found in 2 Chronicles 6:12 - 42 (GNT)
Prayer of Solomon:
12: Then in the presence of the people Solomon went and stood in front of the altar and raised his arms in prayer.
13: (Solomon had made a bronze platform and put it in the middle of the courtyard. It was eight feet square and five feet high. He mounted this platform, knelt down where everyone could see him, and raised his hands toward heaven.)
14: He prayed, “LORD God of Israel, in all heaven and earth there is no god like you. You keep Your covenant with Your people and show them Your love when they live in wholehearted obedience to You.
15: You have kept the promise You made to my father David; today every word has been fulfilled.
16: Now, LORD God of Israel, keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him that there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided that they carefully obeyed your Law just as he did.
17: So now, LORD God of Israel, let everything come true that You promised to Your servant David.
18: “But can you, O God, really live on earth among men and women? Not even all of heaven is large enough to hold you, so how can this Temple that I have built be large enough?
19: LORD my God, I am your servant. Listen to my prayer and grant the requests I make to you.
20: Watch over this Temple day and night. You have promised that this is where You will be worshiped, so hear me when I face this Temple and pray.
21: Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people Israel when they face this place and pray. In your home in heaven hear us and forgive us.
22: ”When people are accused of wronging others and are brought to Your altar in this Temple to take an oath that they are innocent,
23: O LORD, listen in heaven and judge Your servants. Punish the guilty ones as they deserve and acquit the innocent.
24: “When Your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you and then when they turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to You for forgiveness,
25: Listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of Your people and bring them back to the land which you gave to them and to their ancestors.
26: “When You hold back the rain because Your people have sinned against You and then when they repent and face the Temple, humbly praying to you,
27: O LORD, listen to them in heaven and forgive the sins of Your servants, the people of Israel, and teach them to do what is right. Then, O LORD, send rain on this land of Yours, which you gave to your people as a permanent possession.
28: “When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or the crops are destroyed by scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when Your people are attacked by their enemies, or when there is disease or sickness among them.
29: listen to their prayers. If any of your people Israel, out of heartfelt sorrow, stretch our their hands in prayer toward this Temple,
30: hear their prayer. Listen to them in Your home in heaven and forgive them. You alone know the thoughts of the human heart. Deal with each of us as we deserve,
31: so that Your people may honor You and obey You all the time they live in the land which You gave to our ancestors.
32: “When foreigners who live in a distant land hear how great and powerful You are and how You are always ready to act, and then they come to pray at this Temple,
33: listen to their prayers. In heaven, where You live, hear them and do what they ask You to do, so that all the peoples of the world may know You and obey You, as Your people Israel do. Then they will know that this Temple I have built is where You are to be worshiped.
34: “When you command Your people to go into battle against their enemies and they pray to you, wherever they are, facing this city which you have chosen and this Temple which I have built for you,
35: listen to their prayers. Hear them in heaven and give them victory.
36: “When Your people sin against you - and there is no one who does not sin - and in your anger you let their enemies defeat them and take them as prisoners to some other land, even if that land is far away,
37: listen to your people’s prayers. If there is that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O LORD.
38: If in that land they truly and sincerely repent and pray to you as they face toward this land which you gave to our ancestors, this city which you have chosen, and this Temple which I have built for you,
39: then listen to their prayers. In your home in heaven hear them and be merciful to them and forgive all the sins of Your people.
40: “Now, O my God, look on us and listen to the prayers offered in this place.
41: Rise up now, LORD God, and with the Covenant Box, the symbol of your power, enter the Temple and stay here forever. Bless your priests in all they do, and may all your people be happy because of your goodness to them.
42: LORD God, do not reject the king you have chosen. Remember the love you had for Your servant David.”
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