Praying together is an important part of the Christian life. When we gather together to pray, we invite God to be present among us. In various places in the Bible, we see believers praying together, and we should do the same in our lives.
After Jesus returned to heaven, his disciples prayed together. When we gather together in prayer, our hearts are united and our prayers are very powerful. Through this prayer, believers find strength to remain steadfast in faith.
When we gather together in prayer with one heart, our prayers are acceptable to God, and the Lord always answers these prayers. Praying together does not just mean asking God for something. Through collective prayer, we thank God and praise him for his various blessings.
When we bow down together in prayer, our faith grows and our relationship with God improves.
Dear friends now let’s see the Bible scriptures below that talk about the importance of praying together.
Matthew 18:20 :—
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them”
Matthew 21:22 :—
“All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive”
Matthew 26:41 :—
“Watch pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”
Matthew 6:6 :—
“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly”
Matthew 7:7 :—
“Ask, it shall be given you; seek, ye shall find; knock, it shall be opened unto you”
Acts 10:2 :—
“A devout man, one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, prayed to God alway”
Acts 12:12 :—
“When he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying”
Acts 13:3 :—
“When they had fasted prayed, laid their hands on them, they sent them away”
Acts 16:25 :—
“At midnight Paul Silas prayed, sang praises unto God: the prisoners heard them”
Acts 1:14 :—
“These all continued with one accord in prayer supplication, with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, with his brethren”
Acts 2:42 :—
“They continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine fellowship, in breaking of bread, in prayers”
Acts 4:31 :—
“When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, they spake the word of God with boldness”
Acts 6:4 :—
“But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, to the ministry of the word”
James 5:16 :—
“Confess your faults one to another, pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”
Colossians 1:9 :—
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom spiritual understanding”
Colossians 4:2 :—
“Continue in prayer, watch in the same with thanksgiving”
Ephesians 1:16 :—
“Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers”
Ephesians 6:18 :—
“Praying always with all prayer supplication in the Spirit, watching thereunto with all perseverance supplication for all saints”
Romans 12:12 :—
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer”
Romans 8:26 :—
“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered”
Philippians 1:19 :—
“For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ”
Philippians 4:6 :—
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God”
Luke 11:9 :—
“I say unto you, Ask, it shall be given you; seek, ye shall find; knock, it shall be opened unto you”
Luke 18:1 :—
“He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, not to faint”
Luke 22:40 :—
“When he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation”
Luke 22:46 :—
“Said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise pray, lest ye enter into temptation”
Luke 6:12 :—
“It came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, continued all night in prayer to God”
Psalm 141:2 :—
“Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice”
Psalm 145:18 :—
“The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth”
Psalm 34:17 :—
“The righteous cry, the Lord heareth, delivereth them out of all their troubles”
Psalm 50:15 :—
“Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, thou shalt glorify me”
Psalm 55:17 :—
“Evening, morning, at noon, will I pray, cry aloud: he shall hear my voice”
Psalm 5:3 :—
“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, will look up”
Psalm 66:17 :—
“I cried unto him with my mouth, he was extolled with my tongue”
Jeremiah 29:12 :—
“Then shall ye call upon me, ye shall go pray unto me, I will hearken unto you”
Mark 11:24 :—
“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, ye shall have them”
Mark 1:35 :—
“In the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, departed into a solitary place, there prayed”
John 15:7 :—
“If ye abide in me, my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, it shall be done unto you”
Jude 1:20 :—
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost”
Hebrews 4:16 :—
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, find grace to help in time of need”
Proverbs 15:29 :—
“The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous”
Isaiah 65:24 :—
“It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear”
Lamentations 3:41 :—
“Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens”
Jonah 2:7 :—
“When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord : my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple”