Listen to my cry for help, my God and king! I pray to you, O LORD;

you hear my voice in the morning; at sunrise I offer my prayer and wait for your answer.

In the middle of the night I wake up to praise you for your righteous judgments.

Before sunrise I call to you for help; I place my hope in your promise.

All night long I lie awake, to meditate on your instructions.

When Daniel learned that the order had been signed, he went home. In an upstairs room of his house there were windows that faced toward Jerusalem. There, just as he had always done, he knelt down at the open windows and prayed to God three times a day.

Then they said to the king, "Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, does not respect Your Majesty or obey the order you issued. He prays regularly three times a day."

Very early the next morning, long before daylight, Jesus got up and left the house. He went out of town to a lonely place, where he prayed.

After saying good-bye to the people, he went away to a hill to pray.

He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because they were rowing against the wind; so sometime between three and six o'clock in the morning, he came to them, walking on the water. He was going to pass them by,

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.

And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, 'Help me against my opponent!'

yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!' "

Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?

One day Peter and John went to the Temple at three o'clock in the afternoon, the hour for prayer.

It was about three o'clock one afternoon when he had a vision, in which he clearly saw an angel of God come in and say to him, "Cornelius!"

The next day, as they were on their way and coming near Joppa, Peter went up on the roof of the house about noon in order to pray.

Cornelius said, "It was about this time three days ago that I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man dressed in shining clothes stood in front of me

Do all this in prayer, asking for God's help. Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads. For this reason keep alert and never give up; pray always for all God's people.

pray at all times,

I protest his violence, but no one is listening; no one hears my cry for justice.

I cry aloud for help, but God refuses to listen;

In his life on earth Jesus made his prayers and requests with loud cries and tears to God, who could save him from death. Because he was humble and devoted, God heard him.