"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

"Again, I tell you that if two or you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.  For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."      Matthew 18:18-20

" Then Jesus told his disciples a parable (of the persistent widow) to show them that they should always pray and not give up."     Luke 18:1

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.  …if you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"      Matthew 7:7-11

"…if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you."     Matthew 17:20-21

"Jesus replied, 'What is impossible with men is possible with God.'"   Luke 18:27

"After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken.  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."      Acts 4:31

"The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.  On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.  We demolish arguments and every pretention that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."      2 Corinthians 10:3-5

"…pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests."     Ephesians 6:18

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."   Philippians 4:6

"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."       Hebrews 11:6

"The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."       James 5:16

"This is the assurance we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him."    I John 5:14-15

"I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.  This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs."      Psalm 69:30 & 31

"…may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, 'Let God be exalted!'"    Psalm 70:4

"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.  Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song."   Psalm 95:1 & 2