The Power of Prayer: 10 Bible Quiz Questions and Answers

All through the Bible, God answered the prayers of His people: for children, for healing, for rain and for deliverance. Jesus taught us to ask, seek and knock.

Here are 10 Bible quiz questions on The Power of Prayer, with the answers and Bible references at the end. Use them for Sabbath School, youth meetings, family worship or personal study.

Questions

1. Whose prayer for a son was answered with the birth of Samuel?
   A) Sarah's
   B) Hannah's
   C) Rachel's
   D) Ruth's
2. What happened when Elijah prayed earnestly that it might not rain?
   A) It rained for forty days
   B) Fire fell
   C) It rained not for three years and six months
   D) Nothing happened
3. What did Hezekiah do when he was told he would die?
   A) He called the doctors
   B) He went to war
   C) He gave up
   D) He turned his face toward the wall and prayed
4. How many years did God add to Hezekiah's life after he prayed?
   A) Fifteen
   B) Five
   C) Forty
   D) One
5. How did Peter get out of prison while the church prayed for him?
   A) He broke the chains himself
   B) An angel led him out
   C) The guards let him go
   D) He dug a tunnel
6. What were Paul and Silas doing at midnight in the prison?
   A) Sleeping
   B) Weeping
   C) Praying and singing praises unto God
   D) Trying to escape
7. What did Jesus pray in Gethsemane?
   A) Save me now
   B) Destroy my enemies
   C) Make me king
   D) Not my will, but thine, be done
8. What did one of the disciples ask Jesus?
   A) Lord, teach us to pray
   B) Make us rich
   C) Show us a sign
   D) Give us power over Rome
9. What does Philippians 4:6 tell us to do instead of being anxious?
   A) Worry more
   B) Let our requests be made known unto God with thanksgiving
   C) Work harder
   D) Keep silent
10. What did Jesus promise in Matthew 7:7?
    A) Pray only once a year
    B) Only priests may ask
    C) Ask, and it shall be given you
    D) Do not ask God for anything

Answers

1. B) Hannah's (1 Samuel 1:20)
2. C) It rained not for three years and six months (James 5:17)
3. D) He turned his face toward the wall and prayed (Isaiah 38:1-2)
4. A) Fifteen (Isaiah 38:5)
5. B) An angel led him out (Acts 12:5-10)
6. C) Praying and singing praises unto God (Acts 16:25)
7. D) Not my will, but thine, be done (Luke 22:42)
8. A) Lord, teach us to pray (Luke 11:1)
9. B) Let our requests be made known unto God with thanksgiving (Philippians 4:6)
10. C) Ask, and it shall be given you (Matthew 7:7)