"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all ...

"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.... I desire therefore that the men PRAY EVERYWHERE, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; ..."~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2,8