Christian Prayer Blog and Book Recommendations

As Christians, we often feel the ungrounded restlessness of our ontological lightness even in our prayers. We find ourselves praying for God to “do” this, or for Him to help ...

Let My Words Be FewGod is in Heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. — Ecclesiastes 5:2Ever get so carried away talking to God that ...

After John saw the vision of what is to come and how amazing it was, he ended the entire Bible with this prayer: “Come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20).For most of ...

A broken spirit,A broken and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not despise. — Psalm 51:17God does not keep it a secret: if we want revival, we ...

Jesus prayed. We are told that when He was baptized,as He was praying, the heavens openedand the Spirit came upon Him. The flow of the Spirit is closely connected to ...

When God Seems SilentBecause the soul is the deepest expression of the person, the soul is the place of greatest pain. We do not speak of the dark night of ...

Editor’s note: It feels like our world needs prayer now more than ever – we’re constantly hearing of natural disasters, social unrest, and political division. Even when we pray, anxiety ...

After the dark period described in the Old Testament book of Judges, Israel’s desperate situation began to turn around with the prayer of a woman named Hannah. She had had ...

If He Didn’t Forget, How Could We Pray?He ForgotI was thanking the Father today for His mercy. I began listing the sins He’d forgiven. One by one I thanked God ...

This Mixed-up World Dear Jesus, I’m frustrated with this mixed-up world. Everything seems turned upside down. What You’ve declared to be evil and wrong is often considered to be right ...

The Serenity PrayerGod grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.As the ...

The Bible says in Nehemiah 8:10,Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!It doesn’t say exercise is your strength, or hard work is your ...

As a man of faith who spends most of his time traveling to churches, I have become more and more attuned to the irreplaceable value of prayer in one’s life. ...

My husband and I have a friend who is gifted in many ways, but he has shut God out of his life, blaming Him for a car accident in which ...

The scene of Jesus huddled in a locked room with a dozen friends, one of them a traitor, while outside temple guards and Roman legionnaires buckle on their swords and ...

The Greatest of Them All1931 was a long and boring year. The stock market crash of 1929 plunged America into the depths of the Great Depression, and most businesses struggled ...