Prayer Hacks

Steve was a new believer who attended our singles ministry at Immanuel Alliance Church in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Steve’s wife had recently left him, and due

By Elizabeth Schmus While there is no simple answer to why prayers go unanswered and no easy formula guaranteeing a yes, consider asking the Lord

Longtime Presbyterian minister, Dr. Wilbur Chapman (early 1900s) was 26 when called to be pastor of Wanamakers Church in Philadelphia. His first Sunday, an old

Human beings are created to live in fellowship with God. We are meant to have and to enjoy life in relationship with God. Without this

By Kim Butts The Westminster Shorter Catechism asks and answers many questions about the Christian faith. The first question asks: “What is the chief end

If we want to grow in our prayer life, sometimes all it takes is a simple technique or a memory jogger to bring us to

Sin hinders prayer. A person may pray and pray without receiving an answer, and then conclude that the problem is in God. In reality, the

I knew my daughter was upset. She had been wounded by a friend and was trying to deal with the pain. Standing down the hall

My 9-year-old grandson, Jack, seems to have a heart for prayer. I have noticed that heart recently when he was eating at Grammy and Grampy’s

By Ebony S. Small I didn’t know I was an intercessor. But I knew I loved talking to God. After I recommitted my life as

By Alvin VanderGriend I received a letter the other day from a person asking me to pray about a family problem. Along with that request

One of my favorite passages I like to use when I speak or preach is James 5:13-17. Most believe the book of James was written

My friend Joe seldom prays out loud in our prayer group—yet he comes faithfully. While others bounce in and out with short prayers four or

If Your Heart Is True, Your Prayers Are Sure By Geoff Eckart When I was a sophomore in college, I borrowed my older brother’s guitar

By Alvin Vandergriend Something happens when we pray that would not have happened if we hadn’t prayed. That statement summarizes a lot of what the

By Jonathan Graf In Part 1 of Find Your Prayer Style, we learned that we all have a different prayer style. But what is our

My mind kept wandering. I wasn’t going to make it through this prayer meeting. Prayer after lengthy prayer covered everything mentioned during request time. On

By Elizabeth (and Joy) Schmus Did you know that spending daily time in prayer actually causes measurable changes in our brains? I was so inspired

You don’t have to be a Christian for long before you hear people praying to different persons of the Trinity. “O God” or “Father God,”

When I was in my junior high years we lived in the small town of Sherrill, NY, on a street with nine guys within a

My seven-year-old grandson can drive! Oh, don’t worry, Jack doesn’t take the car out on the highway. But he can drive our tractor/mower and our