- Stirring Revival
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- What Happens When We Pray?
- Back from the Far Country
- Operation Rolling Thunder: The Whatcom Story
- Going Vertical Changes Horizontal
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- New Ministry Partnership
- God Stirs Again in Wales
- Guatemala President Declares Christ as Lord
- Egyptian Children Pray
- God Answers Prayers for Missionaries’ Kidnapped Son
- Freedom’s Cry Tour
- New Denominational President Starts Term in Prayer
- Mexico Mayors Declare Jesus as Lord
- A Simple Prayer Covenant
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- Clarifying Our Revival Terms
- Theme Introduction
- Facebook or Facedown
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- Lord, Do It Again!
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- A Simple Way to Teach Prayer in Small Groups
- Passing a Prayer Torch from Church to Church
- City Prayer Movements
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- Issue 13 – Ask for the Nations
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- Issue 15 – The Power of Praise!
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- Issue 40 – A Nation Divided Against Itself
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- Issue 53 – A Fresh Outpouring
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- Stirring RevivalA Movement of God on Ivy League Campuses By Matt Bennett Everything began changing in our ministry to Ivy League schools in ...
- Hope DeferredWill God Answer Prayers for Another Great Revival? By Jim Jarman William MacDonnell is my friend. As a follower of Christ from ...
- Even So, ComePraying the Revival Scriptures By Mark D. Partin As one of our Sunday worship services ended and the last prayer was prayed, ...
- What Happens When We Pray?Seven Benefits of Prayer By Alvin Vandergriend Something happens when we pray that would not have happened if we hadn’t prayed. That statement ...
- Back from the Far CountryThe Journey of Praying a Prodigal Home By James Banks “How’s your son?” “He’s OK, thanks. Could be better, could be worse. See ...
- Operation Rolling Thunder: The Whatcom StoryOperation Rolling Thunder (ORT) has been rolling in Whatcom County in Washington—the northern- and western-most county in the United States—since ...
- Issue 58 PDFHere is a PDF of this complete issue. Normally, this is only accessible to our paid subscribers. ...
- Evangelism Empowered by PrayerPreparing Hearts to Receive the Gospel Shelise and I often greeted each other in the parking ...
- Prayer First, Then EvangelismThe Stop, Wait, Go Strategy By Kie Bowman Jesus said, “Wait.” Admittedly, that advice is counterintuitive. After all, ...
- Targeting Lost SoulsIs Anyone Saved Apart from Prayer? By Dick Eastman Do our prayers for the unconverted ultimately make ...
- Praying God’s Word Over Your CityA Biblical Prayer Guide to Reach the Lost By Trey and Mary Anne Kent If you understand ...
- Issue 58 Bible StudyEvangelism Empowered by Prayer Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group open discussion. If ...
- The Power of Two or MoreForming Revival Prayer Clusters By Cheryl Sacks How many believers does it take to ignite a revival? ...
- It Absolutely WorksWhen I wrote this column on a Sunday in August, the church where I am ...
- Praying RevelationBy Dana Olson It is easy to get caught up in the curiosity of Revelation’s imagery. ...
- Praying for Election IntegrityBy Gloria Robles After 2020, many people became disheartened and disillusioned about voting. Many said if ...
- A Day in the Life of a Pray-erHow do you define a pray-er? The answer is different for everyone. I like the ...
- Weaponizing Prayer: Revenge or BlessingI had been betrayed by two people, each around the same time in a similar way—and ...
- How Do We Respond to a Broken Nation?By Bill Elliff It is a tragic thing to watch a nation digress. We live in ...
- Issue 57 PDFHere is a PDF of this complete issue. Normally, this is only accessible to our paid subscribers. ...
- The Shaping of a NationOur God-Given Prayer Assignments It was an accident. I did not intend to speak at our ...
- A Unique DestinyThe Greatness of Christ’s Government and Peace By Dave Kubal Isaiah also said that this son’s government—his ...
- Lift Up a StandardPray for Those in Authority By Bunni Pounds Let’s be real. We watch Fox News, NBC News, ...
- Words, Wheat, and WeedsPraying and Leading in Divisive Times By Geoff Eckart More than any time in our lifetime, the ...
- Issue 57 Study GuideOur God-Given Prayer Assignments By Cynthia Hyle Bezek Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group ...
- The Lies Corrupting Our PrayersDare to Believe the Truth By Kyle Davison Bair The lies we believe about prayer make it ...
- Pound the Gates with PrayerOne reason many believers do not pray much is that they do not understand the ...
- Blunt Honesty in Prayer: Psalm 69By Dana Olson The blunt honesty of David in Psalm 69 has long ministered to my ...
- Biblical Ways to Pray for Leaders We Don’t LikeBy Gloria Robles The Old and New Testaments provide many models of godly men and women ...
- “Cast All My Cares” ListAs a mom of four young adults, I have had years of practice worrying. As ...
- Sight-Impaired Mole PrayersWhile prayerwalking one day, it came to me (not for the first time): I’m praying ...
- Break the SilenceBy Byron Paulus We can no longer afford to play “The Quiet Game.” Parents have been ...
- Nations in TurmoilBiblical Prayers in Troubling Times The long-beloved Christmas carol describing an idyllic and peaceful place of ...
- In the CrosshairsPrayer in the Time of War By Kie Bowman You have probably never heard anyone describe war ...
- Israel at WarOur Call to Pray for Peace By Dave Butts It is no surprise that Israel is a ...
- Issue 56 Study GuideHere is a simple guide, complete with discussion questions, that an individual or a small ...
- Prayer Affects the HeartIn that moment, we were praying over the new families that had recently started attending—and ...
- Getting Unstuck in Your Prayer LifeBy Dana Olson Feeling stuck in your prayer life? Same old, same old? Wishing you could ...
- Praying for Elected OfficialsBy Gloria Robles We are in no small need of prayers for our government. The president ...
- When You Feel Helpless to HelpStanding at a nearby clothing rack, I wanted to intervene. But I knew I shouldn’t. ...
- Wanna Go Swimming?By Gil Michel As a pastor of an inner-city church—and one who has been involved with ...
- Want Help with Prayer?Even though I grew up in the church and became a follower of Jesus at ...
- Issue 55 PDFHere is a PDF of this complete issue. Normally, this is only accessible to our paid subscribers. ...
- Renewed Passion and ZealA Plea for Fervent and Prevailing Prayer My nephew called me as they loaded my brother ...
- The Divine ExceptionGod’s Response to Fervent, Prevailing Prayer By Bill Elliff What do you do when you don’t know ...
- Relentlessly Pursuing GodFervency and Practicality in Prayer By Kie Bowman David Brainerd, praying in the deep winter snow until ...
- How to Develop a Prayer Passionby Wesley Duewel The most important measure of prayer is not its length or its depth; ...
- Prevailing Prayers of JesusWith Fervent Cries By Donna Gaines As I look back at almost 40 years in ministry, I ...
- Issue 55 Study GuideHere is a simple guide, complete with discussion questions, that an individual or a small ...
- The Prayer RulebookHow I’ve Learned There Are No Rules By Amy Daughters One of the primary reasons I’ve always ...
- Turn a Verse into a PrayerBy Jonathan Graf In my life, the #1 method of prayer has been praying Scripture or ...
- Open DoorsBy Gloria Robles Many Christians are surprised to find out that the Bible urges all of ...
- Compassion and OutrageBy Bob Bakke While I was writing this article, Hamas unleashed 1,500 terrorists from Gaza into ...
- In the Upper Room with JesusOn Passover of Holy Week (now Maundy Thursday), Jesus sent Peter and John to an ...
- See You at the PollsIn a recent local election, my city of 90,000 people faced an unusual opportunity. The ...
- Pray. Always. About EverythingEvery year when I send my kids off to school, I give them notes with ...
- God Still SpeaksThe Role of Dreams and Visions Theme Introduction By Carol Madison My initial response to the idea of ...
- Dreams and Visions in the BibleGod’s Strategic Communication Tools By Joseph Winger Standing there rather awkwardly, I prayed under my breath, “God, ...
- Reclaim Broken CitiesMeeting the Challenge on Your Knees By Dr. Ed Stetzer The relationship between prayer and cities has ...
- 5 Bedtime Prayers for ChildrenA child’s prayers are simple, yet so powerful. Jesus spoke on earth about how people ...
- Prayers to Accelerate RevivalBy Byron Paulus The rapidity with which the world is changing, both for bad and for ...
- Kick Off 2024 with Global 21-Day Prayer Event“If there were ever a day that the Church globally needs to unite to cry ...
- Signs of Revival with Thousands of Baptism at Pirate’s CoveI inspired by the movie Jesus Revolution, thousands of people came from across America and the ...
- Muslims Meeting Jesus at Extraordinary LevelsTwo Assembly of God missionaries are sharing multiple firsthand testimonies of Muslims coming to the ...
- The Prayer of HealingBack in my childhood, I remember that every communion Sunday we had a time where ...
- A Fresh OutpouringOur Desperate Need for Revival Theme Introduction The U.S. Park Service in Washington, D.C., issued their order: ...
- Brokenness to Fresh OutpouringWhen a Pastor Gets Desperate By Nathan Lino I was a broken man. My church was broken. ...
- Praying through Isaiah 64 TogetherIsaiah uses word pictures in much of this chapter. In grasping the implications of those ...
- A Hockey Mom’s Radically Changed Prayer LifeWhen my son Danny graduated from high school last year, he also graduated from hockey. ...
- OneCry Calls for Revival and AwakeningAt the close of the Asbury University awakening in Wilmore, KY, in February 2023, God ...
- Powerful Prayer for Gender ClarityAs the spiritual battle against human beings worsens, those who do not serve our God ...
- “Outpouring Teams” Next Steps in Asbury RevivalFollowing the conclusion of their worship service that lasted 16 days, students and faculty at ...
- 72-Hour Revival at Baylor Leads to 22 BaptismsThe flames of revival were felt on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, TX, ...
- Timely Prayer and Worship in NashvilleWorship leader and artist Sean Feucht and his team made Nashville, TN, one of their ...
- Fill Our Cups, LordI added a parttime job to my plate in March of this year: interim teaching ...
- Great Prayers of the BibleTimeless Truths in Approaching God Theme Introduction “Oh, God . . . we don’t know what to ...
- Crisis PrayersDesperate for Divine Intervention By Rob Griepentrog It was 5:00 a.m. when Ruth woke me up, complaining ...
- The Family Can Save the NationOne Household at a Time By Cheryl Sacks I will never forget the transformative moment when the ...
- Freezing for RevivalWhen I walked into Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University in the lazy little college town ...
- Prayer Mailbox to Connect with NeighborsAn Anglican church in St. Barnabas on the Danforth sits in the middle of a ...
- Do It Again, Lord!By Carol Madison I’ve edited more than 50 issues of Prayer Connect magazine, and the consistent, ...
- Historic Revival Outpouring on Asbury CampusAsbury University was the site of continual worship and prayer on campus for weeks during ...
- UK Bans Prayers Near Abortion ClinicsA person caught praying outside an abortion clinic in England can now face up to ...
- Unity in Prayer for Miracle on the WaterConvinced that “the only hope for America is another great spiritual awakening,” a vision for ...
- The Power of Prayer MovementsSustained and Strategic Intercession (Theme Introduction) The first time I remember joining a prayer movement was in ...
- God’s Heart RevealedHis Call to Prayer By Dr. Jamie Morgan While in Israel on my 50th birthday, my tour ...
- Well Done, Good and Faithful ServantOn November 26, 2022, Dave Butts, an extraordinary and influential prayer leader, passed into the ...
- Rallying Cry to Prayer for 50 YearsThe first Friday of each month has long been a day designated by churches and ...
- More Americans Support Prayer Than KneelingA majority of Americans support prayer during public high school sporting events, compared with roughly ...
- Father of Little Leaguer Grateful for PrayersAfter falling twice—once from a bunk bed and a second time in the hospital—Easton Oliverson’s ...
- Pro-Life Activists Settle over Arrest for PrayingPro-life activists have reached a settlement with a North Carolina city in which officials agreed ...
- Texas Praying Judge Wins Major VictoryAfter a lengthy legal battle, a Texas judge can continue opening his courtroom proceedings with ...
- God’s Better WayBenefits of Unanswered Prayer It’s probably never good to start with a disclaimer. But let me ...
- When Prayers Are Not AnsweredSeek God’s Heart By Elizabeth Schmus Sitting on a deserted park bench, I cried out to the ...
- Issue 50 ExtrasFor Further Reading Here are some additional articles on blogs and websites related to “Benefits of ...
- Prayer Mentors Who Shaped MeBy Jonathan Graf Having a life coach is popular these days. Many people—especially leaders—hire someone who ...
- Nine Reasons to Change the Way You PrayBy Daniel Henderson In my early years of ministry, I tended to lead prayer gatherings based ...
- Pray Beyond with Targeted Prayers for Your ChurchEach year my church designates a month of prayer and fasting for our congregation. The ...
- Awaken the Sleeping GiantBy Remco Brommet Imagine if the nearly 85 million Americans who identify as evangelical Christians—born again, ...
- Coach Wins Supreme Court Case over PrayerThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Washington school district was wrong to punish a ...
- Korean Intercessors Pray for Revival in AmericaFrom Bellingham, WA, to Los Angeles, CA, to Bangor, ME, 240 Korean intercessors from South ...
- Native American Believers Anticipate RevivalThey came from Texas and Saskatchewan, South Carolina and Wyoming, Alberta and Kentucky. They carried ...
- The Lord’s PrayerFresh Ways to Embrace Jesus’ Teaching My childhood church was not liturgical in its practices. We ...
- A Revolutionary TeachingPraying into the “Our” of Our Father By David Chotka We say it without thinking much about ...
- Here’s How You PrayThe “Your” and “Us” Relationship By Dennis Fuqua I am more in love with my wife now ...
- Forgive All OffensesThe Power of the Forgotten Line By Jody Mayhew Our first session began with worship, each woman ...
- ExtrasCheck out some additional articles on blogs and websites related to “The Lord’s Prayer.” “A More ...
- 3 Ways Your Church Can Pray Your Kids Back to SchoolIn just a few days, children and youth in our nation will head back to ...
- Reclaim a Generation with PrayerThe Lord has a great plan for this emerging generation—they will take the gospel into ...
- Hollywood Singer Prays with Congress MembersSteve Amerson is known as the vocalist behind some of the most influential music in ...
- Atheists Demand End to Congress Presence at National Prayer BreakfastAtheist activists are calling on Congressional members to halt participation in the National Prayer Breakfast, ...
- Native American Tribes Experience RevivalIn some respects, the plight of Native Americans hasn’t changed. They face troubling issues ranging ...
- Fewer Than Half of American Adults Pray DailyLess than half of American adults pray daily as church membership continues to decline and ...
- Lay Hold of the KingdomJonathan Graf My wife and I travel back to her hometown in Lancaster County, PA, once ...
- Prayer for the Glory of GodIntroduction Several years ago, about 200 people gathered in my church’s worship center to watch the ...
- One Prayer to Bind Them AllSeeking the Glory of Christ Transforms Every Other Way You Pray By David Bryant The most familiar ...
- Beholding JesusPrayers of Fascination and Intimacy By Cristina Baker I was standing at a crossroads in life. I ...
- Prayer that Brings Glory to GodBy Kim Butts The Westminster Shorter Catechism asks and answers many questions about the Christian faith. ...
- National Prayer Leaders Gather in HollywoodLeaders of the Hollywood Prayer Network (HPN) believe that “through prayer for Hollywood comes cultural ...
- Missionaries Staged Daring Escape in HaitiThe final 12 of the 17 Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) missionaries who were kidnapped in ...
- Supreme Court to Hear Case of Praying CoachJoe Kennedy, assistant coach for the Bremerton, WA, high school football team, had a seven-year ...
- Nepal Pastor Sentenced for Prayer to Heal COVIDA court in Nepal sentenced a pastor to two years in prison under the country’s ...
- Don’t Forget the FoodMy 9-year-old grandson, Jack, seems to have a heart for prayer. I have noticed that ...
- Revival in the Next GenerationTheme Introduction A Gen Z Movement I could not imagine how an underground parking garage could be ...
- The Acts of God in the Next GenerationWhat Does Revival Look Like Among Gen Z? By Luke LeFevre “We’re seeing something different in Gen ...
- Informed Intercession for the Next GenerationA Prayer Guide to Issues Facing Gen Z By Aaron Custalow There I was, lying on the ...
- Renewed Hope for RevivalSeveral of my favorite characters in the pages of Scripture first appear as young people ...
- 7 Secrets of Effective IntercessionWe all have family members, friends, or workmates who need our prayers. Here are some ...
- Praying Jesus’ WordsWe know that praying God’s Word is a powerful practice to include in our prayers. ...
- Election Audits Saturated with PrayerIf the prayers of Doug Logan (Cyber Ninjas CEO) are answered, nothing less than revival ...
- Afghan Christians Deal with Crisis Through PrayerWidespread chaos consumed Afghanistan when the Taliban gained control of the country, inciting fear among ...
- Brownback Urges Apology to Native AmericansSam Brownback, the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under President Donald Trump, told ...
- Pastors Fight Chicago’s Gun Violence with PrayerAccording to the U.S. Department of Defense, between 2001–2020 more people were killed in the ...
- Come, Lord JesusTheme Introduction A woman pulled up in our Drive-Thru Prayer station at my church on a ...
- Longing for the King’s ReturnHeart-Cry of Anticipation By Nathan E. Jones Jesus Christ is returning. That is a given. Three times in ...
- Issue 46 ExtrasFor Further Reading Here are some additional articles on blogs and websites related to “Come, Lord ...
- From Fear to TrustFour Prayers for Healing God Will Answer By Stacey Pardoe White beams of autumn sunlight pierced the ...
- Why Are We Surprised?During a Sunday morning service, my pastor will often have a spontaneous prayer time by ...
- Lord, I Thirst for YouHave you ever prayed for personal revival? Most believers have at various times in their ...
- Prayer Pals and MoreMy prayer pal Lucy and I have something in common. We both think first base ...
- Facebook Shuts Down Jerusalem Prayer Team PageThe Jerusalem Prayer Team (JPT) Facebook page, established in 2002 with more than 75 million ...
- Prayer for Racial Healing on MLK DayA fifth-generation pastor, evangelist, and missionary is seizing Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on January ...
- Florida Governor Signs “Moment of Silence” BillFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that requires at least one minute of ...
- Kids at Terrorist Camp Shown Jesus FilmIt happened in an extremely dangerous country, where the culture is hostile to Christ and ...
- Repentance and ConfessionTurnaround Prayers to God’s Heart Pause with me for a moment and celebrate a special anniversary ...
- When Sorry Doesn’t Cut ItThe Prayer of Confession By Jason Hubbard I remember one night agonizing over stealing some nails from ...