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  A Movement of God on Ivy League Campuses   By Matt Bennett Everything began changing in our ministry to Ivy League schools in ...

Hope Undaunted: Renewing a Vision for Revival This summer I stopped by city hall and asked for a map of my ...

Will God Answer Prayers for Another Great Revival?   By Jim Jarman   William MacDonnell is my friend. As a follower of Christ from ...

An Ancient Pattern for Revival By Dan and Melissa Jarvis If you knew God only wanted you to do two things before ...

  Praying the Revival Scriptures By Mark D. Partin As one of our Sunday worship services ended and the last prayer was prayed, ...

Renewing a Vision for Revival By Sandra Higley Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group open discussion. If you use ...

Seven Benefits of Prayer   By Alvin Vandergriend Something happens when we pray that would not have happened if we hadn’t prayed. That statement ...

  The Journey of Praying a Prodigal Home   By James Banks “How’s your son?” “He’s OK, thanks. Could be better, could be worse. See ...

Kenya has been a nation struggling with issues that have tried to divide it, as Islamic terrorists are killing Christians ...

Earlier this year, Paul Gruber believed God wanted him to sell all of his belongings and take a cross-country bike ...

Operation Rolling Thunder (ORT) has been rolling in Whatcom County in Washington—the northern- and western-most county in the United States—since ...

An “invitation only” gathering of ministry leaders from the nations of the Middle East will be held in Larnaca, Cyprus, ...

Prayer leaders who specialize in mobilizing children to pray, held a summit in May in Minneapolis, MN. They focused on ...

I am a grandmother. At 2 a.m. on January 13, Campbell Wayne Dean made his appearance. Many of you grandparents have ...

A couple of months ago, a friend was anticipating major surgery. It was a rather new procedure that, if successful, ...

Most churches have some form of Scripture reading during a morning worship service. It may be in the form of ...

Prayer for the Persecuted Church Nearly 70 percent of the world’s population lives in areas with severe religious restrictions. Many of ...

Unique Prayer Needs of the Military By Rebecca Shirey During my husband’s 26-year military career as an Army chaplain, I fell in ...

Groaning Because of Our Spiritual Condition By C.H. Spurgeon Alas, many of us lack revival, but few of us feel that we ...

God Won’t Break In! This past summer I attended a denomination’s convention. During one of the business sessions, there was an ...

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God’s Plan for Effective Intercession You’re the one.” I wasn’t sure why I was the one when ...

Prayer as Relationship with God By Kim Butts   The life God intends each of us to live ...

How Our Prayers Move God’s Hand By Jonathan Graf   Steve was a new believer who attended our ...

Watching Each Other’s Backs in Spiritually Dark Days By Carol Madison   My friend Jean will tell you—no ...

Radical Prayer with Sensory Overload By Will Thomas Reading the apostle Paul’s letter to Ephesians reminds me ...

For the past 30 years, I have been involved in prayer mobilization and discipleship. Not ...

By Dana Olson The young, 20-something recent seminary grad, engaged to be married and pulling a ...

By Dave Kubal The very first gift God gave us is life. Human history begins with ...

Most Christian writers and authors like me consider our work more than a business or ...

Hannah walked slowly into her evening Bible study group, teary-eyed. Her dad had turned himself ...

By Brady Casper What image comes to mind when you think of revival? Is it the ...

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Preparing Hearts to Receive the Gospel   Shelise and I often greeted each other in the parking ...

The Stop, Wait, Go Strategy By Kie Bowman   Jesus said, “Wait.” Admittedly, that advice is counterintuitive. After all, ...

Is Anyone Saved Apart from Prayer? By Dick Eastman   Do our prayers for the unconverted ultimately make ...

A Biblical Prayer Guide to Reach the Lost By Trey and Mary Anne Kent   If you understand ...

Evangelism Empowered by Prayer   Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group open discussion. If ...

Forming Revival Prayer Clusters By Cheryl Sacks   How many believers does it take to ignite a revival? ...

When I wrote this column on a Sunday in August, the church where I am ...

By Dana Olson It is easy to get caught up in the curiosity of Revelation’s imagery. ...

By Gloria Robles After 2020, many people became disheartened and disillusioned about voting. Many said if ...

How do you define a pray-er? The answer is different for everyone. I like the ...

I had been betrayed by two people, each around the same time in a similar way—and ...

By Bill Elliff It is a tragic thing to watch a nation digress. We live in ...

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Our God-Given Prayer Assignments It was an accident. I did not intend to speak at our ...

The Greatness of Christ’s Government and Peace By Dave Kubal Isaiah also said that this son’s government—his ...

Pray for Those in Authority By Bunni Pounds Let’s be real. We watch Fox News, NBC News, ...

Praying and Leading in Divisive Times By Geoff Eckart More than any time in our lifetime, the ...

Our God-Given Prayer Assignments By Cynthia Hyle Bezek Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group ...

Dare to Believe the Truth By Kyle Davison Bair The lies we believe about prayer make it ...

One reason many believers do not pray much is that they do not understand the ...

By Dana Olson The blunt honesty of David in Psalm 69 has long ministered to my ...

By Gloria Robles The Old and New Testaments provide many models of godly men and women ...

As a mom of four young adults, I have had years of practice worrying. As ...

While prayerwalking one day, it came to me (not for the first time): I’m praying ...

By Byron Paulus We can no longer afford to play “The Quiet Game.” Parents have been ...

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Biblical Prayers in Troubling Times The long-beloved Christmas carol describing an idyllic and peaceful place of ...

Prayer in the Time of War By Kie Bowman You have probably never heard anyone describe war ...

Our Call to Pray for Peace By Dave Butts It is no surprise that Israel is a ...

Eyes Fixed on Jesus in Troubling Times By Kay Horner The church prayer meeting opened with worship ...

Here is a simple guide, complete with discussion questions, that an individual or a small ...

Not All Pray-ers Look Alike By Janet Holm McHenry The speaker was mesmerizing. She was inspirational. And ...

In that moment, we were praying over the new families that had recently started attending—and ...

By Dana Olson Feeling stuck in your prayer life? Same old, same old? Wishing you could ...

By Gloria Robles  We are in no small need of prayers for our government. The president ...

The observance of the Lord’s Supper is one of the few occasions when we as ...

Standing at a nearby clothing rack, I wanted to intervene. But I knew I shouldn’t. ...

Emotions are one of God’s greatest gifts. At times, they may feel like enemies. Yet ...

By Gil Michel As a pastor of an inner-city church—and one who has been involved with ...

Even though I grew up in the church and became a follower of Jesus at ...

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A Plea for Fervent and Prevailing Prayer My nephew called me as they loaded my brother ...

God’s Response to Fervent, Prevailing Prayer By Bill Elliff What do you do when you don’t know ...

Fervency and Practicality in Prayer By Kie Bowman David Brainerd, praying in the deep winter snow until ...

by Wesley Duewel The most important measure of prayer is not its length or its depth; ...

With Fervent Cries By Donna Gaines As I look back at almost 40 years in ministry, I ...

Here is a simple guide, complete with discussion questions, that an individual or a small ...

How I’ve Learned There Are No Rules By Amy Daughters One of the primary reasons I’ve always ...

By Jonathan Graf In my life, the #1 method of prayer has been praying Scripture or ...

By Gloria Robles Many Christians are surprised to find out that the Bible urges all of ...

By Bob Bakke While I was writing this article, Hamas unleashed 1,500 terrorists from Gaza into ...

On Passover of Holy Week (now Maundy Thursday), Jesus sent Peter and John to an ...

In a recent local election, my city of 90,000 people faced an unusual opportunity. The ...

Every year when I send my kids off to school, I give them notes with ...

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The Role of Dreams and Visions Theme Introduction By Carol Madison My initial response to the idea of ...

God’s Strategic Communication Tools By Joseph Winger Standing there rather awkwardly, I prayed under my breath, “God, ...

How to Know If It’s Really from God By Dick Eastman Years ago, I had some bad ...

Beyond Rational into Supernatural By Fred Markert I started to go to sleep and suddenly my bedroom ...

Meeting the Challenge on Your Knees By Dr. Ed Stetzer The relationship between prayer and cities has ...

In the past, we had limited access to information about events that were happening outside ...

A child’s prayers are simple, yet so powerful. Jesus spoke on earth about how people ...

By Byron Paulus The rapidity with which the world is changing, both for bad and for ...

By Carol Madison Our prayer team didn’t hesitate when I proposed our 2023 prayer theme. Normally ...

“If there were ever a day that the Church globally needs to unite to cry ...

I inspired by the movie Jesus Revolution, thousands of people came from across America and the ...

Two Assembly of God missionaries are sharing multiple firsthand testimonies of Muslims coming to the ...

Back in my childhood, I remember that every communion Sunday we had a time where ...

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Our Desperate Need for Revival Theme Introduction The U.S. Park Service in Washington, D.C., issued their order: ...

The Same Desperate Need for Revival By Dr. Bob Bakke As I write, I am just a ...

When a Pastor Gets Desperate By Nathan Lino I was a broken man. My church was broken. ...

Putting the “Oh” Back into Our Prayers By Byron Paulus Embedded in my memory are several agonizing ...

Isaiah uses word pictures in much of this chapter. In grasping the implications of those ...

Kingdom-Focused Prayers for the Next Generation By Stacey Pardoe Every Tuesday night, a group of sixth-grade girls ...

When my son Danny graduated from high school last year, he also graduated from hockey. ...

Over the last couple of decades, I’ve gone on dozens of personal getaways with God. ...

At the close of the Asbury University awakening in Wilmore, KY, in February 2023, God ...

As the spiritual battle against human beings worsens, those who do not serve our God ...

Following the conclusion of their worship service that lasted 16 days, students and faculty at ...

The flames of revival were felt on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, TX, ...

Worship leader and artist Sean Feucht and his team made Nashville, TN, one of their ...

I added a parttime job to my plate in March of 2023: interim teaching paster ...

Timeless Truths in Approaching God  Theme Introduction  “Oh, God . . . we don’t know what to ...

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Confidence in the All-Powerful God By Geoff Eckart Just three months after becoming lead pastor at Daybreak, ...

Desperate for Divine Intervention By Rob Griepentrog It was 5:00 a.m. when Ruth woke me up, complaining ...

It Just Makes Sense By Kyle Reno The word repentance rightly carries a lot of weight. But ...

Thirsting After God By Dana Olson Thirst trap photo. It’s a new phrase—at least to me—popping up ...

One Household at a Time By Cheryl Sacks I will never forget the transformative moment when the ...

When I walked into Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University in the lazy little college town ...

By Carol Madison I took a surprising Hollywood walking tour in 2022 when America’s National Prayer ...

An Anglican church in St. Barnabas on the Danforth sits in the middle of a ...

By Carol Madison I’ve edited more than 50 issues of Prayer Connect magazine, and the consistent, ...

By Paul Covert The first vital element of a dynamic prayer meeting is to paint the ...

Asbury University was the site of continual worship and prayer on campus for weeks during ...

A person caught praying outside an abortion clinic in England can now face up to ...

Convinced that “the only hope for America is another great spiritual awakening,” a vision for ...

During their January annual meeting, members of America’s National Prayer Committee (NPC) honored the leadership ...

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Sustained and Strategic Intercession (Theme Introduction) The first time I remember joining a prayer movement was in ...

His Call to Prayer By Dr. Jamie Morgan While in Israel on my 50th birthday, my tour ...

Lessons of Hopeful and Strategic Prayer By Matt Lockett I was standing in front of the U.S. ...

The Convergence of Prayer and Missions Movements By Dr. Jason Hubbard What will it take to see ...

Praying God’s Promises for Justice and a Great Awakening By Gerard Long God wants us to be ...

On November 26, 2022, Dave Butts, an extraordinary and influential prayer leader, passed into the ...

There are nearly 7,000 languages spoken around the world today, and more than 1,700 languages— ...

It is Passover. Twenty-one years earlier than the one you’re thinking of. Jesus is twelve. ...

The first Friday of each month has long been a day designated by churches and ...

By Sherry Schumann If your heart is like mine, it’s heavy. It’s saddled by the uncertainties ...

A majority of Americans support prayer during public high school sporting events, compared with roughly ...

After falling twice—once from a bunk bed and a second time in the hospital—Easton Oliverson’s ...

Pro-life activists have reached a settlement with a North Carolina city in which officials agreed ...

After a lengthy legal battle, a Texas judge can continue opening his courtroom proceedings with ...

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Benefits of Unanswered Prayer It’s probably never good to start with a disclaimer. But let me ...

Jesus’ Example of Unanswered Prayer By Jamie Overholser Prayer is both simple and complex. It’s as simple as ...

Trusting God with the Outcomes By Niko Peele I grew up surrounded by praying people, more specifically, ...

Seek God’s Heart By Elizabeth Schmus Sitting on a deserted park bench, I cried out to the ...

For Further Reading Here are some additional articles on blogs and websites related to “Benefits of ...

Don’t Cower; Grow Stronger By Kyle Davison Bair Forget everything you’ve seen in movies about spiritual warfare. Our ...

By Jonathan Graf Having a life coach is popular these days. Many people—especially leaders—hire someone who ...

By Daniel Henderson In my early years of ministry, I tended to lead prayer gatherings based ...

In April 2020, Britain, hard-hit by COVID-19, was in lockdown. No one was to come ...

Each year my church designates a month of prayer and fasting for our congregation. The ...

By Remco Brommet Imagine if the nearly 85 million Americans who identify as evangelical Christians—born again, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Washington school district was wrong to punish a ...

From Bellingham, WA, to Los Angeles, CA, to Bangor, ME, 240 Korean intercessors from South ...

They came from Texas and Saskatchewan, South Carolina and Wyoming, Alberta and Kentucky. They carried ...

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Fresh Ways to Embrace Jesus’ Teaching My childhood church was not liturgical in its practices. We ...

Praying into the “Our” of Our Father By David Chotka We say it without thinking much about ...

The “Your” and “Us” Relationship By Dennis Fuqua I am more in love with my wife now ...

The Power of the Forgotten Line By Jody Mayhew Our first session began with worship, each woman ...

Check out some additional articles on blogs and websites related to “The Lord’s Prayer.” “A More ...

Vitally Alive and Thriving By Sandy Mayle For years I’ve followed a specific pattern of intercession for ...

As Christians, we’re called to confession and repentance. To keep short accounts with God. After ...

In just a few days, children and youth in our nation will head back to ...

The Lord has a great plan for this emerging generation—they will take the gospel into ...

By Betsy Lee “A prayerful Christian is a powerful Christian,” said Billy Graham. The opposite is ...

Steve Amerson is known as the vocalist behind some of the most influential music in ...

Atheist activists are calling on Congressional members to halt participation in the National Prayer Breakfast, ...

In some respects, the plight of Native Americans hasn’t changed. They face troubling issues ranging ...

Less than half of American adults pray daily as church membership continues to decline and ...

Jonathan Graf My wife and I travel back to her hometown in Lancaster County, PA, once ...

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Introduction Several years ago, about 200 people gathered in my church’s worship center to watch the ...

Seeking the Glory of Christ Transforms Every Other Way You Pray By David Bryant The most familiar ...

Learning to Pray for God’s Glory Above All By Jonathan Graf In the apostle Paul’s day, Rome ...

Prayers of Fascination and Intimacy By Cristina Baker I was standing at a crossroads in life. I ...

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When the Decision Isn’t Yours to Make By Joan Sherman Military life seems to be a series ...

Most Holy, Righteous and Eternal God, our Heavenly Father. Once again, O God, we come before ...

In December 2021, I was in the hospital with a family member. I saw the ...

By Kim Butts The Westminster Shorter Catechism asks and answers many questions about the Christian faith. ...

By Thomas Bush We have important appointments, so we prepare to be successful. When we are ...

Leaders of the Hollywood Prayer Network (HPN) believe that “through prayer for Hollywood comes cultural ...

The final 12 of the 17 Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) missionaries who were kidnapped in ...

Joe Kennedy, assistant coach for the Bremerton, WA, high school football team, had a seven-year ...

A court in Nepal sentenced a pastor to two years in prison under the country’s ...

My 9-year-old grandson, Jack, seems to have a heart for prayer. I have noticed that ...

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Theme Introduction A Gen Z Movement I could not imagine how an underground parking garage could be ...

What Does Revival Look Like Among Gen Z? By Luke LeFevre “We’re seeing something different in Gen ...

A Prayer Guide to Issues Facing Gen Z By Aaron Custalow There I was, lying on the ...

Empowering God’s Mighty Work in All Generations By Hal and Cheryl Sacks Not long ago, the Lord ...

How Well-Meaning Teaching Traps Christians in Doubt By Kyle Davison Bair A subtle, faith-killing lie seeps through ...

Several of my favorite characters in the pages of Scripture first appear as young people ...

I’ve long struggled with my intercessory approach to the Lord. My petitions have been narrowly ...

We all have family members, friends, or workmates who need our prayers. Here are some ...

There I was, surrounded by books filled with pages of inspiring words. Yet my inspiration ...

We know that praying God’s Word is a powerful practice to include in our prayers. ...

Editor’s Note: We do not normally run anonymous articles in Prayer Connect. But we know ...

If the prayers of Doug Logan (Cyber Ninjas CEO) are answered, nothing less than revival ...

Widespread chaos consumed Afghanistan when the Taliban gained control of the country, inciting fear among ...

Sam Brownback, the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under President Donald Trump, told ...

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, between 2001–2020 more people were killed in the ...

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Theme Introduction A woman pulled up in our Drive-Thru Prayer station at my church on a ...

Heart-Cry of Anticipation By Nathan E. Jones Jesus Christ is returning. That is a given. Three times in ...

Preparing for the Second Coming By Dave Butts One of the earliest prayers of the Church was ...

Jesus’ Instructions in Waiting for His Return By Kyle Lance and Laura Martin As believers longing to ...

For Further Reading Here are some additional articles on blogs and websites related to “Come, Lord ...

Four Prayers for Healing God Will Answer By Stacey Pardoe White beams of autumn sunlight pierced the ...

During a Sunday morning service, my pastor will often have a spontaneous prayer time by ...

Have you ever prayed for personal revival? Most believers have at various times in their ...

By Dr. Jamie Morgan When I was a new believer I attended a prayer leader conference ...