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Understanding the Terms Associated with Praise By Keith Gaddis When we pray, we find ourselves using various ...

Moving from Anxious Groaning to Joyful Ruling   By Jason Hershey Let’s face it. We have our prayer ...

When Your Prayers Become About Him By Justin Hoeppner Late one evening I was in my office ...

Prayer and Praise By Sandra Higley Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group open discussion. ...

Your Disposition Determines Endless Fellowship   By Kathy Wenrich   After an abusive, unfaithful relationship, I found myself completely ...

Using the Lord’s Prayer to Unify Your Group By Andrew Wheeler How do you pray for your ...

I Got You! When my granddaughter Gabrielle was three years old, she lived with us for ...

  By Brad Bush From the day of Pentecost, there has been not one great spiritual awakening ...

Praying for your neighbors and loved ones just got easier with a new website that ...

For the past 16 years, I have had a burden to see believers discipled in ...

One Nation under God Many believers struggle with the upheaval and crises happening in our nation ...

By Elaine Helms While working as a church prayer coordinator and as a national prayer leader, ...

By Samuel Chadwick   The most incredible things are promised to prayer. The Old Testament abounds in ...

  More than 30,000 young people gathered for the Onething 2013 conference, December 28–31, at the ...

Twenty years ago, Eric Metaxas recognized the desperate need for a spiritual awakening in Manhattan. ...

More than 110,000 people have indicated they made a commitment to Jesus Christ during the ...

Milton Blahyi was a satanic high priest, cannibal, warlord, and mass murderer in the Liberian ...

Moms In Prayer International will host a prayer powerhouse October 17–19, 2014, in Dallas, TX, ...

On May 1, 2014, the 63rd annual National Day of Prayer (NDP) will take place. ...

God Speaks Can You Hear Him? Several times in my life I’ve heard God’s voice—not audibly—but as ...

God Still Speaks Today   By Kathy Branzell I was sitting with my friend drinking a cup of ...

Four Keys to Intimate Fellowship By Mark Virkler I tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall ...

Discerning Whether You Really Heard God By P. Douglas Small Years ago, in a church I pastored, ...

A Bible Study By Sandra Higley Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group discussion. If ...

Sidebars from Theme of Issue 16   God’s Voice to Me By Sam Warren It makes me laugh now, ...

Learning the Vocabulary of a Repentant Heart   By Tiece L. King   Several months ago I joined with ...

Anticipating that Special Gift in Revival   By Brad Bush   When the English hymn writer Isaac Watts penned ...

Could It Be?  By Jonathan Graf Any person who truly longs for and prays for revival comes ...

As your church’s prayer ministry grows, so does the need to keep track of prayer ...

“When you go through all the verses in Scripture, 2 Chronicles 7:14 is one of ...

By Jeff Mendoza Teaching children to pray doesn’t always work best sitting down at the kitchen ...

Operation World (the book and the website) is “the definitive prayer guide to every nation,” ...

By Daniel Henderson All my life, worship services have seemed basically the same. Of course, some ...

By David McIntyre   But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut ...

Of Geese and Revival I hate geese! I never used to, but now that I own ...

Prayer ministries from across the globe will gather in the media epicenter of Hollywood, CA, ...

During the weekend of April 13-14, 2014, a worldwide call went out for children, youth, ...

A Korean advocate for the people of North Korea writes to the leaders of the ...

A Christian revival is touching the northernmost reaches of Africa. In a region once hostile ...

Saudis are some of the most active users of media in the Arab world. It ...

An effort to reaffirm America’s national motto “In God We Trust” will be the focus ...

Roadblock Ahead: Removing the Hindrances in Your Prayer Life I confess there’s one hindrance in my prayer ...

How to Combat Satan’s Chokehold on Your Prayer Life By Kerry Shuey My husband and I had ...

12 Scriptural Reasons God May Not Be Answering Your Prayers   By Bill Elliff   When my high school ...

Declutter Your Time with the Lord By Rebecca Shirey Is our commitment to prayer strong enough to ...

Removing the Hindrances in Our Prayer Lives By Sandra Higley Note: This Bible study is formatted for ...

The Great Privilege of Praying in Jesus’ Name   By Todd Gaddis   Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), one ...

Get Ongoing Prayer Support By Lisa Bartelt Not long ago, my husband and I received a letter ...

  By Jonathan Graf   As a person with a graduate degree and a teacher’s heart, I have ...

Our One Cry Makes a Difference   By Byron Paulus   Indelibly etched in my memory are a number ...

I’m trying out a new app for my iPhone that is helping me organize my ...

It started with an email from my son Ben during the Iraq War. The email ...

On a recent trip to the Middle East, I experienced a very powerful prayer practice ...

  Dick LaFountain has a passion to motivate a renewed love for prayer and the presence ...

By Kaye Johns Most churches have great intentions regarding prayer for their pastoral staff. But getting ...

By Armin R. Gesswein Shall we see revival again in our land? Many were asking this question ...

Christians in Iraq and Syria are fleeing severe violence targeted at them. The violence includes ...

The first Global Day of Prayer for International Students (GDPIS), designed to help Christians focus ...

Prayer leaders David Rowsome and Warwick Marsh, of Australia’s National Day of Prayer and Repentance, ...

On July 2, a new website was launched marking the release of Renewal of America’s ...

A divided Supreme Court ruled in May that legislative bodies, such as city councils, can ...

Leaders passionate about seeing transformation in society will meet at a first-ever gathering called a ...

Leaders of four major ministry coalitions have sensed a call from God to hold a ...

Faith-filled Prayer Breakthroughs By John Robb My cell phone spurs me on each time it powers up ...

Faith and Prayer By Carol Madison I recently edited a book by a friend who has an ...

When You Start to Waver in Faith By Ron Auch I felt like the prophet Habakkuk when ...

In, With, Of, For—Those Pesky Prepositions By Pat Heston Peter Marshall, the great preacher of the early ...

The Power of Caring and Praying for Others By Pierre M. Eade Like most people, I’ve had ...

What Happens When a Church Develops Authentic Prayer?   By Daniel Henderson   Every parent knows the incredible anticipation ...

Is This the Generation?   By Ron Boehme   More than 100 years ago a praying Student Volunteer Movement ...

Bringing people together in corporate prayer takes work. And at times it can be discouraging ...

Prayer grows faster if there is a clear plan and committed people in place to ...

Is your church planning to host a large event that you’d like to surround in ...

PrayerPower Ministries Offers Practical Help Jim and Kaye Johns have traveled extensively throughout the United States ...

By Austen C. Ukachi I recently mused within me—what have I learned from the prayer ministry ...

By Robert Murray McCheyne “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon ...

Appreciate Our Prayer Differences   By Jonathan Graf   Gary Chapman’s book The Five Love Languages has been on ...

Faith and Prayer By Sandra Higley Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group open discussion. ...

Liberia, torn apart by 14 years of civil war, is the fourth poorest country on ...

  Despite a barrage of missiles fired at Israel by Hamas, there have been remarkably few ...

Launched in 2012, just prior to the national elections, David’s Tent DC is a 24/7 ...

In September 2013, National Day of Prayer (NDP) hosted its first Pray for America Bus ...

Cry Out America events were held across the nation on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at ...

After an 18-year partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators, Iranian Christian leaders are excited to provide ...

More than 1.6 billion people—23 percent of the world’s population—are victims of repressive regimes and ...

Awakening on Campuses God Is Stirring Prayer! My parents recently moved from their house of more than ...

The Power and Purpose of Young People in Revival By David Smithers Nearly a century ago, Baptist ...

The Stirring of a College Campus Prayer Movement By Justin Christopher I still remember the discouraging responses ...

How to Pray for God’s Movement on Campus By Jeremy Story The recent movie God’s Not Dead ...

By Jeremy Story You may have a college or university campus near your home. It needs ...

God’s Movement of Prayer on Campuses By Sandra Higley Note: This Bible study is formatted for small ...

What It Takes to Stand in the Gap By Kathy Wenrich Former New York Yankee Bobby Richardson ...

  An Opportunity to Test-Drive Your Faith By Jennifer Kennedy Dean   In the praying life, God schedules waiting ...

By Jonathan Graf One of the most difficult things to do in a corporate prayer setting ...

By Sandra Higley I was a part of the staff of Pray! magazine several years ago ...

By David Young It is my practice to pray for a list of extended family members ...

Prayer Connect magazine needs you! We are grateful for readers who will come alongside us ...

The Never-Changing Revival Message By Eddie Hyatt The Declaration of Independence of 1776 was a direct result ...

By Andrew Wheeler We know the end of the age will be ushered in by the ...

By Zoe M. Hicks Prayer leaders routinely call on congregations to pray for missions teams, whether ...

By D.L. Moody How often we go to prayer meetings without really asking for anything! Our ...

By Jonathan Graf   I recently participated in the National Prayer Assembly, a gathering in Washington DC ...

PrayChicago brought Christians from many organizations, churches, and communities in the greater Chicago area together ...

Sensing a strong call to pray on site in the nation’s capital, about 90 prayer ...

In 2013 the U.S. Center for World Mission (USCWM) began equipping thousands of churches in ...

Stand in the Gap Coalition hosted a 1.3-mile walk on November 8 near Caryville, TN, ...

The 10/40 Window is home to three billion Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, and the vast ...

In Ardmore, OK, off I-35 near the 12th street exit, a billboard is strategically placed ...

The Hollywood Prayer Network (founded by Karen Covell in 2001) partnered with The National Day ...

Intercessors for America reports that Christians in Israel are responding to an increased burden to ...

  Rediscovering Fasting: A Kingdom Key to Breakthrough   The first time God called me to fast was ...

Fasting Brings Renewed Power   By Lynne Baab   A friend of mine was pregnant with her fourth child ...

Desperately Seeking God through Fasting   By Richard W. LaFountain   I am hypoglycemic. That means I get sudden ...

Beyond the Fear and Mystery   By Dean Trune   I was out of answers. I kept thinking of ...

The Link between Prayer and Spiritual Warfare   By Alvin VanderGriend   I was a pastor at the time. ...

Prayer or Panic? I enjoy Facebook. Over the years that I’ve had a personal page, I ...

One of my “side jobs” is to provide prayer support for a national ministry that ...

Kingdom Praying is a website dedicated to training people how to pray “Thy kingdom come” kinds ...

  You may have noticed this issue of Prayer Connect is a little thinner than previous ...

By Douglas Kamstra “Before we leave, let’s spend a few moments in prayer. . . .” ...

By Jonathan Goforth   A missionary once remarked apologetically to me: “I have always longed for revival; ...

Several national prayer leaders and ministries have joined forces to develop a new concerted ministry ...

  Intercessors for America (IFA) notes that the number of reported abortions fell to a historic low ...

  Chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team fanned out and ministered throughout the city ...

Global Prayer Resource Network (GPRN) has released a list from In Context Ministries that highlights ...

Beyond the Obvious: Moving from Fix-it to Kingdom Prayer One of my first encounters with a ...

A Dynamic Way to Pray for Everyday Needs   By Jonathan Graf Imagine the situation: The “best” and ...

How to Go Beyond the Fix-it Prayer By Kay Horner Years ago, as our friends were engaged ...

Prayer that Aligns with Greater Purpose By Malachi O’Brien I don’t know how to pray! I don’t ...

Overcoming the Battlefield of Independence By Terry Magee There I was, scooping out a dish of ice ...

  Transforming Prayer: Inviting God’s Presence to Your Community I was in my office downtown when I ...

The Hope of Transformation By Doug Small What do the current buzzwords community transformation mean? Some Christians ...

Prayer Patterns for Community Transformation   By Dave Kubal   How can we, as intercessors, pray both personally and ...

Stories of Transformation in Process By Dennis Fuqua When a hurricane blew through Bartow County, GA, community ...

When the Impossible Confronts You By Paul Covert One Sunday afternoon, while I was training a prayer ...

Although I know praying for unsaved friends and family members is important, I find it ...

George Otis, Jr. has documented the transformation of communities in cities and nations around the ...

By Daniel Henderson There was a time I believed every church member would automatically and wholeheartedly ...

By James Burns In Christian history, no phenomenon is more clear than the recurrence of revivals. ...

  Many of us have physical habits that are so ingrained we do not even think ...

  A Georgia Air Force base that made headlines after banning its guards’ use of the ...

Leaders from 16 countries participated in a planning session in Seoul, South Korea, for a ...

The number of terror-sponsored incidents continues to grow worldwide, and the rhetoric of threats is ...

For the third year in a row, the Australian National Day of Prayer and Fasting ...

In an effort to rally prayer more effectively for the United States at this critical ...

Allowing God to Invade Your Prayer Life I thought my summer was going to include some ...

God’s Work through Constant Communion By Jamie Overholser I dread one particular situation. It happens once every ...

Being Yourself in the Presence of God By Pat Chen I was in Toronto Canada, for a ...

A Look at Frequent Intimacy Blockers By Sandra Higley It happened at a Dennis Jernigan concert. He invited ...

When You Don’t Pray Like Everyone Else By Pierre Eade and Dawn Metzger Have you noticed that ...

  Entering my classroom at Taylor University one day, I anticipated a session like any other ...

By John Maempa It’s been more than 20 years now—we have actually lost track of the ...

By Tony Marshall Anderson   When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled ...

Ashley Madison and Revival   By Jonathan Graf   Thanks to the Ashley Madison website hacking, it was a ...

Aiming to be the site of continuous worship for 424 days until the national elections ...

The gospel is going forward in an unprecedented fashion—especially in the most restricted countries—driven by ...

Several national prayer leaders and ministries (including National Day of Prayer and America’s National Prayer ...

The National Day of Prayer (NDP) team set out this fall on another bus tour ...

The Foundation to Building a Praying Church I sat in a coffee shop with a cup ...

The Common Denominator of Spiritual Leaders By Dave Earley When I was nearly 17 years old, I ...

Building a Praying Church from the Ground Up By Fred Hartley III The size of your ministry ...

Fulfill Your Calling to Love and Pray   By Alice Smith   Fervent, focused prayer is a leader’s greatest ...

From Unworthiness to Confidence   By Barbara Ho   I have claimed this verse in prayer more times than ...

Are Your Prayers Stinky? My favorite car of all time was a 1993 Nissan Sentra. I ...

Refugee Crisis: Five Objects to Fuel Prayer The refugee crisis continues to grow each day. We ...

War Room: A 30-Day Boot Camp Response   By Kathy Branzell As a prayer coordinator for my church, ...

  By Hyman Appleman   Some people think the need for a revival is a sign of decadence ...

Over the Labor Day weekend (Sept. 4-7), the faith-based family drama War Room exceeded expectations ...

A football coach, suspended for leading silent, short, on-field prayers after football games, has gained ...

  Some 300 of America’s most influential spiritual leaders will gather in Atlanta, GA, for a ...

Prayer leaders from across the country met in October 2015 to pray and discuss partnership ...

There’s Still Hope! By Carol Madison I was just out of college and relatively inexperienced as a ...

Pray for a Humble and Courageous Leader   By Joel Rosenberg   America is heading toward implosion. Judgment is ...

Why Christians Need to Be Involved   By Lea Carawan   For too long, people of faith have relinquished ...

An Election Prayer Guide   By Dave Butts   Is positive change truly possible in our nation today? In every ...

If God Knows, What’s the Point?   By Dan Crawford The introduction was over and I was setting ...

  When a group of pastors in Collin County, TX, felt overwhelmed with the growing number ...

  By Adena Hodges   In the 1990s, one of the regions in a very dark part of ...

By Billy Sunday   What is a revival? Now listen to me. A revival does two things. ...

How Long, Lord?   By Jonathan Graf   There’s still hope for the United States. I firmly believe that. Recently ...

An event called Together 2016 will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., ...

  Thousands of pastors and Christian leaders will gather at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial ...

A coalition of influential evangelical, charismatic, and Pentecostal leaders met in December 2015 in Colorado ...

Franklin Graham of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse is traveling to all ...

Giving Voice to Your Prayers I don’t consider myself much of a “prayer practitioner” when it ...

The Go-to Prayer Book By Ben Patterson Why should the Psalms matter to us? Here’s possibly the ...

The Blessed Practice of Praying the Psalms   By Tricia McCary Rhodes A predawn hush enfolded me like ...

Prayer Leaders Share Their Best Practices By John Maempa How often have we heard people say, “I ...

The Psalms: Giving Voice to Your Prayers Note: This Bible study is formatted for small group ...

  Develop Purpose in Your Congregational Prayer Lists   By Jonathan Graf A few months ago I preached at ...

Executing Your Prayer Assignment By Pierre Eade I grew up playing three team sports: baseball, basketball, and ...

Is Increased Prayer a Lot of Hoo-ha? When I wrote this column I had recently returned ...

A few years ago, I decided to pray through the Bible. I had read somewhere ...

How do you pray in a formal worship service? Of course we want to join ...

We know our subscribers are also pray-ers, and so we consider you a part of ...

Creative Intergenerational Prayer Gatherings   By Kim Butts In our increasingly dark and seductive culture, how well are ...

God’s Great Need   By An Unknown Christian “God Wondered.” This is a very striking thought! The very ...

In 2013, Brent Brooks, pastor of Reno Christian Fellowship, invited the leadership of OneCry to ...

Where West Virginia and Kentucky meld together, pastors and churches are experiencing the stirrings of ...

The 65th annual National Day of Prayer (NDP) on May 5 was observed in a ...