How to pray effectively is one of the most important lessons every Christian must learn because prayer is the foundation of a strong walk with God. Many believers want to grow deeper in prayer but ...

“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.” Romans 8:26 As we draw closer to ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People of every epoch and in every culture have prayed because human beings have always recognized that there is something greater than themselves in the universe, Pope Benedict ...

Tanya Britton prays with her dog, Sybil, by her side, while helping to prepare for Mass at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Credit: David Goldman/AP.) Listen As ...

I used to pray for what I wanted and needed, telling God specifically what it was and how to make that happen. Then I learned to pray differently and think differently. I now pray for God’s best, ...

On the eve of choosing the 12 apostles from among his disciples, our Lord spent an entire evening on an unnamed mountain praying to God (Luke 6:12). Interestingly, Luke tells us, not that Jesus ...

My husband and I went to see the movie “War Room” over the Labor Day weekend. “War Room” is a faith-based movie about the power of prayer. Hollywood movie critics were surprised at how well the movie ...

“I prayed for 20 years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs,” said slave turned abolitionist statesman Frederick Douglass. His words give a sweet reminder of the dangers of believing in ...

NORTH BEND — A new 10-week class is being offered at Unity By The Bay in North Bend, beginning Sept. 1, based on the book "How to Pray Without Talking to God" by Rev. Linda Martella-Whitsett. Unity ...

This was the prayer of my childhood - a nightly prayer I would recite as my parents put me to bed. This bedtime prayer consisted of three parts. First, I would recite the beginning verses of the ...

Great figures from church history have much to teach about talking with God. Gary Neal Hansen used to think he had a peculiar prayer life, because his prayers were unlike those of people around him.