Prayers, Guides &amp; Devotionals

How to Pray When a Loved One Is Seriously Ill

The phone call came and everything shifted. Now you’re standing in the gap between someone you love and a God you’re begging to intervene—and “please heal them” doesn’t feel like enough anymore. Here’s how to pray when the illness is serious and the words feel small.

9 min read

Praying With the Holy Spirit: Your Unseen Prayer Partner

You were never meant to pray alone. The Holy Spirit intercedes, guides, and empowers your prayer life in ways you may not even realize. Here's how to partner with Him.

How to Pray When Parenting Adult Children: Loving Loudly and Praying Quietly

Your kids are grown but your prayers aren't finished. Here's how to intercede for adult children when you can no longer fix, control, or protect the way you used to.

How to Pray When You Are Watching Someone You Love Make a Terrible Decision

You can see the cliff. They cannot. The person you love is walking straight toward disaster, and nothing you say can stop them. Here is how to pray when you are forced to watch and cannot intervene.

How to Pray When Watching Someone You Love Self-Destruct

They are making choices that are destroying their life, and you can see it happening in slow motion. When someone you love is on a path of self-destruction and will not listen, here is how to pray.

How to Pray When Someone You Love Is Suffering

Watching someone you love suffer while feeling powerless is agonizing. Learn how to intercede for them and find peace when you can’t fix their pain.

Spiritual Growth

How to Pray When You're Watching Someone You Love Walk Away from Faith

You remember their baptism, their prayers at the dinner table, the season when faith lit them up from the inside. And now they won’t even talk about God. It’s not like losing them to death—they’re right there, but something essential is missing. This is how to keep praying without becoming a wall they have to climb over.

How to Pray When You're Overwhelmed by the News

Wars, disasters, injustice, division—the headlines never stop and neither does the anxiety. Learn how to pray when the state of the world is crushing your spirit and stealing your peace.

9 min read

How to Pray for Your Country's Leaders

“God, make them do what I want” isn’t intercession—it’s lobbying with a bowed head. Praying for leaders you disagree with is one of the hardest commands in Scripture (1 Timothy 2:1–2), and it starts by asking God for their character, not their policies.

6 min read

How to Pray for Your Neighborhood

You drive past the same houses every day. You wave at the same faces. But have you ever prayed for any of it? Your address is part of God’s plan—and prayer walking your block might be the most immediate mission work you ever do.

6 min read

Praying for Prodigals: When Someone You Love Walks Away From Faith

They grew up in church, knew all the songs, and one day walked away. Here’s how to keep praying for a loved one who’s left the faith without losing your own.

How to Pray for Missionaries and the Unreached: Partnering in the Great Commission From Home

You may not be called to the mission field, but you can fuel the mission from your knees. Learn how to pray with power for those who go where the gospel hasn’t reached yet.

How to Build a War Room for Prayer: Creating a Dedicated Space to Seek God

A war room isn’t about the room—it’s about the war. Learn how to create a focused prayer space that helps you intercede with purpose and persistence.

Intercessory Prayer for Beginners: How to Pray for Others With Power

You said “I’ll pray for you” and meant it. But what does it actually look like to carry someone else’s burden to God—not just once, but until something breaks through?

Spiritual Growth

How to Pray for Your Church: Interceding for the Body You Belong To

The woman two rows ahead is going through a divorce she hasn’t told anyone about. The worship leader cried in his car before the service. Praying for your church starts with seeing the people around you — and carrying what you see into prayer.

How to Pray for Your City: Intercession That Starts Where You Live

Your city needs prayer—for its leaders, its broken places, and its people. Here’s how to pray with specificity and hope for the place you call home.

How to Pray for Your Friends: Going Beyond “Bless Them, Lord”

Your friends need more than vague blessings—they need specific, faithful intercession. Here’s how to pray for the people you love with depth and intention.

Praying for Your Nation: How to Intercede for Your Country

In divisive times, prayer is the most powerful thing you can do for your country. Here’s how to pray for your nation with Scripture, wisdom, and hope.

How to Pray for Your Pastor: Prayers They Need but Rarely Ask For

Your pastor carries more than you see. Here are specific, Scripture-grounded prayers to cover the person who covers your church in prayer every week.

Spiritual Growth

How to Pray for Your Community: Moving Beyond Personal Prayer

You drive past the same streets every day. At some point, something shifts—you stop seeing scenery and start seeing people. The tired cashier. The family that stopped coming to church. The house with the overgrown yard. Here’s how to carry what you see into prayer.