Do you pray faithfully? Many Christians struggle to maintain a consistent prayer life. The article discusses five things that can help you grow and be more effective in prayer.

Prayer plays a supremely essential part of our study of the Bible. It is difficult to hear what God says in Scripture if you do not pray. The article provides a helpful guide for productive Bible study, especiall in cases where you are struggling to understand the Bible.

Is it acceptable to complain in prayer when God feels far away in your suffering? This article discusses the matter of lament in prayer, explaining that it is appropriate, yet needs to be done in the right way.

What were the hardest words the Lord Jesus ever said in prayer? This article considers his mention of "the glory" and "the hour" in his high priestly prayer in John 17.

Even church leaders struggle with prayer, not praying as they should. Here are five reasons explaining why church leaders struggle to pray.

Prayer is the life of the church. Is your church a praying church? How do you know if you are in a praying church? Here are ten questions to help you discern how your church is doing.

As a leader do you long to pray more? What are the causes of prayerlessness? This article gives nine causes of prayerlessness, and nine ways to cure them in order to attain to a greater prayer life

The sovereignty of God implies that God can do the impossible. This reality should impact your prayer, giving, and evangelism, and the article fleshes this out.

Prayer is essential to the life and ministry of the pastor. What is it that should motivate the prayers of the pastor? This article offers such four motives.

This article explains why prayer is important for pastors before preaching and for congregations to pray for the preaching.

This article explains that prayer is embracing God.

This article reflects on how psalms of lament are a great source for teaching Christians how to express their grief in prayer.

Why is the prayer for our daily bread important? It reminds us that we are sinners, God is good and gracious, and we have future hope.

This article reflects on how the prayer at the communion table when celebrating the Lord's Supper cradles the church's central, basic affirmations concerning the knowledge of God, the person and work of Christ, and the life and ministry of the church in the power of the Spirit.

Prayer is not always easy. How can we overcome this struggle? This article considers what a well-known catechism teaches about prayer, in order to help breathe life into our prayer habits.

Why do Christians in most Reformed and Presbyterian churches not kneel during prayer? In this article Abraham Kuyper explains that kneeling was still customary as late as 1618, at the Synod of Dort.

Here are four principles on prayer offered by the church father Augustine.

There are times in the Christian life where your faith is weak and you have low expectations regarding answers to your prayers. In Acts 12 we are shown how God works in the midst of weak faith and little prayers.

This article presents five benefits for the believer praying with the Psalms as the guide for prayer.

This article discusses how the entire Bible is a prayer book. It shows how especially the Psalms allow the believer to pray in response to God.

Should you pray for bad things to happen to bad people? This article looks at imprecatory psalms. It shows how they call believers to love and seek God's justice, and how this should shape our prayers.

Prayer should be warm and intimate. How can you make your personal prayer to be like that? The article considers eight keys to this.

This article, through the sayings of ministers from church history, provides ten key reasons why ministers need to cultivate their personal prayer life.

Prayer is a means of beholding the glory of Christ. This article explains what this means and how we behold Christ's glory in prayer.

A theme for which the writings of Tertullian may be studied with profit is the place of prayer in the life of the church. This study draws attention to and serves as an introduction to a field of study on prayer that has many riches for those who will mine there.

How can you find joy in prayer? If praying is hard for you, you can use the Lord's Prayer as a template to enrich your prayer life.

When we pray, "Hallowed be your Name," what are we praying for? We want to see God's glory revered in our lives and the lives of others. Thie article shows how this prayer shapes discipleship.

Prayer is not the least you can do; it is the most you can do. This article explains by discussing things that hinder us from praying, misconceptions about prayer, and the problem of legalistic prayer. It is when we understand the purpose of prayer that we come to realize that prayer is the most we can do.

For mission work to go well it must be linked to prayer, because in the Bible mission and prayer are related. This article looks at Ephesians 6:19-20 and Colossians 4:2-4 to show this relationship.

Prayer is difficult for many. How do you learn to pray? This article shares lessons that can help you in learning to pray, but the best way to learn is by getting a mentor.

What is prayer and why do we have to pray? Prayer is the divinely appointed means through which we commune with the living God and advance his kingdom. This article explains this definition in order to clarify the necessity for prayer and the reason for prayer.

From Philippians 4:6-7 this article offers some thoughts on prayer.

This article makes a case from church history and Scripture for prayer at set times of the day.

This article explains how the Lord's Prayer is the prayer that can turn the world upside down.

How can you encourage Christians to pray? Consider the use of prayer societies as an encouragement to prayer.

This article exposes diverse applications of psychological approaches to the book of Lamentations. It gives an analysis of the benefits and limitations of this research. It then continues to relate prayer and pain in the poetry of Lamentations by exploring the connections between Lamentations and the psychology of prayer.

This article wants to indicate the political dimensions of the book of Lamentations. The Babylonian politics of violence are vividly depicted in the poetry of Lamentations. In the second part of the article, the author argues that Lamentations contributes to modern theo-political reflections. Readers are encouraged to bring political calamity into God’s presence through prayer.

Why should you pray if God already knows your heart? This article offers nine reasons, going beyond the simple truth that the Bible commands prayer.

This article considers what the devotional life of theological students might look like. Important are matters like study, devotion, prayer, and religious exercise.

This article considers the prayer life of Jesus, taking its starting point from Mark 6:45-46. It considers where he prayed, with whom he prayed, and when he prayed, all the while outlining the significance for us as well.

How do you prepare for communion with God in prayer? This article discusses five ways we can prepare the heart and mind for prayer.

Does prayer change things? To answer this question one must understand the relationship between prayer and the sovereignty of God. It is through this understanding that one learns that prayer is submission to God’s will.

Family prayer is a precious time of fellowship with God by speaking to him. This article explains the role of the father in leading family prayer, the reasons for practicing it, its importance, and then practical ways of conducting it.

Congregational prayer is part of the worship of God’s people, so it must receive proper attention. This article looks at the role of the minister and congregation in congregational prayer.

Personal prayer is one-to-one communion with God. This article explains the importance of personal prayer, and the way of cultivating it.

Prayer is a gift of God to his covenant people. Therefore, to understand the nature of prayer, one must understand the nature of the covenant. The article explains this, showing how this understanding shapes the practice of the believer in prayer.

Prepare your public prayer. Why? Because public prayer is not only done in the presence of God, but also those listening. Therefore, it provides an opportunity to teach a congregation how to pray.

This article seeks to encourage the believer on the importance of prayer and relying upon God rather than one's own wisdom. It impresses upon the believer the importance of seeking God's will, learning the ways of God, doing his will, and rejoicing in his ways.

The author states that prayer is the most important topic in practical religion. All other subjects are secondary. The author offers seven reasons why this is so. Included among these reasons are the subjects of salvation, the character of a true Christian, private prayer, prayer as a source of encouragement, and prayer as a recipe for happiness and contentment.

What is the role of prayer in the narrative of Ruth? The article gives particular attention to the providence of God, which is effected by the actions of God and the prayers of intercession and thanksgiving by Ruth and Boaz.

This article reminds us that God gave the Psalms to us so that we would, in prayer, give them back to him. It then provides a guide for how to pray daily through the Psalms.

How do you organize your prayer life as a pastor? This article suggests seven prayer lists you can use for your pastoral prayer.

This article considers how we ought to pray. It outlines seven principles that essentially span the whole of a prayer: relationship, recognition, request, repetition, resignation, rejoicing, and realization.

This article, through the lens of Philippians 4:6-7, considers the blessing of prayer and the peace the believer has in Christ, in the face of frailty and danger.

How should the reference to bread in Matthew 6:11 and John 6:35 be best understood? This article argues that it is an error to presuppose that this is a prayer for physical bread. and wants to remind readers of the distinction between literal bread and its use as a metaphor. The author refers to texts like Deuteronomy 8:3 and Isaiah 55:1-4 as support of a metaphorical understanding.

Prayer is and always will be a battle, because of the temptation to give up. This article gives tips for persevering in prayer.

This article is a Bible study on Matthew 6:5-15, the focus of which is prayer.

How can you pray without ceasing? Begin, spend, and close every day with God. This is the key to a life of prayer.

Is prayer a struggle for you? There is a cure to this struggle: never resist the least urge to pray. The article explains how this can cure the struggle to pray.

What do your prayers look like? This article considers the meaning of James 4:2-3 as it pertains to prayer.

Praying in concentric circles, praying with a prayer mate, and using prayer cards can help in organizing your prayer life. Let the article explain.

Prayer is important in the life of every Christian. However, at times you do not feel like praying. What should you do when that happens. The article discusses the matter.

A quiet hour and quiet heart are what you need for a life of powerful prayer. This article explains.

This article considers how we may pray for each other, through a study of the prayer of Colossians 1:9-12.