
Prayer - Desiring God
Jan 1, 2015 · Most of us sense the desire to pray, and even want to develop a better prayer life, but we don’t know what to pray for. Each of these resources offers ideas for requests you might bring to God …
Prayer for Beginners - Desiring God
Apr 27, 2016 · We know we need to pray, but we know we don’t pray enough. And we’re not always sure we’re doing it right. Here are seven helps for your prayer life.
Articles on Prayer | Desiring God
Nov 12, 2025 · Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. Prayer is an expression of faith in God’s power, fueled by a desire for more of him.
Seven Simple Daily Prayers - Desiring God
Oct 12, 2016 · Do you ever ask God to hear your prayer — or do you just assume he will? “God will not lend his strength to selfish dreams, but he waits to supernaturally empower acts of self-less service.” …
A Simple Way to Pray Every Day - Desiring God
Feb 6, 2017 · If you want your prayer life to be rich and deep, satisfying and strong, try praying the way Jesus himself would pray to God.
Seven Steps to Strengthen Prayer - Desiring God
Jan 2, 2017 · A deep prayer life is difficult to maintain, but it’s also greatly rewarding. Consider seven steps to take this year to help strengthen your prayers.
Pray with a Plan: How to Order Praises and Petitions
Jan 19, 2025 · It may not seem very spiritual to use a prayer list, but it is certainly practical and profitable. Let’s briefly consider, then, how to organize a plan for both our petitions and our praises …
How to Pray in the Holy Spirit - Desiring God
Apr 30, 2018 · Praying in the Spirit means that the Spirit empowers the prayer and carries it to the Father in the name of Jesus. The prayer has a living quality characterized by warmth and freedom …
Prayer: A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic | Desiring God
Jan 6, 2024 · Along with the Lord’s Prayer and the Psalms, he collects and shares a number of other extremely practical paradigms and guides for daily prayer, ranging from short and simple models to …
We Call Him ‘Father’: The Privilege of Christian Prayer
Jan 1, 2023 · For when Jesus provided us a model or pattern for how to pray, what Christians down through the ages have called the Lord’s Prayer, the first thing he taught us was to address God as …