
What Prayer Can Do: Not by Bread Alone
Three young siblings, asked to watch over four baking loaves, see their prayers for a kitchen miracle answered.

Three young siblings, asked to watch over four baking loaves, see their prayers for a kitchen miracle answered.

Jesus prayed. And showed by his prayers what prayer can be: direct, simple, honest and passionate. Here’s help, in Jesus’s own words.

Spend just five minutes in prayer and experience God’s presence in your life.

This is my last blog for Guideposts, as I assume a Senior Pastor position at the Naugatuck United Methodist Church. I will always cherish OurPrayer in my heart.

Prayer opens us up to the unexpected. Coincidence, it’s said, is how God remains anonymous.

They were told their beloved Italian greyhound’s diabetes was untreatable. Then her husband had the strangest dream.

A familiar and favorite biblical prayer held the key to helping me let go of anger.

When I gave God a deadline, I learned a vital lesson about praying with a demand.

It can seem like there is no place to turn, but there is. Hope is never beyond reach.

In this story from June 1981, Touched by an Angel star Della Reese shares how her faith guided her through a serious health crisis.
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