Prayer

Prayer Can Change Your Life

Prayer tips and helpful tools to increase your faith excerpted from the current issue of PLUS—The Power of Faith Magazine.

Guideposts Classics: Joe E. Brown on the Power of Laughter

By Joe E. Brown5 min read

In this story from June 1948, comedian Joe E. Brown, best remembered today as millionaire Osgood Fielding III in the classic 1959 comedy “Some Like It Hot,” discusses the healing power of laughter.

Barak ben Orna's name on a scrap of paper taped to a kitchen cabinet

An Answered Prayer That Changed Two Strangers’ Lives

By Diana Aydin6 min read

Prayer led to an extraordinary connection between a Beverly Hills woman and an Israeli soldier in Gaza.

A Father’s Prayer for His Alcoholic Son

By Wes A.6 min read

I’m not sure when Paul will stop falling. But I hope that he reads this and knows he’s not alone.

An artist's rendering of a small boy kneeling in prayer at his bedside

Someone Cares—Pass It On: Children’s Prayer

By Bobbi Werkheiser1 min read

A mother shares a prayer she composed for her young children to say at bedtime, so that they might drift off to sleep feeling loved and safe.

What Prayer Can Do: Safe in the Storm

By Elna Lidman2 min read

She prayed for her son’s protection from the raging storm outside, and it was a good thing she did…

Faith Opens the Door to Miracles

By Will Davis, Jr.2 min read

Discover the key to unlocking God’s power in your life in this excerpt from Pray Big for Your Life.

How to Pray All Day

By Carol Kuykendall2 min read

Why you might consider putting an end to ending morning prayer with Amen.

Guideposts: An inspiring prayer for Lent

7 Lenten Prayers to Strengthen Your Faith

By Brett Leveridge1 min read

We offer these prayers to inspire you along what Guideposts executive editor Rick Hamlin has described as “your own Lenten journey of prayer through the wilderness of this world, leading to the glorious message of new life.” May they deepen your connection to Him in this holy season.