Turn your ‘ordinary’ prayer into extraordinary prayer by adding one of these prayer practices.
10:02 Prayer
OVERVIEW Also called the 9:38 Prayer, this prayer takes to heart Jesus’ command to, “Ask the Lord of the harvest… to send out workers into his harvest field” (Luke 10.2; Matt. 9.38). We want to see God raise people up and go into the places we live on mission,...
A.C.T.S. Prayer
OVERVIEW The ACTS Prayer is a simple tool to learn to pray. If you are having a difficult time knowing how to pray, where to begin, or what to cover, this can be helpful to keep you focused and centered on the heart of prayer. This is a great way to pray alone or in a...
Prayer Apps
There are multiple prayer apps that can help you grow in daily prayer formation and engage in missional prayer.BLESS EVERY HOME The mission of Bless Every Home is to equip Bible believing churches and Great Commission ministries throughout America as missionary...
Abiding Prayer
OVERVIEW Abiding Prayer combines the Lord’s Prayer alongside abiding as a branch in the vine of Christ. It breaks the Lord’s Prayer down into four sections: Abide, Mission, Intercession and Doxology. As you go through each section, pray along the Lord’s Prayer and...
Lectio Divina
OVERVIEW Lectio Divina is a way of praying Scripture. It literally means “Divine Reading” and allows an individual or group to listen, meditate, and pray their way through short passages of the Bible. It slows down our typically rushed readings, allowing us to chew...
Gospel Contemplation
OVERVIEW The early Christians did not waste a lot of energy looking back and wishing they had been born a hundred years earlier so they could have walked with Jesus. Instead they focused on coming to know Christ in three powerful ways: practicing the Sacraments;...
Prayer & Fasting
OVERVIEW In the most basic form, fasting is abstaining from food. However, there is more to fasting than merely not eating. Fasting is not about getting or receiving something; biblically speaking, fasting is done in response to a serious, grievous, or sacred...
Prayer Calendar
OVERVIEW The Prayer Calendar is an amazing way to begin a daily prayer habit of praying for others. It was introduced by David and Paul Watson in their book Contagious Disciple Making. It only takes about five minutes a day, but can easily turn into a movement of...
Prayer Cycle
OVERVIEW Paul encouraged the Thessalonians to “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5.17) and we should strive to do the same. This can seem like a pretty daunting concept though. The Prayer Cycle is a simple tool to help guide us in 12 ways to pray. Engaging in each for...
Prayer for Enemies
OVERVIEW Praying for our enemies is a very important aspect to our faith and witness in Jesus. The concept of not merely praying for, but also doing good, blessing, and loving our enemies is against most of what is taught in our culture and world. The saying, “Scratch...
Prayer of Examen
OVERVIEW The Daily Prayer of Examen is a tool developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556). It is a practice of prayerful reflection on the day’s events in order to detect the movement of God in all the people and events of our day. For the disciple maker, The...
Prayer Walking
OVERVIEW Prayer walking is about partnering with God as he opens up the hearts of the people in areas of your city and neighborhood. It takes us to the areas where we want to see God most move and work. In prayer walking, God opens our eyes to see where he is working...
