Amen. How to Pray and Why It Matters

Prayer can feel frustrating, confusing, or even intimidating, depending on your background. But it doesn’t have to be. In this series, we learn from Jesus’ teachings why prayer is one of the most important things we can do and how to do it.
In This Series
PART 7
Every moment of every day, there are opportunities to join God in the work he’s doing. Prayer is what helps us join God in that work instead of missing out.
PART 6
No one likes being on hold. If you’re waiting on unanswered prayers, hold on.
PART 5
It’s easy to treat prayer as just a way to convince God to do what we want him to do. There’s so much more to the purpose of prayer—it lies in surrender.
PART 4
Another important component of prayer is asking. But how do we ask, and what do we ask for?
PART 3
How do we overcome the stress and worry of our lives? The key lies in building reflection into our prayer.
PART 2
To move forward in prayer, we first need to learn how to pause—but who has time for that?! This week, we learn why and how to slow down our busy lives and frenetic pace enough to pause.