Prayer guides
Short, plain guides with a prayer you can pray today. Scripture is quoted from the World English Bible.
Grouped by what you're looking for: building the habit, a shape for your prayers, praying for others, prayers for hard moments, mornings, seasons of the church year, and journaling.
Building a daily prayer habit
- How to have a consistent prayer life: a set time, a 10-minute shape, a 6-week schedule, and what to do the day you miss.
- How to pray every day: simple steps and short prayers for ordinary days.
- How to pray when you don't know what to say: nine simple ways, one-line Bible prayers, and a 5-minute prayer to follow word for word.
- How long should I pray each day?: what the Bible says, a plan for 5 to 30 minutes, and how to grow your time.
- How to pray better: common problems with prayer and the fix for each, ten changes with examples, and a 7-day practice.
- How to pray according to the Bible: what Jesus taught, six steps from the Lord's Prayer, posture, time and place, and what Scripture warns against.
- How to get your prayer life back: why prayer fades, what to do with the guilt, a prayer for today and a 14-day restart.
- A daily prayer routine for Christians: morning, midday, evening and bedtime prayers, a weekly plan for your list, and routines for real lives.
- How to pray when you have ADHD: a 5-minute prayer for a wandering mind, ways to start, focus and move while you pray, a one-week plan, and what to do with the guilt.
Guided prayer and prayer methods
- The ACTS prayer model: adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication, with verses and a full example prayer.
- Breath prayers: short Bible prayers prayed in time with your breathing, how to make your own, and 40 examples by need.
- Guided prayer script: a 10-minute Christian prayer to read aloud with timed pauses, shorter and group versions, and a template to write your own.
- Guided Christian prayer meditation: a 15-minute meditation on Psalm 23 with timed pauses, shorter morning and evening sessions, and lectio divina step by step.
- The Lord's Prayer in the Bible: Matthew 6 and Luke 11 side by side, what each line means, debts or trespasses, and how to pray it slowly.
Praying for others
- How to pray for someone: five simple steps, what to pray for each need, Paul's prayers to pray by name, and praying aloud with a friend.
- How to pray for your children: a weekly plan, Bible verses to pray over them by name, prayers by age, and what to pray when a child is struggling.
- How to pray for your husband: ten things to pray with a verse for each, a 7-day plan, praying together, and prayers for hard seasons.
- How to pray for your wife: ten things to pray with a verse for each, a 7-day plan, praying together, and prayers for hard seasons.
- How to pray for someone who is sick: five steps, prayers from diagnosis to recovery, what to say at the bedside, and when healing doesn't come.
Prayers for hard moments
- A prayer for anxiety and worry: words to pray when fear won't let go, with the scripture behind them.
- Prayer for strength during difficult times: a prayer to pray now, prayers for grief, illness, money and family, how to lament, and a 7-day plan for a long season.
- Prayer when feeling overwhelmed: a 60-second prayer, a 10-minute prayer to unload and sort everything with God, and prayers for work, parenting and caring.
- How to pray for forgiveness: a prayer to pray now, six steps, Psalm 51 line by line, making things right, and what to do when guilt stays.
- How to pray when under spiritual attack: a prayer, the armor of God piece by piece, verses that answer lies, and how to tell attack from stress or illness.
- Prayer for peace of mind: a prayer to pray now, four steps from Philippians 4, and prayers for overthinking, decisions and sleepless nights.
Morning and evening
- A morning prayer to start your day: a prayer for yourself and your family before the day begins.
- Morning prayer before work: a prayer for the workday, a 5-minute routine before a shift, and prayers for a hard boss, a big meeting or a job you don't like.
- Evening prayer for family: a prayer to pray together tonight, a 10-minute family prayer time, prayers by age and blessings for bedtime.
- Prayer before bed: a prayer for tonight, a 5-minute bedtime routine, short prayers for peace and worry, and the church's old night prayer.
- Prayer before reading the Bible: a prayer to pray now, 12 short prayers for different days, verses to pray word for word, and a 15-minute read-and-pray routine.
- Prayer for a sleepless night: what to pray at 3 a.m., prayers for what keeps you awake, night psalms, and when to see a doctor.
Seasons of the church year
- Thanksgiving prayer to God: a prayer to pray now, graces for the table, Psalm 136 to read together, prayers for a hard year, and a 7-day plan before Thanksgiving Day.
- New Year prayer for family: a prayer to pray together, a 15-minute New Year's Eve prayer time with parts for kids, a blessing for your children, and a month-by-month plan for 2027.
- Advent prayers for each week, 2026: hope, peace, joy and love, with a wreath prayer and Sunday readings for each week and a reading for every day.
- How to pray when fasting: choosing a purpose, kinds of fasts compared, an hour-by-hour plan for a day, prayers for when hunger hits, a 3-day plan, and who should ask a doctor first.
- Lent prayer for kids: short prayers by age, prayers for Ash Wednesday through Easter, a 7-week family plan for 2027, and ideas for restless kids.
- The 40-day Lent prayer challenge, 2027: a daily plan from Ash Wednesday to Easter.
Prayer journaling
- Prayer journal prompts: 40 prompts in eight themes, and how to set up a simple journal.
- Prayer journal template: seven page layouts to copy into a notebook or notes app, a filled-in example, and how to keep it going.
- Prayer list template: five layouts to copy (a basic list, a weekly rota, categories, an answered prayer log and a group list), how to write requests you can pray, and 10 minutes to pray through it.
- Prayer journal for men: a five-minute page to copy, what to write about work, family, temptation and anger, and 30 days of prompts.
- Prayer journal benefits: nine reasons to write your prayers with the Scripture behind each, what research does and doesn't show, the downsides, and a 7-day trial.
- Prayer journal for kids: page layouts to copy for ages 3 to 13, 40 prompts, a two-week plan to start, and what to say about unanswered prayers.