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How to Pray Crossing Over Prayers with the Dying

By Karen Barber | November 14, 2011

If someone you know is terminally ill, on hospice care or dying here are some practical ideas on how to pray for them and with them for God’s strength and help in “Crossing over.” How to do this prayer practice Because under normal circumstances we pray for physical healing we are often not sure what…

Prayer Chapel Dedication Prayer

By Larisa Parker | November 6, 2011

Here is an original prayer used at the dedication of a church prayer chapel.  The prayer was printed in the program and those present prayed the prayer in unison. Prayer of Dedication for a Prayer Chapel Lord God, who compels and calls us to pray, who meets us in prayer, we come together as your…

Angel Prayer Cloud over the Sea of Galilee

By Karen Barber | October 30, 2011

God can use anything in creation to help us meditate on the spiritual side of life.  Here’s how I discovered a profound meditation on prayer in a cloud that I unknowingly photographed out of a moving tour bus window as we traveled around the edge of the Sea of Galilee heading toward Tiberias. View the…

Prayer During Child Custody Issues

By Karen Barber | October 20, 2011

During divorce or adoption, child custody problems can be a time of intense and desperate prayers to God because our hearts are deeply torn and broken because we want our children to be in safe, loving, nurturing environments.  Child custody issues affect  parents, grandparents, family members, foster and adoptive parents, step parents and care givers. …

Praying for a Job

By Joe Hethcoat | October 12, 2011

Unemployment is often the topic of desperate prayer during economic hard times. In the Bible, King Hezekiah gives us a good model of how to pray when we find ourselves in desperate situations. How to do this prayer practice My wife and I needed deliverance from a bad economic financial situation of unemployment. In 2007,…

Talking to God When Enduring Grief

By David Shelton | September 13, 2011

https://www.prayerideas.org/how-to-comfort-a-grieving-friend-prayer/When we are grieving, prayer can be difficult.  Here are some ways to develop healing honesty with God as you journey through grief. How to do this prayer practice. I don’t know the level of grief you are experiencing.  I don’t know the depths to which you have fallen.  I do know what the “dark…