Prayer

What is Prayer?

Prayer isn’t a ritual that depends on closing our eyes and putting on holy faces. We don’t have to kneel or sit. We can pray while walking, driving, or working. God responds to a two word cry for help in the middle of a busy afternoon, just like He does to a focused prayer time after reading Scripture in the morning. Praying doesn’t have to be complicated. God delights in any simple words we offer Him.

View our latest prayer articles below as well as the most popular prayers read on Crosswalk.com. We have also provided a search box for you to quickly find a prayer for your specific need or circumstance.

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Featured Prayers

• Are Cleansing Prayers Biblical? Ashley Hooker
• 5 Scripture-Filled Ways to Pray in the Face of COVID Variant Anxiety Andrea Herzer
• 3 Reasons It Is Beneficial to Pray the Nicene Creed Becky Harling
• 5 Prayers as We Remember 9/11 Cally Logan
• How to Use Prayers and Condolences the Right Way to Comfort the Grieving Whitney Hopler
• 4 Ways to Make the Lord's Prayer for Kids Stephanie Englehart
• Why Do We Pray if God Ultimately Decides the Outcome? Brittany Rust
• A Prayer for Labor Day (and All Other Days!) Compiled & Edited by Crosswalk Editorial Staff
• 3 Simple and Powerful Prayers for Beginners Whitney Hopler
• 5 Prayers for Those Impacted by Hurricane Ida Cally Logan
• 5 Impactful Ways to Pray for Our World Rev. Kyle Norman
• 8 Powerful Ways to Pray for the USA Jennifer Heeren
• What Is Prayer, Really? Lianna Davis
• 10 Prayers of Protection for Children Returning to School Laura Bailey