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Prayer

The Book of Acts describes the first community of Believers with the words: “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer” (Acts 2:42). Where prayer flourishes, so too the ministry. The Campus Ministry resource for corporate prayer is the book Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening (available at the CruPress store), from which many of these articles were taken.

The Gospel and Prayer
Source: Tim Keller

Tim Keller addresses how to apply the gospel to your prayer life.

Spending a Day With the Lord
Source: Ryan Berg

Practical tips for spending an extended time with God.

Classic Articles on Prayer
Source: O. Hallesby, R.C. Sproul, Richard Lovelace, E.M. Bounds, Andrew Murrey

Christians have been writing and reflecting on the nature and power of prayer for a long, long time. Here are five classic articles on prayer that have no expiration...

Confession and Repentance
Source: Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening

This chapter from the book “Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening,” shows confession and repentance to be the spiritual keys that unlock both personal and global renewal...

Five Prerequisites for Campus Awakening
Source: Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening

Revival is truly the work of God, and yet there are some prerequisites—things required of God’s people—that must be in place for God’s Spirit to freely work....

God Uses the Young to Start Revival
Source: Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening

Samuel, David, Daniel, Esther, Mary, Ruth, Joseph… They were mostly teenagers when God began to use them to bring about spiritual revival. This chapter looks at the role...

Humility and Prayer
Source: Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening

Not all prayers are equal because not all hearts are equal. The prayers of the repentant, and contrite have a particular spiritual potency because they flow from a...

Results of Campus Awakening
Source: Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening

To gain a vision for campus prayer, this chapter examines some of the historic results when revival has swept through a colege campus, and how people and institutions...

The Power of Fervent Prayer
Source: Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening

This chapter from the book “Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening,” examines the power and influence just one individual can have when they fervently pray.

Prayer–Rebellion Against the Status Quo
Source: David Wells

Professor David Wells makes the case that the only sane way to handle an insane world is to pray: not to accept reality as it is, but to wrestle in prayer for how it...

Prayer Walking the Campus
Source: Ty Silva

Remember the story of the battle of Jericho, when the children of God walk the circumference of the city seven times before it falls to the Lord? This is the idea of...

Why Prayer is So Hard
Source: Cru.Comm

Tim Downs puts his finger on the embarrassing truth of why we don’t pray. Only in facing the reality of our fickle hearts and unbelief, can we truly repent and begin...

Invitation to Intimacy
Source: White Papers

The most passionate and prophetic voice, calling the Campus Ministry to prayer, belongs to Barbara Francis. She writes out of a deep devotion to Christ and with a...

How to Pray With Confidence
Source: Bill Bright

This is one of Bill Bright’s Ten Transferable Concepts, which revolutionized the spiritual lives of an entire generation. Truly worth taking the time to read.

Seven Reasons to Pray
Source: Dan Hayes

Few people have studied the effects of prayer more than Dan Hayes, and here he provides seven compelling reasons why prayer must come first, preceding anything and...

The “Satisfied?” Prayer Experience
Source: Fireseeds of Spiritual Awakening

This is structured group prayer time based on the prayer, petition, confession, and empowerment outlined in the Satisfied? booklet. It is a powerful communal experience...

Starting a Prayer Chain
Source: CruPress Green

It would not be overstatement to say that some of the most significant events in the growth of the church can be traced back to the covering provided by faithful,...

How to Lead a Prayer Meeting
Source: CruPress Green

Could anything be easier than leading a simple prayer meeting? Well, certainly nothing is easier than leading a boring prayer time, but leading an engaging time of...

Prayer and Fasting
Source: CruPress Green

There are many examples of prayer and fasting found in Scripture, but It seems the practice has been crowded out by our busy lives. This article provides a basic primer...

Spiritual Warfare Prayer
Source: Mark Bubeck

Direct confrontation with the powers of darkness requires we adopt a very docrinal, scriptural manner of prayer. Author Mark Bubeck explains this approach and provides...