Prayer Points by Jon Graf Church prayer expert Jonathan Graf shares some thoughts on prayer in our lives and on growing prayer in our churches. A Prayer Tweak that Will Cause Your Church to Grow On Sunday, August 25, when I wrote this column, the church at... Read More... 4 Things People Will Pray Over As pastors and prayer leaders we all desire to see our people... Read More... Pound the Gates with Prayer One of the reasons a lot of believers do not pray much... Read More... Leading Prayer with a Passage of Scripture Praying Scripture is a powerful method of prayer. A congregation hearing their... Read More... The Prayer of Healing Back in my childhood, I remember that every communion Sunday we had... Read More... Fill Our Cups, Lord I added a parttime job to my plate in March of this... Read More... Removing 15 Hindrances to Prayer As we begin a new year, taking stock of our prayer life... Read More... Well Done, Faithful Servant On November 26, 2022, Dave Butts, an extraordinary and influential prayer leader,... Read More... Mentors Can Shape Your Prayer Life Having a Life Coach is a popular phenomenon these days. Many people—especially... Read More... A Sure-Fire Catalyst to Get People to Pray Prayer leaders and pastors often ask me, “What one prayer idea seems... Read More... Lay Hold of the Kingdom Jonathan Graf My wife and I travel back to her hometown in... Read More... Don’t Forget the Food My 9-year-old grandson, Jack, seems to have a heart for prayer. I... Read More... Renewed Hope for Revival Several of my favorite characters in the pages of Scripture first appear... Read More... Why Are We So Surprised? In a Sunday morning service, my pastor will often have a spontaneous... Read More... Two Key Areas of Prayer to Grow a Kingdom-Minded Congregation For a number of reasons, most churches focus prayer both in their... Read More... Effective Prayer Starts with Repentance One of my favorite passages I like to use when I speak... Read More... Engaging Millennials and Gen Zs in Group Prayer Many prayer leaders desire to see those of all generations engaged in... Read More... The End Results For decades, a majority of prayer events and gatherings that I have... Read More... Make Us One Promos Here are memes and quotes you can use to promote Make Us... Read More... Why Should I Pray for Racial Healing? In Daniel 9, Daniel prays a prayer that modern intercessor call “identificational... Read More... No More Prayer Blahs I am an avid baseball fan, and my favorite team is the... Read More... A Gift for Pastors I love pastors! They are the key to grow a church deeper... Read More... The Great Unifier A number of years ago, I was discussing prayer with Dr. Oliver... Read More... Where Do I Pray? By Jon Graf I remember as a young boy often seeing my parents’... Read More... Kanye West, Rock Stars and Spiritual Awakening A number of years ago, God gave me a prayer burden. He... Read More... Catching Prayer My seven-year-old grandson can drive! Oh, don’t worry, Jack doesn’t take the... Read More... Bless Your Pastor with Prayer For probably two decades now, October has been Pastor Appreciation Month. It... Read More... Love Your City When my wife and I moved to Indiana 14 years ago, we... Read More... The Problem with Prayer Zealots By Jonathan Graf I am often struck by the fact that those... Read More... His Kingdom or My Comfort Praying? Longtime Presbyterian minister, Dr. Wilbur Chapman (early 1900s) was 26 when called... Read More... How Do You Love Jesus? Appreciate the Prayer Differences among the Body of Christ The Five Love... Read More... Unplanned Sparking Prayer It has been encouraging to see reports of things that are happening... Read More... Prayer Leads to Love My six-year-old grandson Jack cracks me up! Recently my daughter (his mom)... Read More... 7 Topics to Broaden the Prayers of Your Congregation There is a principle that many Christian parents come to learn as... Read More... Pray for Unity, So That . . . Unity was the theme of our most recent National Day of... Read More... Our Ultimate Goal Since we have recently become a part of the National Day of... Read More... When Have We Prayed about It? Our ministry recently changed office locations. We had been in an office... Read More... Calling Your Church to “Extraordinary” Prayer Is Not as Hard as You Think! Few believers would not admit that our nation is in trouble.... Read More... The Value of a Good Prayer Resource I became a believer when I was fairly young—6 years old. Being... Read More... Praying When You Get the Wind Knocked Out When I was in my junior high years we lived in the... Read More... Hearers Only, or Doers, Too? A few months ago I spoke in a church on a Sunday... Read More... Is Increased Prayer a Lot of Hoo-Ha? When I wrote this column I had recently returned from Washington,... Read More... Can We Stop Praying Now? 2016 was an amazing year where prayer was concerned. In my 20... Read More... As Natural as Breathing Many of us have physical habits that are so ingrained we do... Read More... Are Your Prayers Stinky? My favorite car of all time was a 1993 Nissan Sentra. I... Read More... How Long, Lord? Recently I attended a two-day gathering of prayer leaders from various denominations.... Read More... Ashley Madison and Revival Thanks to the MeToo Movement and things like the Ashley Madison website... Read More... Nothing Wrong with Routine For a few months while my son-in-law was stationed in West Africa,... Read More... How to See the Gospel Spread and Flourish One of my favorite passages of scripture to read and to teach... Read More... Prayer or Panic? I enjoy Facebook. Over the years that I’ve had a personal page,... Read More... The Power of Love When difficult things happen to those we love, our concern and empathy... Read More... When Theology and Knowledge Ruin Faith As a person with a graduate degree and a teacher’s heart, I... Read More... Could Prayer Really Be the Answer? I recently participated in the National Prayer Assembly, a gathering in Washington... Read More... I Would Love It If Prayer Was Seldom Mentioned! It’s true. I long for a day when prayer seldom will be... Read More... Appreciate Our Prayer Differences Gary Chapman’s book The Five Love Languages has been on the Christian bestseller list... Read More... When the Quick Fix Won’t Cut It Recently my family went through a very painful experience that did not... Read More... Of Geese and Revival I hate geese! I never used to, but now that I own... Read More... I Got You! When my granddaughter Gabrielle was three years old, she lived with us... Read More... Prayer, Facebook, and Droids Recently I was sitting at a gate in an airport waiting for... Read More... Why Does Unity Matter? Recently I participated in a prayer conference that was nothing short of... Read More... Perpetuating Dull Prayer Practices Recently I was leading a prayer meeting at the church in Florida.... Read More... Stop Ministering in Our “Best We Can Do” Strength In a recent interview with Outreach magazine, Washington D.C. pastor Mark Batterson hit the... Read More... When a Scriptural Truth Shouldn’t Be Taught My little grand daughter Gabrielle, who is almost 5, loves to “drive”... Read More... Short Prayers vs Long Prayers Working on the classics column of our January issue of Prayer Connect, I... Read More... A Confusing Prayer Promise? “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask... Read More... My Most Profound Prayer Whenever I find myself either struggling to pray or it feels like... Read More... Why We Don’t Pray I have often wondered why so many believers do not pray much,... Read More... Prayer Is More Than Talk A little while ago, I spent a day at an interesting church.... Read More... A Simple Truth from Paul I am often struck by a powerful truth regarding prayer that is... Read More... Reflections and Dreams This time of year is always a time for reflection. Pondering what... Read More... Prayer Brings Spiritual Eyesight One of my favorite passages in Scripture is Luke 2:22-31, the account... Read More... “In Jesus Name, Amen” Not Just a Phrase In John 13-18, at the last supper, we have an interesting snippet... Read More... Prayer: the Key to Peace I am an avid Boston Red Sox fan. One of my favorite... Read More... Living up to a Core Value I don’t know any church or ministry that would not mention prayer... Read More... Prayer Changes Your Heart I have never been an overly social person. So the idea of... Read More... Theme Introduction Giving Voice to Your Prayers I don’t consider myself much of a... Read More...