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Praying Together: The Priority and Privilege of Prayer in Our Homes, Communities, and Churches is unavailable, but you can change that!

Nearly all Christians would affirm the centrality of prayer for a healthy Christian life. And yet, for many, prayer is often a challenge, requiring intense personal commitment and self-discipline. However, as Megan Hill points out in  Praying Together, our normal approach to prayer leaves out a crucial component: other people. While personal prayer is important, God designed the church to be a...

children ask. Out of this generous love, he has given us his Son, who ever lives to intercede. Again and again in Scripture God shows his inclination to hear the prayers of even one person. Abraham alone pleaded for Sodom (Gen. 18:22–33). Moses alone interceded for Israel (Num. 14:13–19). Elijah was one godly man—things had gotten so bad in Israel that he thought he was the only godly man—whose prayer for rain was heard and granted by our Lord (James 5:17–18). And the sick man at Bethesda had no one