Prayed

Recent Prayed Stories

Rick Hamlin, Guideposts' executive editor

In this excerpt from 10 Prayers You Can't Live Without, Rick Hamlin shares how intercessory prayer deepens his faith and enhances his life.

by Rick Hamlin
, New York, New York

a group of deer in a front yard

I often admired the deer by my house. I never imagined they'd save my life.

by Patrice Vacca
, Moscow, Pennsylvania

A few days before his death, his son asked him, “What can you see, Dad?” He only smiled in response.

by Trudy Harris

Deborah Glaess and her son Cody

They were stranded with car trouble. Would this burly, bearded man in a black leather vest prove to be heaven-sent?

by Deborah Glaess
, Lincoln City, Oregon

There’s no single right way to pray, of course. But it’s helpful to stop and listen to our personal pattern of prayer.

by Julia Attaway

woman praying

This excerpt from Experiencing Prayer with Jesus offers Scripture and instruction to deepen your relationship with God.

by Henry and Norman Blackaby


At our wedding service, we hoped to make clear that Jesus would be at the center of our marriage...

by Rick Hamlin

What happens to prayers that go unanswered? What if the answer is No?

by Rick Hamlin

Rick Hamlin, Guideposts' executive editor

In that moment when you don’t think you have anything left to say and you can’t imagine what God has to say to you; somehow, prayer happens.

by Rick Hamlin
, New York, New York

Doris Day and her husband, Marty Melcher, on vacation

In this story from 1958, Doris Day shares the sense of calm that faith brought to her marriage, career and life.

by Doris Day


My sister was running the Boston Marathon. “U ok?” I texted. And waited. And prayed.

by Colleen Hughes

railroad crossing in Kansas

Her husband woke just in time to save their lives.

by Nikki Storment
, Branson, Missouri

I was confident God would give me some difficulty to write inspiringly about. But God let me down this time. Or did he?

by Edward Grinnan

Lord, show me how to rise from this anger, reborn, I prayed.

by Julia Attaway

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