Prayer is an important part of keeping a family together. The old saying, “The family that prays together, stays together” is more relevant than ever with divorce rates climbing and the decline of the traditional nuclear family. Prayer can help unify and spiritually cleanse the family, providing a clean slate each day to work with—free of anger, judgment, hate, or insecurity.
When it comes to praying, sometimes you need a little help figuring out the right prayers to say, when to say them, or learning new ones. Luckily, technology has provided, and there are hundreds if not thousands of resources available online. Read on to learn more about five of these family-friendly prayer resources.
1. Pray.com
If you’re looking for moving sermons, new prayers, or even Christian bedtime stories, you need to go to Pray.com. Pray is the world’s number one prayer app, featuring prayers, sermons from preachers like Samuel Rodriguez Jr., audio bible stories, and even the infamous James Earl Jones Audio Bible. For all of your prayer and Christian needs, Pray delivers.
Pray.com does require a premium subscription to unlock all of its services, which puts in into the “paid” category of our list. However, the pricing is reasonable, and for the number of resources you get with the premium package, you’re certainly getting value for your money.
Try Pray.com out today and give that audio bible a listen! There are few voices in Hollywood as iconic as James Earl Jones’, and reading the Word of God takes a certain tone to help the message really hit home.
2. 24-7Prayer.com
Need help with your prayers today? No problem! 24-7Prayer is exactly what it sounds like—a prayer resource designed to help you get your best prayers in no matter what time of day it is. The international resource has helped thousands of people across the globe pray better and more frequently, as well as connect with others for group prayer.
On the site, you can find guides for how to pray on the move, how to keep a prayer journal, and so much more. You can also find prayer communities all over the world that you can join completely free of charge. Prayer with others holds a certain power, even if it’s over the internet.
24-7 Prayer is a free resource. The site runs off of donations, so if you like the services you’re offered, don’t be afraid to put a few dollars towards the site’s larger mission of helping people all over the world find their prayer balance.
3. YouTube
This may come as a shock, but the world’s most popular video platform isn’t just home to cute kittens and music videos. Youtube has billions of hours of content on every topic you can imagine, including prayer. If you’re looking to improve your prayers, learn new ones, or listen to a powerful sermon, you can find a channel on YouTube that does one or more of these things. Here’s a list of 20 Christian YouTube channels.
Why choose YouTube? First and foremost, it’s free. Unless you want YouTube premium, you can access millions of channels and unlimited hours of content for free, and subscribing to your favorite channels keeps you updated without cost as well.
Not to mention, YouTube offers variety. Maybe you’re tired of the same prayers or of listening to the same sermon. There’s no way you could ever listen to all of the wonderful prayer content on YouTube, so you’ve pretty much got a lifetime supply at your fingertips.
4. Joel Olsteen’s Website
Joel Olsteen is one of the most popular Christian speakers in the nation. As head of Lakewood Church in Texas, he commands a weekly audience of thousands, and his sermons reach millions of people via live stream at https://www.joelosteen.com/. The site is home to hundreds of hours of footage of Joel in his prime, spreading the word of God and offering gentle encouragement to his followers.
5. Knowing Jesus
Knowing Jesus (https://www.knowing-jesus.com/) is a site that’s home to hundreds of pages of prayer, Christian inspiration, and advice. You can find prayers for healing, strength, love, peace, protection, relationships, and so much more with just the click of a button. In fact, there’s an entire page filled with prayer links here.
The site also has a page dedicated to answering some of the toughest questions from the Bible and the Christian faith. If you need an all-encompassing Christian resource, this is it.
You can also get access to thousands of Bible sermons for free. The sermons are read by a variety of narrators, and are easy to understand and accessible. Learn the Bible through someone else’s voice and find the right prayers for you.
Wrap-Up
Even in times when we’re separated from each other and forced to refrain from gathering, we can get our prayers in with the larger Christian community. The web offers a wealth of pertinent information and resources for the modern Christian. Each of these resources offers something that can help you keep the faith wherever you are.