Prayer Resources

The Baptist Catechism defines prayer as “an offering up our desires to God, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, believing, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of His mercies” (Baptist Catechism, Q. 105). On Sunday, we spent time walking through Christ’s teaching on how to pray. However, I think we would all admit that if we do not tend the flame of our souls, our prayer lives can grow cold.

In this blog, I want to share some of my favorite resources on prayer. Some of these resources teach about prayer, while others are collections of prayers. I have found both to be tremendously helpful during dry seasons when I cannot seem to find the words to say. Even so, I am convinced that the best way to stir the soul and cling to God in prayer is to open the Bible, meditate on what it says, and pray it back to God in my own words. The Psalms are particularly helpful for this.

1. A Guide to Prayer - Isaac Watts

2. A Way to Pray - Matthew Henry, ed. by O Palmer Robertson

3. Grace From Heaven: Prayers of the Reformation - ed. Robert Elmer

4. I'm Praying For You - Nancy Guthrie

5. Confessions - Augustine

6. Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship - Jonathan Gibson

7. Everyday Prayer with the Puritans - Donald Mckim

8. The Lord's Prayer - Kevin DeYoung

9. Everyday Prayer with John Calvin - Donald McKim

10. Only a Prayer Meeting - Charles Spurgeon

11. Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans - ed. Robert Elmer

12. The Lord's Prayer - Thomas Watson

13. Prayer - John Bunyan

14. The Pastor in Prayer: A Collection of the Sunday Morning Prayers of Charles Spurgeon - C.H. Spurgeon

15. The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions - ed. Authur Bennett

16. A Call To Prayer - J.C. Ryle

17. Thoughts on Public Prayer - Samuel Miller

18. Taking Hold of God: Reformed and Puritan Perspectives on Prayer - Joel Beeke & Brian G. Najapfour

19. The Secret Key to Heaven: The Vital Importance of Private Prayer - Thomas Brooks

20. Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book III, Chapter 20 : On Prayer, Which is the Chief Exercise of Faith, and by Which We Daily Receive God's Benefits - John Calvin