Prayer
What our pastors have said about prayer, drawn from messages preached across our campuses.
In their own words
“communicate with people. And in the 66 books of the Bible, there are 650 prayers that are recorded. Prayers of praise, prayers of confession, prayers for protection. There are prayers that are full of hope and prayers for those that are running on empty. Prayers for immediate need and prayers for things in the future. All kinds of prayers are written down throughout scripture. But one consistent thing that we see is prayer is the most powerful form of communication we can have.”
Andrew Skelton · Observing the Power of Prayer“look at today was his prayer. So what do we know about prayer? Well, prayer is the platform of both our private and public praise and worship. Prayer is the lifeline of our sustained daily communion with God. Prayer is the place of intercession for the needs and care of others. prayer is the practice that teaches us dependence on God. And sometimes prayer is the panic button.”
Andrew Bryan · A Prayer From the Deep“marched up the street to St. Paul's Chapel in New York City. There and then, the entire government, which was much smaller, at its inception knelt in prayer. It was prayer, prayer, and more prayer that began the nation in humility, acknowledging the sovereign God. So the greatest need, I want to say this morning, of our country is prayer, prayer, and more”
Jonathan McNeal · The Prayer of Freedom“when it comes to the matter of prayer. Some of us were taught that a part of the liturgy or the ritual of prayer was that of standing and kneeling whenever a church gathered together, or bedtime prayers that were said on your knees, or maybe prayers around the table where people held hands together. But the real issue in prayer is not the physical posture of your body. The real issue in all prayer is the posture of the heart. And today I want us to hear the heartbeat of the Apostle”
David H. McKinley · United in Prayer“What do we see from this text? We see Jesus go to his father in prayer and go to his father in prayer and again go to his father in prayer. We see Jesus show sweat equity in prayer, persistence in prayer. We live in a culture that I mean we just have so many wonderful conveniences, don't we? I mean like Amazon buy now. Thank you. So great. I”
· Women's Fall 2026 Bible Study - The Purpose of Prayer, Week 4“And while prayer shouldn't always only be about me asking, God help me do this, God help me do that, prayer must always include asking because prayer is seeking God to do and to move and to work in ways in which we cannot supply or we cannot guide or direct our lives or the lives of others it was Jesus who taught us when we pray what was the order of business and prayer after we go through that opening preamble of the Lord's prayer he says give us this day our daily that's a specific”
David H. McKinley · The Prayer for Freedom
Messages on prayer
- Hope In Christ
- Reflection: Finding Peace in God’s Presence
- April 7th
- Steps to the Cross Lesson 4
- Restoration: Moving Beyond Brokenness
- Top 7 Student Ministry Questions
- A Prayer From the Deep
- Where Do We Go From Here?
- Finding Grace in a Desolate Place
- Times and Seasons
- Selah Service
- The Angry Evangelist
- Return
- Nehemiah Part 1 (Middle School)
- Walking the Emmaus Road
- Jeremiah Johnston
- Mark Richt
- Whatever Happens, Have a Strategy for Imperfect Situations
- Moses
- Tapping into God’s Unlimited Power
- Knowing and Doing the Will of God
- Fear & Anxiousness
- Pastor McKinley's 15th Anniversary
- Dr. Crawford Loritts - Session 1