The purpose of the Praying Through the Bible project is to enrich our prayer lives by the nine different types of prayers. Each can be used on their own, this passage from second Samuel shows us how a prayer can combine the different types. Dr. Mark McDowell as he examines this prayer and how we can use it in our own prayers.
Join Dr. Markus McDowell for this summary of all of the prayers in Deuteronomy. They encompass a variety of blessings, praises, intercessions, and thanksgiving. How can we learn to use these prayers in our own practice?
Read this brief introduction to the prayers found in the book of Deuteronomy, in preparation for studying each of the prayers in detail. Like what we might think, the prayers in the Bible are not mostly asking God for things. Deuteronomy is a good example of this.
A summary of all prayers in the book of Exodus, by Mark McDowell: petitions, intercessions, praise, and blessings. What can we learn about our own prayers?
Listen to this podcast by Mark McDowell, chain prayers: different categories of prayers relating to the same story or chain of events.
This prayer, written by Mark McDowell, is an expanded reflection of the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6, in the form of a psalm and prayer in the Celtic tradition.
Read this summary of the 17 payers in Genesis. For more, become a patron of the Praying Through the Bible project.
Prayer types do not stand alone—there is a flow to them. What can we learn to from these prayers in Genesis for our own prayer practice?
