Why is prayer so important? Why has God chosen to work through prayer? Why were God's great leaders in Scripture, and Jesus himself, such people of prayer?

Building a Life of Prayer is a short (5-minute), daily podcast designed to help you grow in your comfort and confidence in prayer. By teaching through the prayers of the Bible, Pastor David Beaty of River Oaks Community Church in Clemmons, NC, U.S.A., will help you to come to enjoy prayer more, whether praying alone or praying with others.

The apostle Peter uses verse 22 from Psalm 118 in Acts chapter 4 to proclaim that Jesus was rejected, crucified, and rose from the dead.

Psalm 118 is a psalm of thanksgiving and rejoicing in God's steadfast love. 

The importance of Psalm 110—especially verse 1—and its' use in the New Testament is extraordinary. 

Psalm 102 contains the heading "A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord."

Psalm 69 was written about one thousand years before Christ and predicted what would happen to Him on the cross.

Psalm 69 was written by King David and is considered a lament. It is quoted in the Gospel according to John and the Book of Romans.

Psalm 45 is a Messianic wedding song.

Verses 6-8 of Psalm 40 are quoted in the Book of Hebrews and applied to Jesus.