This week we will look at Jesus' teaching on prayer and will see what Jesus means when he says, "whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." We will be reading Mark 11:12-25.

Sometimes God answers prayer immediately. Sometimes God takes us through a process where he gives us more than we ever thought to ask for. Today we see how God uses the process of prayer in Habakkuk 3.

When word comes to Nehemiah that the walls of Jerusalem are in shambles he prays, but his prayer reflects a knowledge of God's revealed will and a willingness to do it. Today we look at Nehemiah 1 to see how a servant leader prays.

In Daniel 9, Daniel prays a prayer to God to ask God to do what God had promised to do 70 years prior to that. Today we see the importance of asking God to be faithful to his promises.

Jonah prays to God to be rescued and God answered him, but how serious was Jonah's prayer? Is it possible to offer a good prayer without really meaning it? Today we will look at Jonah 2 to answer those questions.

In 2 Chronicles 6 Solomon prays as the temple is dedicated. The purpose of the temple has a lot of similarities with the purpose of prayer. In some ways this prayer is a lesson about prayer itself.

We see injustice everywhere around us. We experience injustice frequently. How should we respond in the face of such inequity and wrong? In Psalm 137 the people of Israel mourn the situation that led them to be exiled in Babylon, and they pray that God would make things right.

When we feel alone--and we have all been there--it is hard to pray. But, there is no time that it is more important to pray. There is nothing that will help us out more than prayer. Psalm 22 is David's prayerful response to his feelings that God has hidden himself from David.

Prayers of lament are often neglected, and can even seem impious. However, the book of Psalms is full of them. What is lament? Is it different than complaining? Are there lines we can't cross? All these questions will be answered in today's episode as we read David's prayer in Psalm 142.

Sometimes we find ourselves in desperate places and we don't know how to pray, or even if we can pray. David models for us how we should pray in such times in Psalm 91.