How to Pray

Street signs like stop, detour and yield can serve as everyday reminders to pray.

Pray Street Signs

It’s the everyday reminders to pray, like street signs, that Guideposts blogger Bob Hostetler revels in. From “no parking” to “yield,” here are some examples.

Guideposts blogger Bob Hostetler shares more great prayer tips he's gotten from friends.

7 More Great Prayer Tips

By Bob Hostetler3 min read

Guideposts blogger Bob Hostetler shares more great prayer tips he culled from polling his friends online. Check them out.

7 Best Prayer Tips

By Bob Hostetler3 min read

Guideposts blogger Bob Hostetler recently invited his Facebook friends to share the most helpful tip they’ve ever received about prayer. Here are the top 7 tips for energizing your prayer life.

You can turn your house into a house of prayer as you go about your day from living room to kitchen to laundry room.

Praying Around the House

By Bob Hostetler2 min read

You can pray and be active at the same time. Guideposts guest blogger Sue Schlesman gives tips on how to pray while doing housework.

If you want to pray or are stuck in your prayer life, here are 4 tips to help you get going.

Prayer 101

By Michelle Medlock Adams3 min read

If you’re struggling in your prayer life, here are four tips to get started from Guideposts blogger Michelle Medlock Adams.

Walking in a cemetery can inspire a unique kind of prayer.

5 Ways to Pray in a Cemetery

By Bob Hostetler3 min read

Some cemeteries provide a lovely and reflective place to walk–and pray. Guideposts blogger Bob Hostetler suggests 5 ways to pray in a cemetery.

woman praying at a beautiful lake: tips to help you remember to pray.

4 Tips to Help You Remember to Pray

By Julia Attaway2 min read

Try these helpful and easy-to-follow tips to keep your daily devotion time.

Could Scarlett O'Hara enrich your prayer life? Bob Hostetler shows how fictional characters can be incorporated into our prayers.

Praying with Fictional Characters

By Bob Hostetler2 min read

Did you know that curling up with a good book can also enrich your prayer life? Guideposts blogger Bob Hostetler explains how.

Earworms can serve as an invitation to pray with favorite hymns and music.

How Earworms Can Help Your Prayers

By Bob Hostetler3 min read

Guideposts blogger Bob Hostetler shares how you can turn an earworm into an invitation to pray.

How to Listen to God

By Bob Hostetler3 min read

The key to hearing God’s message in prayer, suggests Guideposts blogger Bob Hostetler, is to stop talking so much! Enter a quiet place in your heart so you can hear Him.