Teach Us to Pray

Teach Us to Pray

Teach Us to Pray with Christina Patterson gives Christians practical, real-life tips on how to grow your faith and relationship with God through the power of prayer. Learn how to have a daily prayer time and how to overcome some of the obstacles that stop us from praying regularly to God. Prayer Topics Covered in This Podcast: 🙏 What is Prayer? Your Step-by-Step Guide to Prayer 🙏 What to Pray in the Morning for a Worry-Free Day 🙏 6 Reasons Why You Don't Hear God When You Pray 🙏 Why Prayer Is So Hard and Simple Tips for Daily Prayer 🙏 Pray THIS to Renew Your Mind (3 Guided Prayers) Take Christina's Prayer Personality Quiz to learn how you best hear from God and communicate with Him: https://www.prayquiz.com.

Episodes

July 14, 2025 24 mins
Once we put on the armor of God described in Ephesians 6 the apostle Paul admonishes believers to pray. In today’s episode learn why prayer is so important when it comes to overcoming spiritual warfare and how to use the power of prayer to proclaim the victory that is yours in Christ. 

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1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:17‬ ‭instructs believers to pray without ceasing, but have you ever wondered if this type of continual prayer was possible and if so, how to do it? In today’s episode, Christina explains what it means to pray without ceasing and three important ways you can start this life-changing type of prayer today.

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In this bonus episode from our friends at Praying Christian Women, hosts Alana Terry and Jaime Hampton dive into the powerful symbolism of the Helmet of Salvation. More than just a piece of spiritual armor, this helmet represents identity, protection, and the assurance of salvation that secures our minds as we engage in spiritual battle.

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While it’s easy to leave the past in the past, this is not always wise. Often, God leaves many lessons for us to learn from our past experiences if we’ll open our hearts to listen. In today’s episode, learn how God speaks to us through our past experiences.

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Download Christina's Free 5-Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of pray...

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We can look at the changing seasons each year to know that nothing lasts forever. Life consists of cycles and seasons. The Bible tells us there is a season for everything, but we also know that no season lasts forever.

In today’s episode, learn 5 signs God is moving you in a new direction and pray with Christina over two areas we should always pray over before we make any new moves in our lives. 

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The Holy Spirit is not only with us and near us but in us as believers. He enables our prayers. This connects us to God every moment of our lives, no matter how busy life gets. In today's episode, learn how to sense the leading of the Holy Spirit in your life so you can connect with God every moment. Prayer is unlocked when we team up with the Spirit. Enjoy!

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As Christians, we have VIP access to Heaven through prayer but has guilt, intimidation or anything else stifled your confidence to come to God in prayer? In this episode of Teach us to Pray, Christina shares why we can approach God’s throne of grace with confidence as we’re instructed to do in Hebrews 4:16 and 3 ways to start praying confidently. 

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Why worry when we can pray? In fact, the Bible shares that instead of worrying we should be praying because it’s then that we are protected from the torment of anxiety and receive the peace of God. In today’s episode learn 3 important steps to take to turn your worries into prayers.

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When we're intentional about our prayer life, we can truly experience the power of God in our lives. In this fun and honest conversation with speaker and vocalist, April Christina Farmer, you will learn:

1. Two important areas the Church needs to pray about in this season.
2. Practical ways to pray first thing in the morning.
3. What Jesus teaches us about prayer so we can pray powerfully.

Connect with April: ht...
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Have you ever wondered if you could be a prayer warrior or what it takes to hold that title? In this episode of the Teach Us to Pray Podcast, Christina chats with author and speaker Patrice Burrell to learn how a devastating accident led her into becoming a prayer warrior for God and what practical steps you can take to start or continue a powerful prayer life today.

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May 6, 2025 18 mins
Last episode, we had the privilege of digging deep into the scriptures to learn God's purpose for prayer in the believer's life, why prayer is so essential, and answer the question: what is prayer. I hope the episode left you with a desire to pray more. So it's only appropriate that in today's episode, we will discuss how to pray. I don't want to only leave you with the desire to pray without learning how to do so by looking at the...
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Rewind & Remind: From our first episode of the Teach Us to Pray Podcast, we're talking about what prayer is and the importance of prayer. Before we move forward with each episode and get into the specifics of how to pray and practically make prayer a transformational part of our everyday lives, today's episode will lay a strong foundation as to why prayer is so vital in the first place.

Key Takeaways:
•Prayer is ...

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Have you ever had to lift up a desperate prayer? Throughout the Bible, we see people in desperate need to seek God through prayer. In today's podcast, we'll look at their desperate prayers, and God's responses to those prayers, that we may learn more about prayer in our own desperate situations.

Key Takeaways:
• In our desperate times, there is a pouring out and a casting. It's not holding in all our feelings and emotion...
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We so badly want to hear from God, and when we don’t, it can be discouraging at best and devastating at worst. Although sometimes God does remain silent, there are often times where He is speaking, but we miss His voice. In today’s episode, learn the four biggest mistakes you can make when trying to hear from God. 

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Take the Prayer Personality Quiz to learn how you best Hear from God and communicate wi...

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Before you speak to anyone, you want to ensure you have their attention so they can actually hear what you have to say. In the same way, God sends signs to get our attention so that we can hear from Him. In today's episode, learn three ways God sends signs to get your attention so you don't miss His voice.

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Download Christina's Free 5-Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful ha...

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March 17, 2025 11 mins
We live in a world that is in the business of creating hard hearts. Yet the Bible warns against this type of heart. In today’s episode, learn what a hard heart is, and five ways to practically use prayer to soften your heart.

5 Practical Ways to Pray Against a Hard Heart:

1. Pray for humility
2. Pray for an understanding heart
3. Pray for repentance
4. Pray for a compassionate heart
5. Pray for a forgivi...
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The stress, pressure, and overwhelm we feel in busy seasons of our lives does not come from God. Jesus gives us peace, no matter how busy life may get. This is why the busier we are, the more time we need with God. In today's episode, we discuss grace-filled practical ways to make time for prayer when life is full.

Key Takeaways
• We can't compartmentalize our relationship with God and feel like the only time God is pleas...
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We will all face storms in life, there’s just no getting around it. Still, the storms we face will not all be the same. In fact, in my studies of the scriptures, I’ve discovered six types of storms Christians will have in life. Understanding what type of storm you are in is essential to enduring and coming out stronger on the other side. In today’s podcast, learn the six types of storms and how to pray through each storm to find ho...
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February 24, 2025 18 mins

We’ve talked a lot about the various ways that God speaks to His people. Have you ever wondered about prophecy as a way that God speaks to us? You may wonder what prophesy is, whether it still exists today, and how we can know. We’ll discuss all that and more in today’s episode. 

Download Christina's Free 5-Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.

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We know that prayer is powerful for the Christian and so does the enemy, which is why his mission is to stop you from praying. In today's episode, learn 3 unseen ways the enemy is trying to stop you from powerfully praying and how to overcome each attack. Enjoy!

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Download Christina's Free 5-Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.

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