Prayer serves as a powerful tool to strengthen the connection with God in the Christian faith. It provides believers with dedicated time and space to cultivate a deeper relationship with the divine.

“Prayer,” he said, “is the first and most powerful thing we can do.” If you’re a parent of a schoolchild in 2023, you’ve perhaps gotten some form of the “lockdown” text.

One pastoral duty is the ministry of prayer, following the apostles’ example: “But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word” (Acts 6:4).