In this conclusion to our Foundations practices, we explore how prayer slows us down, places us before the Father, and shapes us into people of love in a culture of distraction and division. Romans 12 calls us not to conform to the patterns of this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds—and prayer is where that transformation happens.

From Acts 12, when the church prayed earnestly and chains literally fell off Peter, we’re reminded that prayer is not empty ritual. It is communion with God that changes us and the world around us.