Prayer is All You Need?

Is prayer really all you need?

Prayer is powerful. Scripture matters. Spiritual disciplines can shape and strengthen us. But sometimes, “just pray about it” becomes a way of avoiding the practical steps God may be inviting us to take.

We are spiritual, physical, emotional, relational, and psychological beings, and each part of our lives affects the others. Faith doesn’t require us to choose between prayer and counseling, trusting God and medicine, or spiritual growth and asking for help.

In Part 4 of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies Christians Believe, we explore what Scripture says about a faith that doesn’t just pray, but acts.

Sometimes the next step in healing is to pray. And sometimes prayer gives us the courage to make the appointment, establish the boundary, tell the truth, change the pattern, or ask for help.