In recent months, my wife and I have joined the ranks of that beloved demographic we call grandparents. We’ve been so grateful for every chapter of our lives, but this new season is one we are especially relishing.
Like many of you who are grandparents, we began praying for our granddaughter before she was even born. Praying over her and for her daily is an easy assignment that flows out of our love for her.
Recently, I was praying with everything in me about the future for my granddaughter and her parents. The Spirit was with me, bringing to mind every promise of God. My petitions were fueled by trust in God’s power and love, a holy imagination and my granddaughter’s still unrealized potential. Every expression of thankfulness, every request for God’s blessing and every desire for His power to manifest in her life launched from a single platform: faith.
So much in Scripture teaches us, even exhorts us, to pray with unshakable belief, to open our ears and hear the promises of God, and invite them to dwell deep in our hearts. God wants us to pray these “Prayers of Faith” to anchor our trust in His assurances, knowing that God is always true to His Word. Only then do we pray in ways that abandon ourselves and our cares to God’s loving goodness and divine purposes.
Prying out prayers
I wonder: Why does it often take such a big lever to pry this prayer out of us? Certain things in life—like kids and grandkids, the afflictions of a loved one—are what pull committed, desperate and believing prayer from our souls. And that is good. I am grateful for any circumstances that put me on my knees, but why is that kind of prayer not more common?
In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, the apostle Paul tells us to pray without ceasing, and again in Philippians 4:6 to pray about everything. This is inspired Scripture, not just helpful suggestions. By definition, “always and everything” includes what we call mundane or common—those everyday matters of life.
With only one exception in the biblical record, when Paul asks for boldness to evangelize well, he is always praying for the saints—for their faith, hope and love to reflect the glory of the risen Jesus. Those prayers come forth with undeniable passion from Paul’s heart with every breath, yet they seem to be aimed at the ordinary issues of daily life and discipleship.
So much in Scripture teaches us, even exhorts us, to pray with unshakable belief, to open our ears and hear the promises of God and invite them to dwell deep in our hearts.
-President Randy REmington
Prayers of Faith
Our aim for 2026 as we begin this new year with 21 Days of Prayer + Fasting is to inspire all of us to enter into this type of prayer more often, and in new and powerful ways. That is why we have chosen “Prayers of Faith” as our theme and as our focus.
We want to contend for a faith in Jesus that grows and matures beyond the bounds of comfort and culture. One that possesses God’s victory in prayer and is the foundation for an unshakable commitment. We want to press into God’s purposes in every circumstance and delight in His will through prayer. We want to be shaped into a movement of people who abide in the power and presence of our risen Lord as seamlessly as we draw breath.
May we earnestly desire this for ourselves and the people we are knit together with in God’s family. Please join me as well as Foursquare churches around the world Jan. 5-25, 2026, as we enter into a new season of praying together in faith. May we be people of prayer who trust God for the impossible, the miraculous and even our daily bread.
