BECOME A LAY MONK!
"LiVE in PRayER / LiVe in PEAcE / LiVE in PuRity: LiVE in CHRiSt"
THE bESt PRayER tEACHing & RESOuRcES fROM All cHRistiAN cOMMuNiONS & ERaS
“All we mean by being a Lay Monk is to be a Christian especially dedicated
to Prayer and to the Word of God.” (Acts 6:4)
-Lay Monk Preston & Lay Monk Linda
“Delight yourself in the Lord,
and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord:
trust in Him and He shall bring it to pass.”
-Psalm 37:4-5
Born Again Christian Lay Monks
A “Prayer Encouragement” Ministry
for all Christians
“To Promote Prayer Among All Christians
and Proclaim Christ to the World”
A Global, Interdenominational Ministry
of “Mere Christianity“
KniGhtS Of pRayER Lay MONKS ™
Men, Women, Married, Single, Remaining in their Own Homes, Careers, Churches A New Lay Monasticism — Evangelical, Celtic Christian, Franciscan
Founded in 1999, it was The First Evangelical Monastic Order on the Internet,
and the Only One for the Next Four Years.
over two thousand Christians in 47 countries have Registered
as Lay Monks with the Knights of Prayer Lay Monastic Order;
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One out of Seven are: Pastors, Youth Pastors, Missionaries,
or Bible College and Seminary Students.
Our Original Website: The Prayer Foundation Grew to 1,300 Webpages
Equivalent to 4,000 Printed Book Pages, or Twelve 350-Page Books
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Early On, it went Viral, receiving Between 1.6 and 2.4 Million
Page-Views Per Month from 2000-2020
1/2 -3/4 of a Billion total page-views
The best of our Original Classic Website, The Prayer Foundation,
has been re-written and incorporated, partly into this New Website:
PrayerFoundation Evangelical Lay Monks™ (prayer foundation.net )
Email: prayerfoundation@protonmail.com
…and partly into our Three Books,
in accompaniment with 60% original new material
in all three books.
Are you already a monk in your heart?
Are you already — or do you desire to become —
a Man or Woman of Prayer?
“This unction (anointing) is not the gift of genius.
It is not found in the halls of learning.
No eloquence can woo it.
No industry can win it.
No prelatical hands can confer it.
It is the gift of God — the signet set to his own messengers.
It is heaven’s knighthood
given to the chosen true and brave ones
who have sought this anointed honor
through many an hour
of tearful, wrestling prayer.”
–E.M. Bounds (1835-1913)
Author: “Power Through Prayer”
This website is the compilation of a quarter of a century of study and practice to find the best prayer practices and teaching on prayer from Scripture
and from all Christian Communions and eras.
No one could possibly practice all of them all of the time, but it is my hope that you will find one or more to bless you in your prayer life. Different ones may be a blessing to you at different times in your life.
Over the past twenty-five years I have personally experienced all of them in prayer to God at one time
or another, often several at the same time,
and in various combinations.
I have posted those I found most helpful, when joined with complete immersion in the Word of God, in fulfilling our one desire — to draw near to God.
For those who would like even more,
I have written three additional books.
Clicking on the book covers at the bottom of this page will take you to webpages where you will find Excerpts from the books themselves, Reviews, and Comments from Readers to Amazon.com, where the books are available as Print Books or eBooks.
There are about 100 webpages on this Site, each containing the equivalent of three to six book pages.
If only one webpage is read each day, you will go through the entire website in about 3 1/2 months.
If you are new to the Site, and are like me, you will probably read through it all in just the next few weeks!
I have found it very helpful in my own walk with the Lord, to continue re-reading one webpage section each day, indefinitely. But as C.S. Lewis might say:
“If that seems like too much, try reading at least one section every week.”
In your journey as a Lay Monk with Jesus, spend time with the prayer teachings from the Bible and the greatest prayer teachers from all Christian Communions and Eras.
Their words will be a blessing to you,
as much as they have been a blessing to the hundreds of thousands of visitors to our website over the past twenty-five years. As much as they have been a blessing to both Lay Monk Linda and myself.
As Christians, we all should take advantage of learning and benefiting from the wonderful Spiritual Heritage we have of thousands of years of teachings by those with the Greatest Lives of Prayer.
That we may also experience in our own prayer lives
the fulfillment of God’s Word in James 4:8 —
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”
A great contemporary man of prayer
has stated this truth so beautifully:
“As you and I both know, it is all Christ.”
Peace and all Good,
-Lay Monk S.G. Preston
We believe our Mission and Purpose:
to help bring the Church into a deeper Life of Prayer,
is one of the most important callings of our time;
indeed, of any time.
As a “Mere Christianity” Ministry, our objective
is to help bring all individual Christians,
regardless of Denominational or Church affiliation; whether Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, or Protestant; into a closer walk with Christ,
through the Word of God and Prayer,
to the increase of the Gospel Message Worldwide.
Thank you for your Participation in this Ministry of Personal Prayer Growth and Global Gospel Witness through your prayers!
cHARLES SpuRGEON -"The Prince of Preachers" (1834-1892) WRitiNG AbOut pRayER :
“No man can do me a truer kindness in this world
than to pray for me.”
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“The best praying man is the man
who is most believingly familiar
with the promises of God.
After all, prayer is nothing
but taking God’s promises to him,
and saying to him, ‘Do as thou hast said.’
Prayer is the promise utilized.
A prayer which is not based on a promise
has no true foundation.”
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“We should pray when we are in a praying mood,
for it would be sinful to neglect
so fair an opportunity.
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We should pray when we are not in a proper mood,
for it would be dangerous to remain
in so unhealthy a condition.”
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“If I feel myself disinclined to pray,
then is the time when I need to pray
more than ever.”
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“When we cannot pray as we would,
it is good to pray as we can.”
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“The Bible is not the light of the world,
it is the light of the Church.
But the world does not read the Bible,
the world reads Christians!
You are the light of the world.’”
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