Guideposts has a long history of providing ways for people to come together in prayer and through the power of shared personal experience. For more than 50 years, aided by local prayer volunteers across the country, they have prayed for tens of thousands of weekly prayer requests coming from the mail, on the phone and now through the internet.  Each request is prayed for by name and need.  That won't change at OurPrayer.org, where a variety of options for prayer are offered including: prayer requests can be private (only OurPrayer trained volunteers will see and pray for it) or public (request will go to the main prayer page for the general public to see and pray for).  One of OurPrayer's special features, real time prayer, provides the ability to have a one-on-one real time prayer session with an OurPrayer volunteer.  Members will also have the ability to send prayer requests to friends and/or groups so they can pray for them as well and users requesting a personal prayer response will receive a personalized prayer sent directly back to them.

Anyone with a prayer request can go to OurPrayer.org, which also is the hub for special prayer activities, such as our annual Good Friday Day of Prayer on March 21, 2008, and our Thanksgiving Day of Prayer events in the fall.

OurPrayer is seeking hundreds of volunteers to help handle the increased number of prayer requests that come in each day.  Prayer volunteers are able to help in three areas:  Web volunteers are given access to a secured area to pray for each need while online.  Other volunteers answer calls at home, as their schedules permit, on our toll-free prayer line.  Personal Prayer Response Volunteers are trained to write personal prayers to encourage and comfort those struggling with distressing circumstances.

Anyone wishing to become a prayer volunteer can find out more by visiting OurPrayer.org or calling 1-800-935-0158 ext. 4347.