Practical. Powerful. Proven
over forty years.
The prayer catalog at Makarios Press is the heart of everything we do. Teaching that opens up how prayer works. How-to guides that put tools in your hands the same day you read them. And a collection of blessings — books that reach out and speak life over you, directly. All of it drawn from decades of faithful, joyful, experimental prayer.
Before you pray better, it helps to think more clearly about what prayer is, how it works, and who you are in the conversation. This is the book we hand people first.
We talk to God. God talks to us. We listen to God. God listens to us.
Human communication involves a speaker, a hearer, and a message. If things sometimes go wrong in human communication, how much more with a God who isn't visible and doesn't usually speak audibly? How can we communicate — and how can we figure out what he is saying back? This book opens up all four dimensions of the conversation, with grace, clarity, and joy.
"The finest book on hearing God I've ever read. It is super practical. There should be classes that go through this book chapter by chapter in churches across the United States and around the world."
— Paul Van Hoesen"I can't tell you how good this book is! It's like a constantly flowing stream of encouraging impartation. Sometimes I smile, sometimes I cry, sometimes I pray in my prayer language — in wonder, awe, worship!"
— Renita Gerlach"Very clear, concise. It's just a jewel."
— Daphne JohnsonThese books are meant to be used. They come off the shelf and into your day — in January fasting, in daily communion, in the morning before work. A selection of the most loved titles below.

Consecrate Your Year with a January Fast
If you've felt excluded from fasting because of low blood sugar, health history, or simply not knowing where to start — good news. You have options. Bob-style fasting is so rich, it feels more like a feast. A complete guide for everyone.

Praying the Prayer of Jabez
In 1983, Bob was told to pray 1 Chronicles 4:10 every day for the rest of his life. Four decades in, he shares his practical and experiential thoughts — on a prayer poetic, rich, biblical, and powerful enough to break open the limits we put on God.

21 Days of Prayer at the Halftime of the Year
August: seven months in, five to go. Whether you need to double down or adjust course, this 21-day guide invites God into your second half. Morning and evening readings, short enough to finish and deep enough to return to.

Take Communion Every Day for a Month
When Paul wrote about the Lord's Table, the word he used — katangello — means to declare, preach, proclaim publicly. This is not a quiet, introspective moment. It's a loud statement. Each day: a short meditation, a scripture, a prayer of response.

21 Short Prayers to Include in Your Day
You don't have to completely change your life to have a good prayer life. Start with the stray half-minutes here and there. These prayers fit into your day right where you are — prayers for the busy and distracted. In other words: all of us.

Daily Prayers for Every Interaction
In the natural, we know about soap and toothpaste. In the spiritual, do we know about cleansing and protection? Bob prayed these prayers for 38 years without them — and when he started, he noticed an immediate advance in many areas of his life.
These books reach out from the page in a different way. Not instruction, not method — but blessing, directly. To receive. To give. To read aloud over someone you love. Many of these began as gifts before they became books.

Forty short blessings taken from scripture, a heart of compassion, and forty years of a rich life of prayer. The first of a series of three — come and be encouraged, comforted, and strengthened. Come and be blessed.
"I read a blessing of reassurance. Wasn't even thinking I needed that — but my heart just welled up when I read it."
— Jonelle Lilly
Bob chose 66 favorite passages from the book of Isaiah and prayed blessings from them. In intercession we go up to God vertically. But with blessing, we pray out horizontally — we look to people and tell them how special they are. A masterclass in blessing: first receive, then give.
"I found that I kept spontaneously raising my hands as I worked on this project. That doesn't normally happen."
— Amy Lykosh
A journey from hunger to empowered blessing — drawn from scripture and prayed over with the love and care that has shaped every Makarios Press book. Come and be filled, and then be sent out to bless others.
Browse the Poetry collection for scripture encountered in verse, or the Other category — memoir, testimony, and more.