Books on
Prayer.

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.

Understand what
prayer actually is.

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.

Tools for your
hands, not just your head.

These 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.

21 Days of a F(e)ast
How To Guide

21 Days of a F(e)ast

Consecrate Your Year with a January Fast

Bob Perry & Amy Lykosh

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.

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Seek for Glory
How To Guide

Seek for Glory

Praying the Prayer of Jabez

Bob Perry & Amy Lykosh

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.

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Pursue
How To Guide

Pursue

21 Days of Prayer at the Halftime of the Year

Bob Perry & Amy Lykosh

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.

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Savor Communion
How To Guide

Savor Communion

Take Communion Every Day for a Month

Bob Perry & Amy Lykosh

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.

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Prayer Refresh
How To Guide

Prayer Refresh

21 Short Prayers to Include in Your Day

Amy Lykosh

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.

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Good Spiritual Hygiene
How To Guide

Good Spiritual Hygiene

Daily Prayers for Every Interaction

Bob Perry & Amy Lykosh

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.

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Looking for a specific How To title?

The complete How To Guides collection — every title, updated as new books release.
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Books that speak
life over you.

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.

Blessings from a Father's Heart
Blessings Series · 1 of 3

Blessings from a Father's Heart

Bob Perry & Amy Lykosh

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
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Grace from the Poet-Prophet
Blessings & Impartations

Grace from the Poet-Prophet

Bob Perry & Amy Lykosh

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
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From Hunger to Empowerment
Blessings & Impartations

From Hunger to Empowerment

Bob Perry & 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.

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The full series, and more blessings, in the complete backlist.

Including More and Still More Blessings from a Father's Heart.
Complete Prayer Backlist →

There is more
where this came from.

Browse the Poetry collection for scripture encountered in verse, or the Other category — memoir, testimony, and more.

Poetry & Verse Other Books