Prayer Stories

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This Summer, Say Yes to Making a Difference

July 4, 2025

Looking for a meaningful way to spend your summer? Now is the perfect time to become a volunteer Prayer Partner. With just 2 hours of your day, you can offer life-changing support to someone in need. As a Prayer Partner, you’re not simply answering the phone—you’re becoming a lifeline. You’re showing up with hope, compassion,…

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Faith Over Fear

June 3, 2020

Carmen Louie is a COVID-19 frontline worker, serving as a cashier at Donald’s Market in East Vancouver, British Columbia. Like many grocery stores, safety measures have been put in place, and it’s changed the way she works. She protects herself by wearing a mask and gloves. And social distancing measures have moved long customer lines outside the store entrance.

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From Caller To Calling

May 25, 2020

When Melissa Pressley resigned from the NYC Law Department, it wouldn’t be long until she would lose every material asset she owned, including her income, pensions, and life savings. Although her material wealth had evaporated, her faith had not. Melissa knew there was still hope in prayer.

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How can we pray during this COVID-19 crisis?

April 9, 2020

It was a chaotic March 2020 evening in the ER when I saw the growing concern on the faces of the nursing staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when suddenly a directive was put in place for immediate lock-down and visitors were turned away at the doors.

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Crossroads honours its longest-serving prayer partner

March 19, 2020

In a world where technology should meet every aspect of our day-to-day needs, there remains something it cannot replace, something that can bring physical and psychological well-being, fill the void within, relieve stress and give us hope. It’s free and doesn’t even require a Wi-Fi connection, and the good news is that the more you do it, the greater its effect: It’s Crossroads 24/7 prayer lines.

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Aerospace Engineer Transformed after Praying to Jesus: Alex Jacob’s Story

March 19, 2020

In a world where technology should meet every aspect of our day-to-day needs, there remains something it cannot replace, something that can bring physical and psychological well-being, fill the void within, relieve stress and give us hope. It’s free and doesn’t even require a Wi-Fi connection, and the good news is that the more you do it, the greater its effect: It’s Crossroads 24/7 prayer lines.

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Finding Faith in the Dark

March 18, 2020

How this scientist’s life-altering diagnosis wasn’t the end of the road — but the start of a life-changing faith journey.

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Prayer Repair

April 25, 2019

Life at the Prayer Centre is not for the faint of heart. Every day we hear from people from all over Canada and the world who have gone from utterly distressed…

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Seeking God In The Storm

April 10, 2019

Underneath Father Ronald Angervil’s peaceful and lighthearted demeanor lies an authentically horrifying story that revolves around trusting God in life’s most desperate circumstances…

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God is listening. Prayer can heal!

July 24, 2018

Praise the Lord that our prayer lines are making a difference in the lives of so many across the nation. No other media organization in Canada has this kind of reach — and we have people like you to thank for that. 

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Miracle in Thailand?

July 12, 2018

12 Thai boys and their 25-year-old soccer coach SAVED from deep within a cave. “We are not sure if this is a miracle, a science, or what” – Thai Navy SEALS posted on their Facebook page after they say they achieved a “mission impossible,” this week…

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