Includes index.

Part I Signing Up for Basic Training 7 -- Chapter 1 Discovering the Real X-Factor 9 -- Chapter 2 Prayers: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Prayers 25 -- Chapter 3 Relating to God: More than the Sum of All Prayers 35 -- Chapter 4 Taking a 24/7 Prayer Adventure 53 -- Chapter 5 Original Christian Prayer For Dummies: The Lord's Prayer 69 -- Chapter 6 Revealing Prayer's Secret Recipe 77 -- Part II Turbocharging Your Prayers 93 -- Chapter 7 Ready-Made or Do-It-Yourself? 95 -- Chapter 8 Looking to the Scriptures for Help 105 -- Chapter 9 Journaling the Write Stuff 121 -- Chapter 10 Thinking Fast 133 -- Chapter 11 Helping You Out: Prayer Enhancers 145 -- Chapter 12 Avoiding the Potholes to Prayer 157 -- Part III Praying Well with Others 177 -- Chapter 13 Going Nuclear (Family, That Is) 179 -- Chapter 14 Praying in Small Groups 189 -- Chapter 15 Overcoming the Yadda Yadda Yadda: Effective Public Prayer 203 -- Part IV Tackling Some Tough Issues 213 -- Chapter 16 Thy Will Be Done 215 -- Chapter 17 Ask and It Shall Be Given 229 -- Chapter 18 Lost Prayers 241 -- Chapter 19 Hearing That Voice in the Cornfield 257 -- Chapter 20 Healing in a Modern World 271 -- Chapter 21 Getting Tongue-Tied 281 -- Chapter 22 Prayers for Ten Occasions When You Need It Most 297 -- Chapter 23 Ten or So Prayers to Teach Children 313 -- Chapter 24 Ten Retreats and Ten Pilgrimages 321 -- Chapter 25 Ten-Plus Recommended Web Sites 327.