We pray for our own needs and for the needs of others. We pray in the face of conflict, and we pray for forgiveness. Just as we pray in many different situations, so did Mary, Abraham, Moses and Daniel. In this guide you'll find their models and those of eight other biblical characters to be refreshing and insightful as you join them on the adventure of prayer.

David Healey is Irish, and has worked in student ministry, as head of an international Church of England mission agency and patronage society, and in marketing in the photographic industry. He now teaches photography.