Episode 6 · Psalm 46:10
The Voicemail
We treat prayer like a voicemail. Rattle off a list, then hang up. When God calls back, we let it go to bit busy.
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Prayer: devotionals and study guides
We are good at talking to God and less good at listening. These six episodes poke fun at the prayer habits most of us recognize, then land somewhere honest: prayer is a conversation, not a message we leave and walk away from.
In short
Prayer in the Bible is a two-way conversation, not a message we leave and walk away from. Pundayschool has six short comedy episodes about prayer, each with a free devotional and study guide: The Voicemail (Psalm 46:10, on being still enough to listen), Mailbox Full (Revelation 3:20, on answering when God is the one calling), The Very Urgent Prayer (James 1:2-4, on what happens when we pray for patience), The Lift Button (Psalm 37:7, on waiting without pressing again), The Emergency Exit From Silence (1 Samuel 3:10, on staying in the quiet once God finally has our attention), and The Remote Control (Proverbs 16:9, on handing God the remote, then quietly taking it back).
The episodes
Episode 7 · Revelation 3:20
Mailbox Full
We treat prayer like a one-way voicemail: leave the list, hang up, never check for a reply. Turns out God’s been calling back the whole time, over a thousand messages deep.
Episode 10 · James 1:2-4
The Very Urgent Prayer
We pray for patience on the way out the door. Traffic stops. The wifi spins. A friend who is five minutes away stays five minutes away for twenty.
Episode 13 · Psalm 37:7
The Lift Button
There's a very specific kind of faith that believes pressing the lift button again will make it come faster. We press it anyway - harder, twice, the other one too - convinced our next try might finally move what was never actually stuck.
Episode 24 · 1 Samuel 3:10
The Emergency Exit From Silence
Some of us love a quiet time with God, right up until it gets quiet. The reading part goes great. Last verse. Amen. Then the room goes silent, and silence, apparently, is an emergency. The kettle needs us. The laundry needs us. The snack cupboard needs a complete inventory, for safety reasons. I'm not avoiding God; I'm hydrating spiritually. That face-down book is a conversation left mid-sentence. A boy once heard God's voice in the night and did not get up and put a kettle on. So borrow Samuel's ending: next amen, stay in the chair. Give the silence one minute.
Episode 29 · Proverbs 16:9
The Remote Control
We gave God the remote. Completely surrendered. It lasted about three minutes.
One verse to hold
"Be still, and know that I am God."
Psalm 46:10, NIV
Questions people ask
What does the Bible say about how to pray?
The Bible treats prayer as a conversation with someone who answers back. Psalm 46:10 says 'Be still, and know that I am God,' which is less about posture and more about stopping long enough to listen. Pundayschool's episode The Voicemail pictures the opposite habit: rattling off a list and hanging up before God can get a word in.
Why does it feel like God is not answering my prayers?
Sometimes the line is fine and we are the ones not picking up. Revelation 3:20 pictures Jesus standing at the door and knocking, which is the image behind the episode Mailbox Full: God has been replying the whole time, and our own mailbox is full. The devotional walks through what it looks like to finally answer.
Is it dangerous to pray for patience?
It is not dangerous, but James 1:2-4 suggests the answer usually arrives as training rather than as a feeling. The episode The Very Urgent Prayer is about exactly that: pray for patience, and patience-testing moments show up immediately. That is not God being unkind; that is how patience grows.
Does waiting on God mean doing nothing?
No. Psalm 37:7 says "be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him," which the episode The Lift Button pictures as pressing an elevator call button again and again, convinced a third or fourth press will make it move faster. Biblical waiting is not passivity, it is refusing to confuse our own activity with God's activity - the lift was already coming before we ever touched the button.
What do you do with the silence right after you finish praying?
1 Samuel 3:10 pictures young Samuel, called by God in the night, answering without a single step of tidying first: "speak, for your servant is listening." Pundayschool's episode The Emergency Exit From Silence pictures the opposite habit: the second a quiet time actually goes quiet, we flee to the kettle, the laundry, or the snack cupboard rather than sitting in it.
Where do I start if I have never really prayed before?
Start small and honest. Each devotional linked on this page ends with a short written prayer you can borrow word for word, and none of them takes more than five minutes.