The Dr. Josh Axe Show Healing Through Prayer: How to Build a Daily Prayer Life in a Distracted World
Apr 2, 2026
Alex Jones, founder of the Hallow prayer app and former atheist turned Christian leader, shares his journey back to prayer. He discusses prayer as friendship with God, the power of silence and Sabbath, daily micro-practices that reshape spiritual life, discernment amid distraction, and how fasting, confession, and simple habits support lasting change.
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Prayer As Friendship And Listening
- Prayer is primarily a friendship with God focused on listening rather than just asking for things.
- Alex Jones says Jesus is closer to you than yourself and listening in silence brings peace, wisdom, and transformation.
Miracles Reported From Hallow Prayers
- Multiple real events are presented as evidence prayer works, including a woman whose heart restarted after a rosary and a teacher spared in Uvalde.
- Alex recounts the rosary finishing then the woman's heart beat and a teacher parking elsewhere before the Uvalde shooting.
Silence Revealed Purpose And Built Hallow
- Silence and contemplative practice reveal a persistent spiritual pull that secular meditation couldn't explain for Alex.
- He discovered Lectio Divina and the word hallow from Luke 11, which reoriented purpose and led him to build Hallow.
