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The Prayer: Rise with Jesus is an award-winning 30-day Christian devotional by Stefania Fernanda Leão & Alexander Debelov. Each morning pairs scripture, a reflection, a written prayer, and an original watercolor — designed to take just 5 to 10 minutes. The book is a #1 Amazon Best Seller in Christian Prayer Books, Religion in Portuguese, and Religion in Italian, and is published in six languages.

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The Prayer: Rise with Jesus — 30 Days to Transform Your Life is a beautifully illustrated daily devotional written in one of life's darkest seasons and read in some of its brightest. Stefania Fernanda Leão wrote the original Portuguese manuscript as a private prayer practice; Alexander Debelov — a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur (Virool, Go X, Kairos) — edited the manuscript into the finished book, wrote several of the final chapters, painted the thirty watercolor illustrations, and built the publishing engine that took the book into six languages.

The Prayer has won the 2025 Best Indie Book Award (Christian Prayer & Meditation), the 2025 Storytrade Award (Christian Devotional), and the 2025 Readers' Favorite Book Award (Devotion & Study). It has reached #1 Amazon Best Seller in Christian Prayer Books, Christian Prayer, Religion in Portuguese, and Religion in Italian. The book is ecumenical and non-denominational — designed for any seeker who wants a quiet, beautiful 5-to-10-minute practice that actually fits into a morning.