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A devotional, made for the headline

Everything you need to write, broadcast, or feature The Prayer: Rise with Jesus — fact sheet, awards, bestseller proof, high-resolution covers and author photos, and a direct line to the publishing team.

Fact Sheet

The book at a glance

Quick reference for editors, bookers, and reviewers.

Title

The Prayer: Rise with Jesus30 Days to Transform Your Life

Authors

Stefania Fernanda Leão & Alexander Debelov

Genre

Christian devotionalPrayer · Meditation · Illustrated

Format

30 daily entriesScripture · Reflection · Prayer · Watercolor

Length

5–10 minutes a morning

Illustrations

30 original watercolorsPainted by Alexander Debelov

Languages

6 editionsEN · PT · IT · FR · ES · RU (in production)

Editions

Hardcover · Paperback · Kindle · Audible

Publisher

IndependentAvailable on Amazon & Audible

Tradition

Ecumenical · non-denominational

Released

2025

Reader rating

4.8 ★Across 96+ Amazon reviews

Press boilerplate (short)

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.

Press boilerplate (long)

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.

Awards

Three international book awards, one year.

All three awards were granted in 2025 by independent judging bodies.

Amazon Best Sellers

#1 in three languages

Verified Amazon best-seller rankings across categories and languages. Screenshots are linked from each tile.

Editions

Six languages

Each edition has its own dedicated landing page on this site.

Authors

Available for interview

English & Portuguese (Stefania) · English & Russian (Alexander).

Stefania Fernanda Leão portrait

Stefania Fernanda Leão

Author · Devotional teacher

A Brazilian writer and devotional teacher whose work lives at the intersection of spirituality, beauty, and the everyday. Stefania wrote the original Portuguese manuscript of The Prayer as a private prayer practice — never intending to publish — during one of the hardest seasons of her life. The book has since been translated into six languages and reached #1 Amazon Best Seller in Religion in Portuguese and Religion in Italian.

Alexander Debelov portrait

Alexander Debelov

Co-author · Publisher · Illustrator

Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur (Virool, Go X, Kairos) and co-author, editor, and marketing lead of the book — refined Stefania's original Portuguese manuscript into the finished book, wrote several of the final chapters, painted the thirty watercolor illustrations, and built the marketing engine that took The Prayer into six languages and #1 Amazon Best Seller status in English, Portuguese, and Italian.

Downloads

High-resolution media assets

All assets are licensed for editorial use with attribution to Stefania Fernanda Leão & Alexander Debelov.

Book covers

Author photos

Award badges

Award & press photos

Bestseller proof screenshots

Media Contact

Press, podcasts, interviews

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Direct line

For interview requests, podcast bookings, review copies, or syndication, email the publishing team directly. Please include outlet, format, deadline, and which language edition(s) you'd like to feature.