TV Star Testifies to Power of Prayer

Published: June 22, 2026

By Kayla DeKraker

Actor and YouTuber Atticus Shaffer knows firsthand the power of praying for others.

“A story that I have from set is that there was a guy, one of the electricians, he had a very bad event happen to him right near the end of the show, and he was devastated, and I could see it,” THE MIDDLE star recalled. “I mean, the only thing you could relate it to is a soldier going through PTSD, really, is what ended up happening, and I noticed it, and he kind of did things that I knew he was being sucked up into a pit.”

Seeing this man in such despair led Shaffer to reach out.

“I just reached out to him one day, and I said, ‘Hey, I know that you believe in the Lord. You know I do too. I’d love to just pray for you.’ And I did, and it meant the world to him, and I’m thankful that I heard that call in my heart to do that,” he said. “It helped him to cope, and it helped him to get out of that dark time.”

Shaffer emphasized the importance of listening to God’s leading, especially when it comes to helping others.

“I’m just a small portion of it, and he was able to reach out and get what he needed to get to be nourished and to get through that time, and I’m thankful that when the Lord does place those little calls on your heart, you should listen,” he said.

He added, “Ministering to someone means just being there for someone, being a person to just talk to, or even, not necessarily talking to them, you listening while they talk.”

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James 5:16 says, “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Shaffer has leaned on his faith throughout his life as he lives with a condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, “a genetic or heritable disease in which bones fracture (break) easily, often with no obvious cause or minimal injury.”

“Would I be better off without this challenge?” he said earlier this year. “Obviously, for many, when one is in the thick of genuine pain, especially chronically so, it is very difficult to say, ‘I would gladly take this again for such and such a result.’ However, given that I am a Christ follower, I do believe that everything happens for a reason. I have been given the challenge of living my life with OI for a reason.”

What an incredible reminder of the power of prayer.

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