Enrich your Prayer Life with Simple Bible-Based Prayers
In a conversation with a friend lately, we'd realized that we both were experiencing a prayer rut. Our prayers, instead of something exciting or glorifying, or direct, were simply becoming form prayers - something hearkening back to my pre-mealtime prayers as a child: "LordblessthisfoodforJesus'sakeamen."
In particular, I've been wondering how to reduce my "asking God for things" element of prayer and improving my "glorifying God" aspect of prayer. When I saw "Praying God's Promises," I figured it didn't hurt to pick up. With a repertoire like Linda Evans Shepherd (she has 3 other books I've seen or heard of that are also related to prayer), I knew I was on to something good.
Praying the scriptures is something I've tried to do about three times in my life. Each time, it's been wonderful and a spirit-filled experience, but due to my lack of confidence or knowledge, I haven't immersed myself in it. This book is the perfect resource for anyone looking to add some depth to their prayer life or wanting to try something different.
This book goes through every aspect of God's promises to us, including topics like comfort, faith, joy, provision, relationships, worship, and many more. It's laid out in such a way that you can look up a topic you are struggling with, read the overview, and then examine the "Promise Garden of Answers to Prayer," which outlines several scriptural references to the specific promise and then "re-writes" it in familiar language for the reader to pray. Many different Bible translations are used to unpack the scripture.
This simple method of "Your Word Says" and "I Agree" makes this book offers a very practical way to begin praying the scriptures and even just to engage a new way of thinking about prayer. I like that it's divided by topic to give it some more structure--that also makes it easy when you're really in a fix and not sure where to start. Definitely pick up if you are looking to enrich your prayer and Scripture-reading life.
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
In particular, I've been wondering how to reduce my "asking God for things" element of prayer and improving my "glorifying God" aspect of prayer. When I saw "Praying God's Promises," I figured it didn't hurt to pick up. With a repertoire like Linda Evans Shepherd (she has 3 other books I've seen or heard of that are also related to prayer), I knew I was on to something good.Praying the scriptures is something I've tried to do about three times in my life. Each time, it's been wonderful and a spirit-filled experience, but due to my lack of confidence or knowledge, I haven't immersed myself in it. This book is the perfect resource for anyone looking to add some depth to their prayer life or wanting to try something different.
This book goes through every aspect of God's promises to us, including topics like comfort, faith, joy, provision, relationships, worship, and many more. It's laid out in such a way that you can look up a topic you are struggling with, read the overview, and then examine the "Promise Garden of Answers to Prayer," which outlines several scriptural references to the specific promise and then "re-writes" it in familiar language for the reader to pray. Many different Bible translations are used to unpack the scripture.
This simple method of "Your Word Says" and "I Agree" makes this book offers a very practical way to begin praying the scriptures and even just to engage a new way of thinking about prayer. I like that it's divided by topic to give it some more structure--that also makes it easy when you're really in a fix and not sure where to start. Definitely pick up if you are looking to enrich your prayer and Scripture-reading life.
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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