Good meaningful book on prayer
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I really loved this book. Pastor Stanley's thought provoking chapters really helped me to understand prayers power and purpose.  It is a book I will read over again.
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A wonderful book to use as a devotional. It helps Christians to prepare our hearts, minds, and souls for meaningful worship. I love that each devotional is pure scripture broken down into the parts of effective prayer. Praising God, confessing our sins, thanking God, and presenting our requests to God. This book infuses meaning into prayer lives.
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Wonderful book for those who are truly serious about prayer. Love it!
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Be careful, reading the prayers and the Book of Psalms in this book can make you consider the Episcopal Church as your church home.  This is good news in a prayer book.  I love it.  It encourages one to actually make prayer a meaningful time.
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Great encouraging book, written well.  great to prayer thru and with
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I enjoyed this book. The opportunity to draw closer to God through the prayers that were written opened up to an awesome experience. Sometimes we stumble, or unsure how to pray . This book is a good starting point . Leads you into thoughts and ideas of the greatness of God . I would recommend it to anyone .
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Really enjoyed this book. I realized that other people experience the same things while trying to lead a good prayer life. Definitely recommend this book.
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This is a cool prayer book, and I think it is a good addition to the spiritual life of any community.  You can really see the influence from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Life Together" in its format.  I think it adds a lot to the Christian community who wants to worship the God who loves justice and hears the cry of the poor.  It focuses on topics that other common prayer books undervalue.  However, the book really, really focuses on those topics at the expense of others, and I would recommend it as one book of common prayer among several, not as the sole prayerbook for a community's daily devotional.
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This book is an excellent introduction to, and survey of, the practice and experience of prayer for Christians.  Richard Foster draws from many different traditions and experiences and distills them into this very fine and accessible work.  It's very practical, unpretentious and inspiring.  Foster helps us examine the many facets of prayer grouped according to three intentions on personal transformation, intimacy with God and ministry to others.  Among its 21 chapters you may find aspects of prayer that are very familiar to you (maybe you had never thought of them as prayer before) along with encouragement to focus and deepen your efforts in those areas.  Other types of prayer may be completely foreign to you but offer an invitation to explore.  For those who want to take prayer more seriously this book is a very good place to begin.  It is not an introduction in the sense of being superficial or shallow.  It treats each aspect of prayer in enough depth to get the willing reader well on his or her way to a more effective and vital life of prayer.  But it also shows us prayer as a vast, life long and life changing endeavor and points to the work of others who have explored the various disciplines of prayer more deeply.  This books is essential reading.
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Prayer Principles for Intercessory Prayer taken from the subtitle, it aptly describes this books contents.

Part of this book is loosely patterned after the story of Estheryou know, the way Esther had to come before a king with a petition.

The author includes excellent clarifications on the different parts of prayer, information on the different names of God (you cant pray rightly without knowing who God is, after all), ideas on what to pray for (social issues, government, persecuted church, Israel etc.), and an appendix with a sample prayer outline.

Also included are snippets of stories to illustrate points and lots of quotes by other famous Christians on prayer. Nothing personal from the author herself, but thats o.k., its not a memoir, but a teaching book.

She has the gift of teaching for sure. One thing shone through to me and it was this: clarity. There was no muddying of any waters here, only clarity and clearness. Beautiful. Much needed.

I also noticed that the author asks pointed questions. They were challenging but not condemning. She makes you feel like it is possible (the it being whatever she is discussing at that point in the book). Along with the pointed questions there is a bit of forcefulness, her actually using the words should and must a few times. But still she gives grace and allowance for individual differences and circumstances and encourages the reader to give grace to themselves.

This book seemed comprehensive but not overwhelming. But I would also say that if you are an absolute beginner at prayer this book is probably going to be too much for you. If you want to learn more about prayer or love to read about prayer like I do, then you are going to love this book.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Charisma House Publishers as part of their blogging for books program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commisions 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
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This short book took a different approach to a lot of prayer books I've read. It focuses on the "whatever you ask" passages in the Bible that Jesus promises to answer. By providing specific examples from his own ministry Pruett was able to demonstrate how his prayer life developed over the years where increasingly he was able to relate answers to specific prayers he and his team had prayed.

Pruett introduced me to a new prayer acronym: ACTIVE, that is an extension to one many of us know: ACTS. It stands for:
A doration
C onfession
T hanksgiving
I  ntercession/Supplication
V anquishing Satan
E xtreme Prayer

In outlining the elements of "Extreme Prayer" with practical examples, both Biblical and from his own experience, Pruett demonstrates prayer's power. He suggests too many of us impose our own strategies to achieving certain outcomes and minimise prayer when venturing out. As prayer is a dialogue with God if we walk through our days with unceasing prayer we are far more likely to produce God-inspired outcomes.

I particularly appreciated Pruett's emphasis on the power of unity in community ('when two or three are gathered..."), specificity of our prayers and actively listening with pen in hand.

Highly recommended.
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This book is awesome.  On days when I didn't know what to say to God or what to even ask, this book has been my guide...leading me in a deeper prayer life with Him.  It has meaningful, thought provoking prayers that are current and for today's Christian!
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Charles Stanley writes a working book on prayer. The book is well organized and reflects his details style of personal teaching. Handle with Prayer tries to answer the many difficulties that people encounter when they profess a faith. The most pressing issue is usually when bad things happen inspite of faith and prayer.

I found a great deal of the book approaches prayer in a what I call a 'conflict mode'. That is, that people are locked in an epic battle between good and evil, and prayer is the only hope we have to survive. Personally, my own spiritual growth has advanced beyond this viewpoint. I think that prayer is more about healing and giving inner-strength than me being in some cosmic war. At any rate, I felt the constant references to battle were not for me personally.

However, the book does have a great deal to teach and say about how to organize and help build a prayer circle. The book isn't overly preachy and he doesn't condemn anybody. It was also well written without typos and distracting error. Overall, I found the book delivered a sence of direction, but I just found the approach to not completely match my own spiritual journey.
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I was looking for some spiritual direction for my prayer practice and this book was an excellent start.  Lots of heartfelt stories and great examples of individual prayers for many circumstances. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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I found this is a good introduction to intercessory prayer. It is very clearly written by Andy Reece and it is apparent he uses the tools in the book to  the benefit of those he prays for. It is easy to read and very practical. If you would like to have help talking to Jesus and knowing his love and freedom, I think you might be interested in considering this book.
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The author is a seminary classmate of mine and we happened to be serving the Lord of the Church in the same geographic area for a number of years.  Thus I not only welcomed his prayer book, but I also scrutinized it (as we professionals are won't to do) with a theological eye.  Arlo is using a pattern that John Baillie used a number of years ago--thus the word "Echo" in the title--and he has succeeded in being true to that original intent, I believe.  Now, note this: each prayer occupies one page, and a facing page is blank so that pray-ers may pray with pen in hand and make notes about their intentions--people, causes, congregations, govs etc.  It's a useful tool for whoever would be seriously in prayer for our world.
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A great guide for those looking for a prayer book to quickly learn/reference the basic Catholic Prayers, especially in an ebook format. The history of prayer was well written and was a great read. Often the history and understanding of where prayer comes from is overlooked, but it adds to the prayers and helps one understand their purpose and form. I do wish more pages were spent on Scripture and prayer, especially Lectio Divina as it is vital in my opinion for many to know, understand and practice this form of prayer. Overall a well formed prayer book and I would recommend to anyone who is rediscovering their prayer life or looking for a guide to help them on their journey. God Bless.