When you pray, does it ever feel like you’re just saying
the same old things about the same old things? In Praying the Bible, best-selling author
of Spiritual Disciplines for the
Christian Life, Donald S. Whitney, offers the encouragement and the practical
advice we’re all looking for to transform our prayer life. Simple, yet
profound, this book will prove invaluable as you seek to commune with your
heavenly Father in prayer each and every day.
My Thoughts:
Wow! That pretty much sums up my thoughts on this book.
I learned to pray as a child. I was taught the basic
bullet points that should be included in a prayer, and was basically told the
order in which I should address those bullet points. Although the content of my
prayers have changed over the years, I find that I still hold tight to that
same structure that I used as a child.
Whether intentionally or not, I have taught my kids to
pray in that same structure. We say our prayers each night and they are almost
rehearsed as far as the kids go. I’ve never really thought much about it until
I got this book in my hands.
In Praying the Bible, I learned a completely different
concept for prayer – and I love it. The concept of this book is that you pick
up your Bible, start reading, and then pray whatever comes to mind. Wow!
God wants us to have a friendly conversation with Him.
Tell Him everything and listen to what He has to say. But when you get into the
prayer rut that so many of us use, it is hard to imagine doing something different.
But I love the ideas in this book and I have enjoyed giving it a try.
I admit it was a little hard to wrap my mind around
praying whatever came to mind, but it is getting easier and I feel like my
prayers come much more naturally these days.
I have been blessed by this book, and I am so thankful
for Family Christian for giving me the opportunity to have it in my hands. And
I’m really excited because Family Christian wants to give one of you a copy
too. Just use the widget below to get entered. Entries close at 6pm CST on
Wednesday, August 26.
Good Luck!