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Publisher: Revell
Great book to get couples praying together and/or for those who are praying for other marriages but aren't sure what to pray. The author demonstrates how you can pray "pin point prayers" which are based on Scripture. He says that praying in line with what God desires for us will almost certainly guarantee that those prayers will be answered.
To find this book or others by this author, go to: willdavisJr.com
Discerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God Speaks,
by Priscilla Shirer Lifeway says this study will “help participants know the voice of God: His language, character, and tone of voice. By growing closer to God through His Word, participants will be able to discern God's voice from the voice of strangers.” 185 page book (at Amazon or Lifeway) or 127 page workbook to accompany 6 session DVD series (at Lifeway).
He Speaks to Me: Preparing to Hear the Voice of God, by Priscilla Shirer
This study of Samuel describes his godly characteristics and how we can apply them to our own lives. 201 page book or 128 page workbook and 6 session DVD (at Lifeway).
Can We Talk? Soul-Stirring Conversations with God, by Priscilla Shirer
This book gives modern women tools to develop a conversation with God. 149 page workbook to accompany 6 session DVD from Lifeway.
The Sacred Echo, by Margaret Feinberg
Similar in subject to Priscilla Shirer’s studies, this book is a personal testimony of hearing and obeying God’s voice and an encouragement to listen and follow when He speaks to you. 235 pages, 10 chapters, at Amazon. No study questions. A curriculum with 6 session DVD and workbooks is available at www.bluefishtv.com/Sacredecho
Jennifer spoke at the Midwest Prayer Conference in Terre Haute this weekend, and I really loved what she had to say about faith. I think the reality of Jesus actually living inside me became more real to me as she spoke.
So I was anxious to get this book and to get started on a life that would enable me to "pray without ceasing". After only a short time, I'm already benefitting greatly - I think this book will turn out to be everything I hoped it would. I'm looking forward to this 13-week adventure.
God bless,
Jennie
Eph. 3:20
If you only buy one book on the topic of prayer--this should be it! This book taught me to pray and praise. It's filled with scripture-based praise-prayers and instructions on developing the “heart-habit” of praise. (My copy is filled with beach sand and candy cane stickiness and coffee stains; it's well-loved.) 157 pages, daily format. No study questions, but a facilitator could lead a group through this book, using the scripture references to dig deeper into the subject.
One of my favorite prayer resources, this is a detailed overview of prayer; accessible but deep. 30 Day format, includes study questions. Includes studies of Biblical prayers, quotes from famous books on prayer and suggested formats for prayer journals. I suggest that if you study this in a small group, you spread it out over 8 or 10 weeks--don't try to fit it all into 30 days.
Book available at Amazon or Quiettime.org. DVDS for group study available from Quiettime.org
Bingham Hunter
InterVarsity Press
http://www.amazon.com/God-Who-Hears-Bingham-Hunter/dp/0877846049/re...
Hunter begins where prayer really should begin - with who God is. He deals with several aspects of God's character and how they impact our prayers. He asks questions like "If God is all-knowing, what is there to tell him?" and "How do I relate to a God who is Spirit?" He doesn't shy away from the tough ones, either, like "Why pray to a God who lets people hurt?".
I love Hunter's statement that "Prayer is not a means we use to get what we want from God; it's a means God uses to give us what He wants." Praying well, then, starts with understanding what God wants, and that begins with knowing who God is, what He is like, and having a personal relationship with Him. Hunter makes the observation that God responds not to our words but to our lives.
This book is not light reading, but it's the best perspective on prayer that I've ever read. Hunter's understanding of prayer keeps the believer from falling into "prayer fads"; he rejects formulaic approaches to prayer in favor of a relational approach. This is surely the way God meant prayer to be. Hunter sees prayer not as a separate activity but rather as a pervasive part of an overall relationship with God. If I could recommend one book on prayer for everyone to read, this would be it.
The Power of a Whisper
A Leadership book review
Greg Taylor | posted 8/03/2010
The Power of a Whisper (Zondervan, 2010) is not only a book about learning to hear the "communicating God" direct your life, it's also as close as Bill Hybels may come to memoir in what he calls his "50-year whisper-fueled odyssey."
He said he's waited 35 years to write this book because of the controversial nature of anyone, especially a pastor, saying he has heard a word from God. Hybels' book stands out, however, as a model for how a pastor can hear and teach others to hear the "Wind Words" of the Holy Spirit that come sometimes as whispers. The problem is not God's silence. God speaks, but we must learn to have ears like Samuel. When a boyhood teacher taught the story of Samuel, young Hybels wondered aloud to Miss Van Solen if God still speaks to little boys.
Willow Creek and its Association exist today because at low points in Hybels' life, God "graciously whispered to me." In true Hybels fashion, he gives clear, strong principles on how to listen and how to filter sources and content of whispers, but no goal is more critical than a pliable heart, he says.
Hybels credits God's voice speaking through others for key themes that have directed ministries at Willow Creek: from a college professor Dr. Gilbert Bilezikian, "servanthood matters"; from colleague Nancy Beach, "arts matter"; from his wife Lynne, "People suffering through extreme poverty matter."
At one crucial point in ministry Hybels asked, "God, I am not getting up from here until there is resolution in my heart. I can't lead this church one more day until you tell me what I'm supposed to do." Thus the operative prayer is, "If you have anything to tell me, I'm very eager to hear it." Hybels weaves personal stories, biblical principles, and global stories in another game-changing book for church leaders.
Greg Taylor is minister at Garnett Church of Christ in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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