Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts

Friday, September 16, 2011

Your 100 Day Prayer: The Transforming Power of Actively Waiting on God, By: John Snyder

Your 100 Day Prayer: The Transforming Power of Actively Waiting On God

By: John Snyder



The title of this book really caught my attention and sums up the basic premise of the book fairly well. Readers are led by the hand through 100 days of directed prayer while actively waiting on the Lord. Each day is structured in the same simple and easy to follow format. A daily scripture verse is followed by a short devotional, a short suggested prayer, and a section to record ones own thoughts for the day. In all, it is just over 200 pages in 100 days.



Anyone can do this and benefit from it, from the newest convert to the oldest Pastor. You will get out of it what you put into it. No book can transform you, the Holy Spirit working in you does that, but this book could be a good spring board for those needing structure on a daily basis to remain consistent in the spiritual disciplines, or those learning to pray, or who don't know where to start. The suggested verses could lead to deeper study on your own. The suggested prayers could get you going when you don't know where to begin. This could be an excellent tool in your spiritual walk. It was very easy to read, wasn't heretical, and very basic. I recommend you get it, use it, read it, but not make it the cornerstone of your spiritual development and prayer life.


Thomas Nelson, the publisher of this book, has provided me a complimentary copy of this book through Booksneeze in exchange for my honest review.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Seeking Solitude and Silence in a Busy Wired World...

My life is busy. It is noisy. My nerves are fried and I need to cultivate silence and meditation if it is ever going to happen. It wont happen by chance. My kids nap...long naps and all at the same time, they go to bed early. My lack of quiet is my own doing. I need to shut everything off and deal with the things in my mind that I don't want to deal with, to sit in the uncomfortable silence, and be with God. I thought I could do that in a weekend, I can't. I am signing off, though I anticipate returning to blogging and facebooking and texting at some future date. The cell phones are off, the ringer is off on the phone, and I'll be offline. The radio is off, and there hasn't been a TV in 8 years. I will check home phone messages and return calls on an as needed basis. So, I'll be back online again when I can rest comfortably inside my own mind, when I don't need the activity to drown out my thought anymore.