The Battle Plan for Prayer

This was the most inspiring and thorough yet practical and easy to read book on prayer I have ever read. Actually, I went through it twice - after going through it once as a personal devotional, and went through it again about a year later with a friend of mine, doing the readings together daily - and it was just as refreshing and impacting as the first time I read it - I dare even say, more so. I have always struggled in the area of consistency in prayer. Even though I'm a Christian, prayer often felt like work - like a duty. I would have seasons where I would be consistent for a few days, or a few weeks, and most rare, a few months - but this is the first book on prayer I read that totally revitalized and my prayer life! I am not at all exaggerating. I was hooked from the Intro! I actually looked forward to my time in prayer and reading the next chapter each day! I have come to have a new respect for prayer and its power, and value prayer more than I ever have in my life since reading this book. These authors were undoubtedly led by the Holy Spirit in writing this book. If you've ever wondered, "Does prayer really work?" "Why aren't all my prayers answered?" "Why do we need to pray if God already knows what we need?" "I want to pray - but I don't even know what to pray about." or really if you just want a more intimate relationship with the Lord, this book is a must read! I wish I could give it 20 stars!! I was actually a little disappointed when I got to the end the first time - LOL! I was sorry it was over! And the prayers at the end of each chapter just felt like someone read my heart and put it into words. So many times I would read the prayer at the end of the chapter and think to myself - Oh my goodness, that's exactly how I feel! That's exactly what I want to say to God! I can't recommend this book enough. For just a few dollars you are investing in a potentially life-changing experience. Seriously. Get the book.

This is an excellent explanation of how prayer works. The book is well written and easy to read. If you are experiencing difficulty in a certain aspect of prayer, jump to the table of contents and locate the chapter that deals with the area where improvement is available for that specific target zone. This book is a good read from cover to cover in a methodic devotional style read. A chapter a day and then prayer and meditation so to speak. The Scriptural references are very handy so you will want to use this in accord with your Bible while attaining a more effective method of communicating with God. I would recommend this book for everyone. The veteran prayer warrior with many seasons of victories will benefit from these clear and easy to understand explanations of methods as well as the beginning praying person. I could see where this "manual" could help incorporate a plan for a parent teaching a young child to pray before going to bed. Instead of just "droning" out "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep". This informational training guide could help a parent teach a child "this is why and how we pray" and the child and parent would understand that God does listen to their prayers. Much more useful than just some mantra we murmur over and over. I believe there are so many possibilities for this book to help expand the Kingdom as we allow Christ into our every day to day situations. I would highly recommend this book, read it, and then use it. Being human we are creatures of habit. This book will help you to expand your boundaries, increase your victories and help you in ways that you never before imagined.

A must read for every Christian. We are in a war and prayer is a key weapon yet most of us, myself included don’t feel like our prayer life is where it should be. I loved how the authors teach us the reader how to take our prayers to the next level, to be strategic. The book is divided into basic training, conditioning exercises, strategies, targets and ammunition. This is one of those books we need to read at least every year. My husband and I read a chapter before bed each night and were constantly commenting ooh that was good. I have so much of the book highlighted. Highly recommend if you are ready to get serious about your prayers.

Great book to read especially if you want to grow spiritually and in praying!!!! Great read and and it does help your praying.

Absolutely an amazing book! It really opens your eyes on how God responds to prayer and how you ought to be expecting to send and receive in prayer. Insights to epiphanies!

I love this book! We just finished our small group using this book. It's an amazing read. Several chapters are sermons themselves.

really a very good book I just cant keep it down love reading it again I am learning a lot from this book .really agood book must read it.

This is a step by step hand-holding approach to learn how to battle through prayer. Amazing to see things manifest. May God continue to be your very present helper.

Fantastic book! Our care group started it a couple weeks ago, and it has been a really fantastic tool for change for us. Our group was headed there already, and this book has just really spurred us all on to a much deeper walk with God, and a far more intentional prayer life together, and individually. We're all pretty excited to see God at work in our church, our lives and our community. I hope Battle Plan for Prayer is the same kind of rich blessing for every reader that is has been for us! It's a very easy read, but with real life applications and if you take time in it, prayerfully, God can use it to transform your life too!

I was introduced to the book by the movie, War Room, and bought it because I wanted to learn how to pray with the power and conviction depicted in the movie. The book delivers. It provides great I sight into praying in general, and praying I specific situations, all backed up by Scripture. It provides "formulae" to use for different purposes, and helped me tailor prayers to suit my particular situation. This is a book to be savoured over time. Read a chapter and then reflect on and pray about it for a few days before moving on to the next. Don't rush it. Meditate and reflect. The one quibble would be that the discussion questions should follow directly after the relevant chapter, not in an appendix at the end. Probably not a big deal when reading a physical book, but in the ebook format I did not scroll back and forth each time. But what a blessing it has been. Thank you Stephen and Alex Kendrick.

I will buy another one for a gift.