Draw the Circle

Do you pray as often and as boldly as you want to There is a way to experience a deeper, passionate, persistent, and intimate prayer life Drawing from forty days of true stories, Mark Batterson applies the principles of his New York Times bestselling book The Circle Maker to teach us a new way to pray As thousands of readers quickly became many tens of thousands, true stories of miraculous and inspiring answers to prayer began to pour in, and as those stories were shared, others were bolstered in their faith to pray with even boldness In Draw the Circle, through forty true, faith building stories of God s answers to prayer, daily scriptures and prayer prompts, Batterson inspires you to pray and keep praying like never before Begin a lifetime of watching God work Believe in the God who can do all things Experience the power of bold prayer and even bolder faith in Draw the Circle. Read Draw the Circle Author Mark Batterson – kino-fada.fr I wanted to like this book No, that s not true I wanted to love this book Before requesting a copy to review, I had read several other reviews first, and saw many people talk about how life changing it was How it had revolutionized their prayer life.I am sad to report that this wasn t the case for me I did like it It had some interesting and inspiring stories, some great quotes and reminders, and some good suggestions It was just missing one thing structure.What I had expected, needed, a I wanted to like this book No, that s not true I wanted to love this book Before requesting a copy to review, I had read several other reviews first, and saw many people talk about how life changing it was How it had revolutionized their prayer life.I am sad to report that this wasn t the case for me I did like it It had some interesting and inspiring stories, some great quotes and reminders, and some good suggestions It was just missing one thing structure.What I had expected, needed, and was hoping for was a linear approach, for want of a better term ...Started reading this book just 40 days ago with my wife, and we re excited to be done today I recommend this book if you are a Christian and want to draw closer to God in prayer.Probably the most life faith transforming book I ve read in a LONG time The Circle Maker RADICALLY altered the course of my life in a good way and the 40 Day Prayer Challenge trumped it If you can only get one of the books, I HIGHLY recommend the 40 Day Prayer Challenge It s a book you ll read over ...I read this as part of a bible study I am doing with friends and found this book difficult to get through There were some enjoyable and very helpful parts that I will tuck in my back pocket I even quoted it a couple of times, because of some profound things he wrote I just expected it to beof a let s pray this way today book It s a 40 day prayer challenge, but I did not really feel challenged It was very far from that I felt he could be very forced, cliche and cheesy a lot of the I read this as part of a bible study I am doing with friends and found this book difficult to get through There were some enjoyable and very helpful parts that I will tuck in my back pocket I even quoted it a couple of times, because of some profound things he wrote I just expected it to beof a let s pray this way today book It s a 40 day...In the last month and a half I have read four books by Mark Batterson, and I have read each of the books twice That speaks to the power of these books But to be honest, this one might be the most powerful one yet and most likely to change your life and maybe even help to change the world It all started when a friend recommended reading Praying Circles Around Your Children which was being offered fo...Author Mark Batterson uses the metaphor of Drawing a Circle to teach several key lessons about prayer Circling back and praying for the same thing repeatedly, committing to staying in a literal or figurative circle before God to wait for his answers, physically drawing a circle around written prayer requests that still need prayer, etc While the metaphor is a rich one, and well developed in Batterson s work, I was hoping fordepth in other ways I wished forstories of answered praye Author Mark Batterson uses the metaphor of Drawing a Circle to teach several key lessons about prayer Circling back and praying for the same thing repeatedly, committing to staying in a literal or figurative circle before God to wait for his answers, physically drawing a circle around written prayer requests that still need prayer, etc While the metaphor is a rich one, and well developed in Batterson s work, I was hoping fordepth in other ways I wished forstories of answered prayer Having read the 1890 s classic Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer several years ago, and having been driven to prayer by its overwhelming flood of story upon story, I was expecting something in the same vein.Also, as the book is promoted as a 40 Day Prayer Challenge, I was expecting it to beof a tool Other than being divided into 40 chapters one for each day , the book didn t r...This book is a good guide to assessing and improving your prayer life It s set up as a 40 day devotional and could be read over and over to remind you of the power of prayer If War Room spurred you to improve your prayer life, this is a good way to start.Excellent book Learned a lot.It is weird to rate your pastor s book, but I m going to do it anyway 3.5 stars I love the idea of a 40 day prayer challenge it s just the kind of thing I needed to do during the Lenten season But like a lot of other reviewers, I was expectingof a pray about this topic today, pray about that topic today, so the structure of the book threw me off a little But it s not fair to judge a book based on my expectations It is definitely encouraging to read stories of God showing up for It is weird to rate your pastor s book, but I m going to do it anyway 3.5 stars I love the idea of a 40 day prayer challenge it s just the kind of thing I needed to do during the Lenten season But like a lot of other reviewers, I was expectingof a pray about this topic today, pray about that topic today, so the structure of ...Prayer is powerful Read the book as requested by our pastor for a church wide activity to get everyone thinking about prayer Our pastor, as I believe Mark Batterson is doing in writing this book, is to have all of us focus on the discipline of making prayer part of our lives.

• English
• 23 September 2017
Mark Batterson
• Paperback
• 240 pages
• 0310327121
• Mark Batterson
• Draw the Circle