I'm hoping to get a good collection of books that I think are valuable for Christian women to read (also men, I'm just assuming mostly women will be reading my blog).
The first book I'd like to include in one of the most powerful and encouraging books I have ever read. This is for anyone who wants to seriously grow in prayer.
The Book: The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
This book contains little jewels that will convict and challenge you in your prayer life. Some points that hit home for me:
- Prayer is not an excuse for laziness: "There are many believers who appear to be very mighty in prayer and wondrous in supplication, but then they require God to do what they can do themselves, and therefore, God does nothing for them at all." (Page 57)
- Pray for the big and the small: "Prayer is not merely for spiritual but for everyday concerns. Take your smallest trials to Him. He is your household God as well as the God of the sanctuary." (Page 69)
- God will not respond to lukewarm prayers: "'For our God is a consuming fire' (Heb. 12:29), and He will not have communion with us until our souls grow to be like consuming fires, too. Unless we are warm with love for God, we cannot expect the love of God to manifest itself in us to its highest degree." (Page 85)
- We must yearn for God's Will in our prayers: "The man of obedient heart prays like a prophet, and his prayers are prophecies. Is he not one with God? Does he not desire and ask for exactly what God intends? How can a prayer shot from such a bow ever fail its target? If your soul is in harmony with God's soul, your wish will be God's own wishes." (Page 116)
Read this book if you want to grow in your prayer life, and you will see your whole life transform.
I'll leave you with this quote:
"Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying." Paul E. Billheimer
Much Love,
Brianna
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