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Transforming Prayer
Praying Christians are hungry to learn how to connect with God in a way that takes them beyond the typical grocery-list approach. Transforming Prayer explores the profound difference between seeking God's hand (what he does for people) and seeking God's face (who he really is). With captivating stories of the transformative power of personal worship and its connection with prayer, this book equips readers with practical tools for a more effective personal and corporate prayer life.
237 pages, Paperback
First published December 3, 2010
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Daniel Henderson
37 books26 followersPastor, Preacher, Renewal Catalyst, Leadership Coach & Author who is passionate about personal renewal, congregational revival & leadership restoration.
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March 25, 2015
I was disappointed with this book. The author identifies a need in the Church to revitalize prayer: people tend to develop a list mentality. Henderson draws from his experience of drawing people away from this to a transforming prayer life that is worship-based. His desire is to instill passion into the prayer life of the church. In a nutshell, he has a 4-step method for prayer, based on the Lord's Prayer, that is used to pray through a passage of Scripture. Praying through a passage--generally a psalm--is a centuries-old method that had fallen by the wayside until recently. I am glad for his use of it.
This book suffers from several things. 1) The material could easily have been covered in less than half the number of pages. Too much space is given over to testimonials and examples that do not help. 2) Henderson is so driven to find biblical examples and texts that he pulls many verses out of context to make his argument. These should have been removed, and the sections rewritten accordingly. 3) Transformational prayer is promoted as something that is life-changing, passionate, "rock your world" stuff. You are really pumped up for "the experience." The problem is that if you don't get that experience, you'll be left wondering what you did wrong, if anything, and never able to figure out why. 4) The author insists that emotional, spontaneous prayer is the only acceptable type of prayer. That thinking requires a very myopic view of Church history. Thankfully, it's a minor point and can be ignored. The reader needs discernment with this book. If you want to get to the essence of the material, read chapters 14-16.
I have read better material on prayer--most recently, "A Simple Way to Pray" by Martin Luther from CPH. It's only 32 pages. There are also PDF versions free on the internet under different titles: search for "Martin Luther prayer barber Peter."
This book suffers from several things. 1) The material could easily have been covered in less than half the number of pages. Too much space is given over to testimonials and examples that do not help. 2) Henderson is so driven to find biblical examples and texts that he pulls many verses out of context to make his argument. These should have been removed, and the sections rewritten accordingly. 3) Transformational prayer is promoted as something that is life-changing, passionate, "rock your world" stuff. You are really pumped up for "the experience." The problem is that if you don't get that experience, you'll be left wondering what you did wrong, if anything, and never able to figure out why. 4) The author insists that emotional, spontaneous prayer is the only acceptable type of prayer. That thinking requires a very myopic view of Church history. Thankfully, it's a minor point and can be ignored. The reader needs discernment with this book. If you want to get to the essence of the material, read chapters 14-16.
I have read better material on prayer--most recently, "A Simple Way to Pray" by Martin Luther from CPH. It's only 32 pages. There are also PDF versions free on the internet under different titles: search for "Martin Luther prayer barber Peter."
November 13, 2025
Transforming Life
Highly recommended read for all Christians. It changed my prayer life. Follow the why and how worship-filled prayer touches the heart of God.
Highly recommended read for all Christians. It changed my prayer life. Follow the why and how worship-filled prayer touches the heart of God.
November 1, 2023
More like a 3.5/5. Daniel Henderson makes a lot of good points, but also some I don't wholeheartedly agree with. Still a fantastic read and real change in the way I view prayer. Highly recommend his book on praying through the Psalms after this.
August 16, 2024
A while ago (looking in my email, back in 2017 — yikes!), our church brought in Daniel Henderson to do a seminar on prayer. I considered going, but I didn’t have a friend who was, and — although this is bad to admit — I wasn’t sure I wanted to go to a seminar alone where we’d likely spend significant time praying aloud. I know, I know — I shouldn’t feel that way. I pray in my mind all the time, but somehow aloud in a group is different. I’ll never forget a time in college at my church when a group was sitting in a circle, one person suggested praying, and said, “Susan, you lead us!” Uhhhh … I was new to the church. I didn’t know what type of language they used for praying (it does seem that different groups/churches use different phrases etc. when praying — again, I know this shouldn’t matter). Then a couple of years ago, I signed up for a Bible study at church and the night before it began, the leader called asking if I’d lead a small group. Uh … well, okay. Part of that involved praying with the group. I asked each time if anyone would like to lead in prayer. No one ever did — so it fell to me.
Anyway! It is indicting to me that it has taken me seven years now to finally get around to reading this book on prayer. As I began it, I found that I’m far from alone in feeling a bit shamed by my attitudes and actions on prayer. Henderson cites statistics showing that “8 out of 10 believers do not feel they have entered into the presence of God during a worship service. Half of all believers say they do not feel they have entered the presence of God or experienced a genuine connection with Him in the past year.” He notes that only 16% of Protestant ministers int the US report being very satisfied with their prayer life, while 37% are at least somewhat dissatisfied.
He remembers being bored as a child when he was dragged to prayer meetings, noticing that the vast majority of things prayed about were needs of the people there or people they knew, either physical or otherwise. The meetings often become more about visiting than about prayer.
Henderson, a pastor, felt there must be more to prayer. He notes R. A. Torrey, who led revivals in the early 1900s, saying that transformation came about for him when he learned “not only to pray and return thanks, but to worship — asking nothing of God, and seeking nothing from Him.”
Henderson emphasizes praying to “seek God’s face (worship) rather than His hand (what he can do for us).” God loves us and will take care of all our needs, but only we can develop our love for Him. This type of God-focused praying helps us love God more.
“How tragic then if our prayer for good things leaves us still thinking of ourselves first, still thinking of God’s will primarily in terms of its immediate effect on ourselves, still longing for blessing simply so that we will be blessed" — D. A. Carson
“We spend more prayer energy trying to keep sick Christians out of heaven than trying to keep lost people out of hell" — James Walker (I felt this was a very apt point)
Henderson goes through some of Paul’s prayer requests as listed in one of his Biblical letters. Most all of them deal not with personal issues, but with things that can advance the gospel and bring God glory. Our prayers should be this way. “We pray about personal problems, while most Biblical prayers focus on Christ’s purposes.” I’ve started praying more this way, and I have to say it’s kind of a relief to not have to try to focus on a specific “prayer list.” God’s word tells us that he knows our needs before we ask, so perhaps asking him specifically for this or that need isn’t even necessary. How much better to just praise and thank him, and let him handle things from there?
Henderson recommends taking a passage of Scripture (Psalms are especially good for this), and read until you come to a phrase that gives you something to praise God for. For instance — “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” — Lord, thank you that you are my shepherd and my guide. I’m so grateful today to have you leading me; it takes away the stress and pressure I might otherwise feel. No matter the concerns that are currently bothering me, I know that ultimately I don’t ‘want’ in any way under your guidance. etc. “When we pray the Scriptures, it makes God the voice and leaves us as the ear.” I like that!
“People talk as if prayer is the way we get God to give us what we want. Those who think this way seek prayer promises, techniques, locations, mediators, and other methods they believe will influence God or place Him under obligation. But Scripture points in virtually the opposite direction, indicating prayer and communication with the living God as a means He uses to give us what He knows we need" — W. Bingham Hunter
“Prayer is not asking God to do my will. It is bringing myself into conformity with His will. It is asking Him to do Hill will and to give me the grace to enjoy it" — John MacArthur
Henderson shares a story a man told about his dog. Whenever the man would feed the dog, the dog would run up happily. But one night, the dog came over and just wanted to be petted. “The Lord prompted me, ‘See how you like it when he comes over and seeks you and not the food.’ I stopped and realized a profound truth!”
“If Jesus answered all of your prayers from the last thirty days, would anything change in THE world or just YOUR world?”
Really good book! Don’t wait seven years to read Transforming Prayer like I did.
Anyway! It is indicting to me that it has taken me seven years now to finally get around to reading this book on prayer. As I began it, I found that I’m far from alone in feeling a bit shamed by my attitudes and actions on prayer. Henderson cites statistics showing that “8 out of 10 believers do not feel they have entered into the presence of God during a worship service. Half of all believers say they do not feel they have entered the presence of God or experienced a genuine connection with Him in the past year.” He notes that only 16% of Protestant ministers int the US report being very satisfied with their prayer life, while 37% are at least somewhat dissatisfied.
He remembers being bored as a child when he was dragged to prayer meetings, noticing that the vast majority of things prayed about were needs of the people there or people they knew, either physical or otherwise. The meetings often become more about visiting than about prayer.
Henderson, a pastor, felt there must be more to prayer. He notes R. A. Torrey, who led revivals in the early 1900s, saying that transformation came about for him when he learned “not only to pray and return thanks, but to worship — asking nothing of God, and seeking nothing from Him.”
Henderson emphasizes praying to “seek God’s face (worship) rather than His hand (what he can do for us).” God loves us and will take care of all our needs, but only we can develop our love for Him. This type of God-focused praying helps us love God more.
“How tragic then if our prayer for good things leaves us still thinking of ourselves first, still thinking of God’s will primarily in terms of its immediate effect on ourselves, still longing for blessing simply so that we will be blessed" — D. A. Carson
“We spend more prayer energy trying to keep sick Christians out of heaven than trying to keep lost people out of hell" — James Walker (I felt this was a very apt point)
Henderson goes through some of Paul’s prayer requests as listed in one of his Biblical letters. Most all of them deal not with personal issues, but with things that can advance the gospel and bring God glory. Our prayers should be this way. “We pray about personal problems, while most Biblical prayers focus on Christ’s purposes.” I’ve started praying more this way, and I have to say it’s kind of a relief to not have to try to focus on a specific “prayer list.” God’s word tells us that he knows our needs before we ask, so perhaps asking him specifically for this or that need isn’t even necessary. How much better to just praise and thank him, and let him handle things from there?
Henderson recommends taking a passage of Scripture (Psalms are especially good for this), and read until you come to a phrase that gives you something to praise God for. For instance — “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” — Lord, thank you that you are my shepherd and my guide. I’m so grateful today to have you leading me; it takes away the stress and pressure I might otherwise feel. No matter the concerns that are currently bothering me, I know that ultimately I don’t ‘want’ in any way under your guidance. etc. “When we pray the Scriptures, it makes God the voice and leaves us as the ear.” I like that!
“People talk as if prayer is the way we get God to give us what we want. Those who think this way seek prayer promises, techniques, locations, mediators, and other methods they believe will influence God or place Him under obligation. But Scripture points in virtually the opposite direction, indicating prayer and communication with the living God as a means He uses to give us what He knows we need" — W. Bingham Hunter
“Prayer is not asking God to do my will. It is bringing myself into conformity with His will. It is asking Him to do Hill will and to give me the grace to enjoy it" — John MacArthur
Henderson shares a story a man told about his dog. Whenever the man would feed the dog, the dog would run up happily. But one night, the dog came over and just wanted to be petted. “The Lord prompted me, ‘See how you like it when he comes over and seeks you and not the food.’ I stopped and realized a profound truth!”
“If Jesus answered all of your prayers from the last thirty days, would anything change in THE world or just YOUR world?”
Really good book! Don’t wait seven years to read Transforming Prayer like I did.
September 30, 2022
A must read for any Christ follower. The whole book is about prayer and the best example to follow of prayer from Jesus. I would say the main theme is seeking, praising God for Him and who He is to us rather than seeking what His hand offers. Prayers of thanksgiving will transform us and our prayer life, and I agree totally!
April 26, 2022
Honestly wish I had read this years ago when it first came out. This book really does fulfill on the title - Transformative. There's not a better name for it. It's changing our family, our marriage, and our ministries. It's not like it's rocket science or a brand new concept. It's just that we simply do not pray this way. We haven't been taught to pray this way. We have gotten so far off track. It's time to get back to the basics. Daniel Henderson lays it out so well. The book is so personable. It doesn't feel like you're being preached at or talked down to. It's more like talking with a friend. Very good read.
January 24, 2017
I thoroughly enjoyed this book on prayer by Daniel Henderson. He brings some fresh perspective and practical insight into a Christian discipline that is often viewed as labor-some and difficult. I also enjoyed getting to participate in a corporate prayer time led by Henderson at the 2016 Shepherds conference where I observed his principles on prayer first hand. I would recommend this book to anyone who desires to grow in their prayer life, and especially to those who lead others in corporate or group prayer.
June 2, 2021
Life-changing. This is the best extra-biblical spiritual book I’ve ever read.
August 11, 2022
One of the best books I’ve read on prayer.
May 13, 2025
Read for the Women's Bible Study at my church. This was just okay for me. The author spent two sections of the book telling readers that there are better, more effective, transformational ways to pray than the common ways of checking items off a list or coming to God with only our requests. He says the better way is worship-based prayer. While the reasoning in the first two sections was solid, it was frustrating that he kept talking worship-based prayer up again and again without providing practical how-tos until the last section of the book. If he had given the practical closer to the beginning, my study group (which discussed one chapter per week) could have spent four months learning and trying the method for ourselves rather than wondering when he'd get to the point. Also, the way things were stated often made me and other members of the Bible study feel as if we were doing prayer wrong. I truly don't think this was his intention, but it happened a lot. There were also places where his examples and analogies felt culturally insensitive. This book could really use an edit and update. With that said, there were things I enjoyed, especially the testimonials at the end of each chapter
May 15, 2022
A simple book that emphasizes the importance of worship-based prayer and that we need to seek the face of Father God before we seek His hand. I liked the testimonies that were included of people who have learned to pray like this. It wasn’t until the very last chapter that Henderson mentions how many references to prayer in the New Testament are written to collective groups of people and not individuals. I had not heard this before but it makes sense and I wished he would have brought that argument up sooner in the book seeing as individual prayer is how most Christians view their prayer life.
June 26, 2024
The book left me with the question, “If Jesus answered all of your prayers from the last 30 days, would anything change in THE world or just YOUR world?” Something to think about that I really liked from this book.
March 1, 2019
I read this as part of a small group meeting. I enjoyed the group discussions, section 3 and the appendices.
Like many other books on the subject of prayer, this author focuses almost entirely on only one aspect of prayer. I've grown tired of authors putting an adjective in front of a popular biblical word and acting like it is something new or in this case "transformative". There is some good content, but the first 2/3 of this book just felt like hype to me.
Like many other books on the subject of prayer, this author focuses almost entirely on only one aspect of prayer. I've grown tired of authors putting an adjective in front of a popular biblical word and acting like it is something new or in this case "transformative". There is some good content, but the first 2/3 of this book just felt like hype to me.
January 20, 2016
Transforming Prayer is a challenging book. I am a habitual prayer list guy. I am a scheduled, disciplined, and structured prayer guy. I enjoyed the author's focus on worship based and God centered prayer. I was convicted that my prayer was immature and self centered. Transforming Prayer helps the reader develop the right perspective on God and not me. As I read this book I found my prayer becoming more and more spontaneous. I also enjoyed the call to corporate prayer, I've been a solo-prayer warrior and have enjoyed immensely the value of praying with Heather and the kids.
July 27, 2025
Overall a fairly good book. Some quotes I liked:
The Case of the Misguided Prayer List
Not long ago, I conducted a renewal weekend at a large evangelical church in the Rocky Mountain region. During those days, one of the staff members approached me with some fascinating information. Among his duties was direct oversight of the prayer efforts of the church. He had conducted a study of the prayer requests made known during their adult Sunday school classes and then published the results with some insightful commentary.
As the following graphic shows, he divided the requests into seven categories. Most of the categories were self-explanatory, but a couple of them needed clarification. Events/Happenings included things like prayer for a job interview, kids starting school, safe travel to Dallas, work not going so well, etc. "Unspo-ken" Requests encompassed general requests for prayer for an issue or situation without giving any details.
Adult Sunday School Prayer Requests (by category)
“Unspoken” Requests 6%
War & Deployed Servicemen 6%
Illness/Infirmity 23%
Lost Persons 6%
Events/Happenings 50%
Missions/Ministry 5%
Nation/Politics 4%
In a message sent to the Sunday school leaders, the staff pastor commented:
This is far from a scientific survey. However, I do think it gives us some insight into our prayer times. Here are some of my observations:
* I was surprised that Illness/Infirmity was not the highest. I'm not sure if we are just a healthier church or if we just have a lot of things going on that eclipse this category.
* Prayer for Lost Persons averaged one lost person for every two Sunday school] classes. Should we wonder why baptisms are at a five-year low in our church? I think the problem is that we do not place enough priority on praying for the lost.
* I expected prayer for Missions/Ministry to be higher. As missions-minded as our church is, I expected to see more prayer in this area. This could have just been a bad week for this.
* I was shocked at the disproportionate number of requests for Events/Happenings. First, let me say that I do not think there is any need that is too small or trivial to bring to God. What shocks me is the overwhelming focus on requests for things WE are doing, events WE are involved in, stuff WE are dealing with, etc.
* The ratio looks like this: One prayer for a lost person, one prayer for missions, then eight prayers from our calendar and to-do list. Again, please understand that God wants us to bring all requests to Him. I think we need to evaluate the ratio of our prayer content.
* There was not one single prayer for revival or awakening in our church, community, or nation. Sad.
As I surveyed the results of this prayer snapshot, my gut reaction is that this is typical of the average prayer list, whether compiled in a Sunday school class or a personal journal. Thank God, people are praying, yet I believe something more powerful and purposeful can be discovered about the reality of prayer. No one really wants to serve God leftovers. (73-75)
Paul’s requests were focused on the growing faith and love of believers with the goal of God’s glory. (86)
Unlike Bill Sheehan, many of us fail to focus our prayers on the core motive: that God would be magnified in everything we seek or say, If we were to be honest, our prayers are often motivated by a desire for comfort and convenience. (90)
I often tell the story of hearing Pastor Peter Lord speak on this. He asked a group of aspiring ministry students: "If God promised you two things: (1) You would go to heaven when you die, and (2) He will never use you in the ministry again —would you still pray?" This pierced my heart because I knew my own tendency to pray so that God would use me—for me. God will not reduce something as pure as prayer to my next ego-driven church-growth tactic. (155-156)
let's review a quick list of "pray this, not that" principles:
* Pray to seek God's face, NOT just His hand.
* Pray with your heart fixed on God's glory, NOT just for personal satisfaction.
* Pray from the treasury of God's Word, NOT from a list of your own ideas.
* Pray according to the Spirit's instruction, NOT only from human reason.
* Pray with a heart completely surrendered to His will,
* NOT with a hurried personal agenda.
* Pray in anticipation of living triumphantly in the war zone, NOT in satisfaction with your comfort zone.
* Pray that God would change you, NOT simply change things. (157-158)
The Case of the Misguided Prayer List
Not long ago, I conducted a renewal weekend at a large evangelical church in the Rocky Mountain region. During those days, one of the staff members approached me with some fascinating information. Among his duties was direct oversight of the prayer efforts of the church. He had conducted a study of the prayer requests made known during their adult Sunday school classes and then published the results with some insightful commentary.
As the following graphic shows, he divided the requests into seven categories. Most of the categories were self-explanatory, but a couple of them needed clarification. Events/Happenings included things like prayer for a job interview, kids starting school, safe travel to Dallas, work not going so well, etc. "Unspo-ken" Requests encompassed general requests for prayer for an issue or situation without giving any details.
Adult Sunday School Prayer Requests (by category)
“Unspoken” Requests 6%
War & Deployed Servicemen 6%
Illness/Infirmity 23%
Lost Persons 6%
Events/Happenings 50%
Missions/Ministry 5%
Nation/Politics 4%
In a message sent to the Sunday school leaders, the staff pastor commented:
This is far from a scientific survey. However, I do think it gives us some insight into our prayer times. Here are some of my observations:
* I was surprised that Illness/Infirmity was not the highest. I'm not sure if we are just a healthier church or if we just have a lot of things going on that eclipse this category.
* Prayer for Lost Persons averaged one lost person for every two Sunday school] classes. Should we wonder why baptisms are at a five-year low in our church? I think the problem is that we do not place enough priority on praying for the lost.
* I expected prayer for Missions/Ministry to be higher. As missions-minded as our church is, I expected to see more prayer in this area. This could have just been a bad week for this.
* I was shocked at the disproportionate number of requests for Events/Happenings. First, let me say that I do not think there is any need that is too small or trivial to bring to God. What shocks me is the overwhelming focus on requests for things WE are doing, events WE are involved in, stuff WE are dealing with, etc.
* The ratio looks like this: One prayer for a lost person, one prayer for missions, then eight prayers from our calendar and to-do list. Again, please understand that God wants us to bring all requests to Him. I think we need to evaluate the ratio of our prayer content.
* There was not one single prayer for revival or awakening in our church, community, or nation. Sad.
As I surveyed the results of this prayer snapshot, my gut reaction is that this is typical of the average prayer list, whether compiled in a Sunday school class or a personal journal. Thank God, people are praying, yet I believe something more powerful and purposeful can be discovered about the reality of prayer. No one really wants to serve God leftovers. (73-75)
Paul’s requests were focused on the growing faith and love of believers with the goal of God’s glory. (86)
Unlike Bill Sheehan, many of us fail to focus our prayers on the core motive: that God would be magnified in everything we seek or say, If we were to be honest, our prayers are often motivated by a desire for comfort and convenience. (90)
I often tell the story of hearing Pastor Peter Lord speak on this. He asked a group of aspiring ministry students: "If God promised you two things: (1) You would go to heaven when you die, and (2) He will never use you in the ministry again —would you still pray?" This pierced my heart because I knew my own tendency to pray so that God would use me—for me. God will not reduce something as pure as prayer to my next ego-driven church-growth tactic. (155-156)
let's review a quick list of "pray this, not that" principles:
* Pray to seek God's face, NOT just His hand.
* Pray with your heart fixed on God's glory, NOT just for personal satisfaction.
* Pray from the treasury of God's Word, NOT from a list of your own ideas.
* Pray according to the Spirit's instruction, NOT only from human reason.
* Pray with a heart completely surrendered to His will,
* NOT with a hurried personal agenda.
* Pray in anticipation of living triumphantly in the war zone, NOT in satisfaction with your comfort zone.
* Pray that God would change you, NOT simply change things. (157-158)
August 30, 2020
This is a good book and I agree with what Daniel is saying. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that what he is saying can be misconstrued by people who think it's just another method of praying that he appears to be promoting as the only right way to pray. I do agree that beginning with worship is great, but it can be done in different ways, not just as the Spirit leads. I was in Moms in Touch (now Moms in Prayer) for years and we did pray this way, but in a very structured way. Also, each person has his/her own prayer style and different kinds of prayer meetings are going to look different. I loved the mini Concert of Prayer that David Bryant lead and the Holy Spirit was definitely there. Prayer is about relationship, not a formula. I know Daniel does not intend for worship based prayer to be formulaic, but it can be taken that way. Sometimes we just need to cry our heart out before God. I also don't think there is a wrong way to pray, especially as individuals, but I do totally understand that prayer meetings that consist of only a list of prayer requests are going to turn people away from wanting to be at prayer meetings. However I find it a challenge to get people to join prayer meetings, even if they are worship based.
January 16, 2023
So I'd give the book a solid B. The meat of the book is a solid A+ but it took a while to get there and thats why i had to take marks off. The focus on transforming our prayers from us focused and all about our wants and needs is something Christians need reminding of. Worship based prayer and focusing on God and His attributes are great as is the focus on praying scripture. I'd also recommend Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney for further reading on that. So overall I'd highly recommend this book. However, there's a lot of bun to go with the meat, I would agree that you could almost skip the first 5 chapters or so. Early on it's heavy on "this changed my life", "this is really good" testimonials that don't add much, though later there is a story from a person whose story really drive home the point he's making so its not that there should be no testimonials. I disagree with some reviews who say you can skip to chapter 14 when he starts explaining his method of how to pray, because the middle section has some important background and foundational thoughts. I listened to it on audio and I am planning on going to go back to physically reread the last section particulars of the method, so while I have criticisms it's excellent generally speaking.
May 12, 2025
Okay, so I didn't understand what he was calling worship based prayer at first, but he was saying that when we pray the Bible, we are essentially letting God lead the conversation.
The "normal" way people pray is request based. It's: "would you please heal this?" or "help me pass this test?" Henderson instead suggests that this is a way that we are trying to use God for what He will do for us instead of praying because we are seeking God.
In this way, praying by using God's Word, the information that He gave us for life and growth, is saying things like, "okay God, I know that you said this, and your Word is true, so I trust you." The entire perspective within prayer changes. That is why I loved this book.
The "normal" way people pray is request based. It's: "would you please heal this?" or "help me pass this test?" Henderson instead suggests that this is a way that we are trying to use God for what He will do for us instead of praying because we are seeking God.
In this way, praying by using God's Word, the information that He gave us for life and growth, is saying things like, "okay God, I know that you said this, and your Word is true, so I trust you." The entire perspective within prayer changes. That is why I loved this book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 8, 2021
I have read so many books about prayer. This book is a study on what true prayer is - worship-based praying. I believe revival like we have heard about in the past will come again if the church will collectively and privately learn to worship-based pray. God has changed my life as a result of reading this book and I know I will never be the same. My prayer is that every Christian will lay hold of this book and read it from cover to cover, and put into practice a God-led, worship-based prayer life.
June 12, 2020
Glad I read it. Wanted it to speed up a bit, get to the point. Many testimonies but less would have been enough. Great point made in book on prayer. I need to take on board some truths about prayer, especially corporate prayer. I would love to pray from the Lord’s Prayer, I will but it will take time and discipline to stick to the plan. The agendas on prayer at the back of the book are so useful. Also the study questions on chapters are really helpful. Must get my pen ready.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 24, 2021
I've read a few other books about prayer, but this one I found to be the best one. It is very practical and helpful for a better prayer life, and takes the reader away from the typical "grocery list" prayers where we only ask God for things we want. This book leads us to seek God's face through his word in prayer, and to humbly submit ourselves to God.
I would definitely recommend this one to everyone, especially to people who are struggling in their prayer life.
I would definitely recommend this one to everyone, especially to people who are struggling in their prayer life.
August 9, 2021
In Transforming Prayer, Henderson explains what worship based prayer is, how to experience it, and how it will change your life. Almost every chapter ends with a testimony of how worship based prayer changed a life, home, church, or community. It's impossible yo miss the fervor with which Henderson writes. It's clear to see his life has been changed and his passion is for others to experience Christ and the power of prayer for themselves.
October 10, 2021
Ce merveilleurx livre a changé ma façon de prier. Je prie maintenant pour que la gloire et la volonté de Dieu se manifeste et non uniquement pour obtenir ce que moi je désire. Je dois admettre que ce livre m'a pris beaucoup de temps à lire puisque la lecture n'est pas facile, mais il vaut la peine d'être lu jusqu'au bout!
February 1, 2025
Prayer that changes your world
The book revealed an age old way we need to pray! From reducing the focus on us to renewing our prayer to worshipping God. As an another author said, Looking to the face of God and not His hand.
A good book to bring about change in our attitude and gratitude toward true biblical prayer-worship!
Worth the read and study
The book revealed an age old way we need to pray! From reducing the focus on us to renewing our prayer to worshipping God. As an another author said, Looking to the face of God and not His hand.
A good book to bring about change in our attitude and gratitude toward true biblical prayer-worship!
Worth the read and study
August 12, 2017
Fantastic book on a new perspective of prayer. Not to eliminate asking for help/requests, but to simply frame it around worship, getting our focus on God, which is the first step to any good relationship with Christ.
April 7, 2020
Transformational Read
I took a chance on reading this book. Prayer is something that is talked or preach on but rarely how it is done. This book gives you how and why you should prayer. After reading this book, I definitely have a desire to change how I pray.
I took a chance on reading this book. Prayer is something that is talked or preach on but rarely how it is done. This book gives you how and why you should prayer. After reading this book, I definitely have a desire to change how I pray.
February 12, 2021
Game Changer
This book is like breathing life into a spiritual life that is slowly dying. It has helped to reinvigorate my prayer life and has left me longing for the Holy Spirit to do a fresh work in my own life, my family, my church and my world.
This book is like breathing life into a spiritual life that is slowly dying. It has helped to reinvigorate my prayer life and has left me longing for the Holy Spirit to do a fresh work in my own life, my family, my church and my world.
February 23, 2022
Much needed book that I didnt even realize I needed. This book was convicting and encouraging. As a Christian I (and we) ought to be praying in a manner that is God centered. Would highly recommend to any Christian.
June 10, 2022
Key takeaway is that worship based prayer is transforming prayer. Am I seeking God's hand more often then His face? Am I coming to Him to glorify and ask Him to use me for His purposes rather than trying to use God for my purposes.
November 30, 2022
A great book and resource on prayer and how to pray more effectively - meaning seeking God's face before we seek God's hand. His method is introduced on pg 164 - I am going to try this in months ahead. Reading this book as part of a pastor cohort. :)
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