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Powerful Prayers for Challenging Times: Finding Hope When You Need It Most
What do you pray when times get tough? When you're stressed or depressed, when life is overwhelming or disappointing, when you feel like giving up? It's in these challenging times you need to pray with wild hope, says Jackie M. Johnson. With encouraging stories, Scriptures, and prayers, Johnson shows women how to pray for focus, wisdom, confidence, courage, grace, strength, meaning, and much more. With her upbeat attitude and down-to-earth style, Johnson will have readers picking up Powerful Prayers for Challenging Times again and again. Conveniently structured so that readers can go directly to the chapter that addresses their particular situation, this book will be a lifeline to peace for those who need God's touch.
202 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2012
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About the author
Jackie M. Johnson
13 books11 followersJackie M. Johnson is an accomplished author, blogger and content creator who inspires readers worldwide to grow a better life with hope-filled, encouraging content. Her books include:
"Power Prayers for Women" (packed with spiritual punch to encourage and equip you in 21 areas of a woman’s life.).
"Prayers With Purpose for Women" (prayers for all areas of a woman's life, small enough to carry in purse, backpack or other small space and get encouraged).
"When Love Ends and the Ice Cream Carton Is Empty" (the helpful breakup recovery resource for single or single again readers,)
"Praying with Power When Life Gets Tough" (Find hope when you need it most with insightful, inspiring content and powerful prayers for everyday problems—like stress, money issues, grief and loss, relationship issues, lack of confidence, loneliness, and other challenging situations."
Jackie’s books are available in English and Portuguese.
"Praying with Power When Life Gets Tough" is also available in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. (Coming soon in Afrikaans and Indonesian-language editions).
Her new children's book, "Backyard Bunny: Adventures in Friendship" is now available on Amazon in print and e-book formats.
Jackie blogs at www.jackiejohnsoncreative.com and blogs for single adults at www.drjamesdobson.org/blogs
"Power Prayers for Women" (packed with spiritual punch to encourage and equip you in 21 areas of a woman’s life.).
"Prayers With Purpose for Women" (prayers for all areas of a woman's life, small enough to carry in purse, backpack or other small space and get encouraged).
"When Love Ends and the Ice Cream Carton Is Empty" (the helpful breakup recovery resource for single or single again readers,)
"Praying with Power When Life Gets Tough" (Find hope when you need it most with insightful, inspiring content and powerful prayers for everyday problems—like stress, money issues, grief and loss, relationship issues, lack of confidence, loneliness, and other challenging situations."
Jackie’s books are available in English and Portuguese.
"Praying with Power When Life Gets Tough" is also available in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. (Coming soon in Afrikaans and Indonesian-language editions).
Her new children's book, "Backyard Bunny: Adventures in Friendship" is now available on Amazon in print and e-book formats.
Jackie blogs at www.jackiejohnsoncreative.com and blogs for single adults at www.drjamesdobson.org/blogs
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January 1, 2016
SUMMARY: What do you pray when times get tough? When you're stressed or depressed, when life is overwhelming or disappointing, when you feel like giving up? It's in these challenging times you need to pray with wild hope, says Jackie M. Johnson.
With encouraging stories, Scriptures, and prayers, Johnson shows women how to pray for focus, wisdom, confidence, courage, grace, strength, meaning, and much more. With her upbeat attitude and down-to-earth style, Johnson will have readers picking up Powerful Prayers for Challenging Times again and again. Conveniently structured so that readers can go directly to the chapter that addresses their particular situation, this book will be a lifeline to peace for those who need God's touch.
REVIEW: This is a very good book to focus on a variety of topics that challenge all Christians at one time or another. The topics include: finance, relationships, disappointment, depression, insecurity, fear, loneliness, boredom and more. What adds to the quality are the prayers that are included at the end of each topic. For those who find it difficult to pray or don't know what to pray, the prayers are focused on different aspects of the given topic. This is a book I will most likely find myself referring back to time and time again. Well written with some great parables for each topic that gave me many things to ponder.
FAVORITE QUOTES: Just a few of the many gems in this book.
"Waiting can be a time of preparation. God is getting things ready and getting us ready for His blessings."
"The other side of pain is joy; the other side of darkness is light."
"We need God's power in us to give us the strength to overcome bad habits. When we cannot, God can!"
With encouraging stories, Scriptures, and prayers, Johnson shows women how to pray for focus, wisdom, confidence, courage, grace, strength, meaning, and much more. With her upbeat attitude and down-to-earth style, Johnson will have readers picking up Powerful Prayers for Challenging Times again and again. Conveniently structured so that readers can go directly to the chapter that addresses their particular situation, this book will be a lifeline to peace for those who need God's touch.
REVIEW: This is a very good book to focus on a variety of topics that challenge all Christians at one time or another. The topics include: finance, relationships, disappointment, depression, insecurity, fear, loneliness, boredom and more. What adds to the quality are the prayers that are included at the end of each topic. For those who find it difficult to pray or don't know what to pray, the prayers are focused on different aspects of the given topic. This is a book I will most likely find myself referring back to time and time again. Well written with some great parables for each topic that gave me many things to ponder.
FAVORITE QUOTES: Just a few of the many gems in this book.
"Waiting can be a time of preparation. God is getting things ready and getting us ready for His blessings."
"The other side of pain is joy; the other side of darkness is light."
"We need God's power in us to give us the strength to overcome bad habits. When we cannot, God can!"
October 10, 2020
Awesome Resource on Prayer
It seems when you're in the midst of difficult and challenging times and need to talk to God the most is when the words often just don't seem to come. This book will help you express your deepest longings in your heart to God in just about any situation. I've read a number of books on prayer and this is the best one I've read to date. I found that every chapter, which was focused on a different type of life challenge, was encouraging and uplifting to me. Every chapter ends with a list of prayers that I prayed, often through tears, and I finished feeling like I was able to get my feelings expressed to God about what I needed to say. This book is a resource that I will keep stored on my Kindle device all the time so it's handy when I need it.
It seems when you're in the midst of difficult and challenging times and need to talk to God the most is when the words often just don't seem to come. This book will help you express your deepest longings in your heart to God in just about any situation. I've read a number of books on prayer and this is the best one I've read to date. I found that every chapter, which was focused on a different type of life challenge, was encouraging and uplifting to me. Every chapter ends with a list of prayers that I prayed, often through tears, and I finished feeling like I was able to get my feelings expressed to God about what I needed to say. This book is a resource that I will keep stored on my Kindle device all the time so it's handy when I need it.
February 3, 2013
Better than average for this type of book. Broken down into short sections that the reader can pick up and put down fairly easily. Some topics were very relevant to me while others I had no experience in. The ebook I read also had a few minor formatting errors that took away from the enjoyment.
October 30, 2012
Just finished reading. Love this book a lot. I am so glad that Lisa Copen from Rest Ministries had this book offer on her website. Check it out. Read it...
April 20, 2014
Jackie looks at the elements of prayer in a practical and realistic way, provides wisdom and insight for finding hope when you need it most, and gives you tools for praying with faith and confidence.
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