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Praying with Power: How to Pray Effectively and Hear Clearly from God
The groundbreaking Prayer Warrior Series culminates with C. Peter Wagner's most personal insights yet into the dynamics of prayer ad spiritual warfare. Dr. Wagner reveals his personal approach to prayer as he provides you with practical steps for deepening and strengthening your own prayer life. Praying with Power will encourage you as it leads you into intimate personal, life-changing communication with your Father, the almighty God. Dr. Wagner answers personal, practical questions about prayer How can I make my prayers more effective? How can I hear God better? How can I pray for my community? How do I network with like-minded prayer warriors? As a missionary for almost 20 years in Bolivia, Dr. Wagner's interesting insights about witchcraft, two-way prayer, and corporate prayer introduce concepts you may not have previously considered. Also provided are steps for establishing a prayer ministry in your church or small group, and how to use prayer to heal past wounds. Discover today that Praying with Power brings you closer to God.
288 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1997
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About the author
C. Peter Wagner
195 books44 followersCharles Peter Wagner (August 15, 1930 – October 21, 2016) was a theologian, missiologist, missionary, writer, teacher, and church growth specialist best known for his highly controversial writings on spiritual warfare.
Wagner served as a missionary in Bolivia under the South American Mission and Andes Evangelical Mission (now SIM International) from 1956 to 1971. He then served for 30 years (1971 to 2001) as Professor of Church Growth at the Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Missions until his retirement in 2001. He is the author of more than 70 books. He was the president of Global Harvest Ministries from 1993 to 2011 and served as the chancellor emeritus of Wagner Leadership Institute, which trains leaders to join in a movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, an organization Wagner also helped found. He was also the vice president of Global Spheres, Inc.
Excerpted from: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Pete...]
Wagner served as a missionary in Bolivia under the South American Mission and Andes Evangelical Mission (now SIM International) from 1956 to 1971. He then served for 30 years (1971 to 2001) as Professor of Church Growth at the Fuller Theological Seminary's School of World Missions until his retirement in 2001. He is the author of more than 70 books. He was the president of Global Harvest Ministries from 1993 to 2011 and served as the chancellor emeritus of Wagner Leadership Institute, which trains leaders to join in a movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, an organization Wagner also helped found. He was also the vice president of Global Spheres, Inc.
Excerpted from: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Pete...]
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September 22, 2023
Some good insights about prayer and inspiring stories of answered prayers. However, I found it to be repetitive as the author made the same points over and over and also spent a lot of time endorsing other authors and their books.
February 19, 2016
Prayer is our involvement in God's continuing plan for our lives, our families, our communities, our cities, our nations, and our world. Wagner speaks in a forthright manner declaring hidden things that Christians are missing in making their prayers effective. prayer is a spiritual en devour meaning we have to have our spiritual senses aware. prayer is also communication and for any communication to attain any results it has to be direct and to the point.
Here are some favorite quotes.
" In the Boy of Christ, the eye needs the ear and the ear needs the hand. when we team up together, we can do wonderful things for God's Kingdom that we could not do by ourselves."(89)
"The true powerful house of prayer will have prayer saturating every aspect of its individual and corporate life. having significant prayer will be seen as the first thing to do when planning, when meeting. etc. There will be teaching on prayer from the pulpit, in Sunday School classes, and in small group settings. People will think of prayer as a major factor to be used at first to solve any problem. The whole congregation will be involved in prayer to some degree. Prayer will have foundational positioning in the life of the individual and the church as a whole." (122)
What is it that moves the hand of God to redeem the nations? Apparently it is prayer - the prayers of the saints. (Check out Revelation 5. 8 and Revelation 8.5)(186)
Guilt that has never been dealt with is an open invitation to demonic powers. Before we can bin the strongman we need to deal with sins that have given the enemy legal right to occupy. The devil and his principalities have been defeated by Jesus on the cross and they would not be able to stay on unless they were relying on old invitations that have never been canceled. (206)
psalm 8 - out of the mouth of children you have perfected praise and silenced the enemy and the avenger. (children's prayer are powerful)
There is nothing - again, NOTHING!! - more basic or essential to victorious prayer than violent prayer. Its prayer that breaks the rules of human reserve; tears that erode our neat composure; strong cries that rise above recitations of religious words. This praying becomes powerful, not because it's vibrant with emotion, but because it has broken the bons of mere reason alone. it has reason, an the words spoken do have a coherence born of the mind of Go, but the passion that gives them force streams from His heart! (221)
Here are some favorite quotes.
" In the Boy of Christ, the eye needs the ear and the ear needs the hand. when we team up together, we can do wonderful things for God's Kingdom that we could not do by ourselves."(89)
"The true powerful house of prayer will have prayer saturating every aspect of its individual and corporate life. having significant prayer will be seen as the first thing to do when planning, when meeting. etc. There will be teaching on prayer from the pulpit, in Sunday School classes, and in small group settings. People will think of prayer as a major factor to be used at first to solve any problem. The whole congregation will be involved in prayer to some degree. Prayer will have foundational positioning in the life of the individual and the church as a whole." (122)
What is it that moves the hand of God to redeem the nations? Apparently it is prayer - the prayers of the saints. (Check out Revelation 5. 8 and Revelation 8.5)(186)
Guilt that has never been dealt with is an open invitation to demonic powers. Before we can bin the strongman we need to deal with sins that have given the enemy legal right to occupy. The devil and his principalities have been defeated by Jesus on the cross and they would not be able to stay on unless they were relying on old invitations that have never been canceled. (206)
psalm 8 - out of the mouth of children you have perfected praise and silenced the enemy and the avenger. (children's prayer are powerful)
There is nothing - again, NOTHING!! - more basic or essential to victorious prayer than violent prayer. Its prayer that breaks the rules of human reserve; tears that erode our neat composure; strong cries that rise above recitations of religious words. This praying becomes powerful, not because it's vibrant with emotion, but because it has broken the bons of mere reason alone. it has reason, an the words spoken do have a coherence born of the mind of Go, but the passion that gives them force streams from His heart! (221)
April 24, 2015
"If this is truly the generation that can complete the Great Commission, we should not be surprised if we are also those against whom Satan is unleashing unprecedented fury." ~ C. Peter Wagner, Praying With Power, Page 96
This book will equip you with tools to effectively pray. Some of the tools are fairly new to the Body of Christ; however, are in the Bible. Some of these keys are strategic-level intercession, prophetic acts, prayer-walking, spiritual mapping...
This book will help one to become more mature and a leader in the current and future prayer movement.
This book will equip you with tools to effectively pray. Some of the tools are fairly new to the Body of Christ; however, are in the Bible. Some of these keys are strategic-level intercession, prophetic acts, prayer-walking, spiritual mapping...
This book will help one to become more mature and a leader in the current and future prayer movement.
January 14, 2010
I am currently reading this book which I find very inspiring. Peter Wagner is discussing what happens when people pray. He is addressing strategic prayer that impacts territories and nations. It is an apostolic teaching.
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