5 Things to Pray for the People You Love: Prayers That Change Things for Your Friends and Family

5 Things to Pray

by Rachel Jones

We love our friends and family, and we long for God to be working in their lives. But when it comes to praying for them, often we don't quite know what to ask for. Or our requests to God on their behalf feel shallow, repetitive and stuck in a rut.

That's where this little book is designed to help. It will equip you to pray powerful prayers for the people you loveprayers that really change things, because they're based on God's word.

Each spread takes a passage of Scripture and suggests 5 things to pray for a person in your life. Because when we pray in line with God's priorities as found in his word, our prayers are powerful and effective (James 5 v 16)and that's a truly thrilling prospect.

Use this book in any number of ways: work through it as part of your daily quiet time, or pick it up whenever someone you know is in particular need of prayer.

Genres: Prayer, Christian

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 2016

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Rachel Jones studied History at Manchester University and is now part of the editorial team at The Good Book Company.

Reviews

[Deon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each section has a passage of Scripture and suggests 5 things to pray for a person in your life (for example: a teenager, husband, friend, baby, or someone struggling with sin). Prayers are purposeful and worthwhile. Excellent resource to add your prayer library.

A sample section can be found on the publishers blog:
5 things to pray for someone you love at Christmas

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really helpful little book to guide prayers for a variety of people in my life. I’ll be using it often as I bring people around me before God in prayer.

[Katherine Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very helpful prayer book but best read in response to the needs around you when they arise rather than over a closed period of time.

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good help for prayer when you don't know what to pray besides "help them" or "help me." Scriptural backup is always helpful.

[Bill Forgeard · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brilliant tool for prayer.

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very helpful little book that will be useful to dip in and out of.

It's divided into 21 chapters, each one a different kind of person you know and love: for example, 'a wife', 'a husband', 'a teenager', 'A Christian going through a hard time', 'A neighbour'. Each chapter contains 5 suggestions of things to pray for that person, and each prayer is based on a passage of the Bible.

Sometimes it's hard to know exactly what to pray for a person in a given situation. It's also easy, particularly if you're praying for someone regularly, to get stuck in a rut and feel like your prayers have lost purpose and direction.

This book is packed with inspiration that will help you pray biblically and meaningfully for the ones you love.

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really simple and helpful guide for knowing what and how to pray. Of course there are categories I wish had been included (e.g. 'A single person' or 'A church leader') but overall a good representation of loved ones I'd like to pray for.

I liked this book so much I gave it out for Christmas last year!

[David King · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much more spotty than the other books in the series, which are general enough to guide prayers but not so specific that you are at a loss. This prayer guide is more of a resource I guess as it has numerous specific situations to pray for that may not be applicable at the moment.

[Iain Hamill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful little book in a helpful series.

Anything that encourages more and better-focused prayer can only really be a good thing.

[Eilidh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really useful wee book to help you pray using scripture to pray meaningfully for your family, friends and collegues.