5 Things to Pray for Your Heart: Prayers That Change You to Be More Like Jesus

5 Things to Pray

by Rachel Jones

Every Christian wants to be more like Jesus—and, wonderfully, that's what God wants for us too: "It is God’s will that you should be sanctified" (1 Thessalonians 4 v 3).

How will that happen? Only by asking God to transform us from the inside out—because real heart change comes not by our own willpower, but by the Spirit's power.

Too often though our prayer lives are reduced to shopping-list-style-requests or desperate pleas to get through the day. But this little guide will help you to pray for genuine, deep and astonishing Christian growth, in your own life or somebody else's. These are prayers your heavenly Father loves to answer—because they're based on his word.

Each spread takes a passage of Scripture and suggests 5 things to pray for a particular area of your Christian 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 to:
• Guide your prayers during your personal quiet times
• Kick-start your prayers for your own growth in godliness
• Pray meaningfully for your Christian spouse, family members or friends
• Equip your church small-group members to pray for one another more deeply

Use this book in any number of ways: work through it as part of your daily quiet time, or pick it up whenever a particular need arises.

Genres: Prayer, Nonfiction, Christian

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2018

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

[Stephanie Ridiculous · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fine. There are some helpful things in here, and doing it as an intentional practice could be of great use. There are also some more mediocre prompts, and some of the verse uses are a little lacking. But overall it was alright. Your mileage from this book probably depends more on your prayer life prior to picking it up.

[Nicole Hardy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have found this book very helpful in directing my prayers for my own growth, development and devotion. The topics are relevant and the scripture texts give a solid foundation.

I've found a day's portion to be just the right length, neither too brief nor too long-winded, and have really enjoyed and looked forward to my reading each day. (I did not read it every day but almost).

I would certainly recommend this book for anyone wanting to pray into areas they might not have specifically covered before, and I will be checking out the other books in the series soon.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book to be really helpful in making prayers for myself more than quick requests for the activities of my day and for grounding my prayers in Scripture. I’d definitely recommend it.

[David King · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another helpful prayer guide

[Nick Roark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

[Katherine Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very helpful prayer guide. Really encouraged me to pray for things that I wouldn’t usually think to pray.