Enriching Your Prayers: How to Study the Prayers of the Bible: A companion to the Praying Through the Bible series

by Mark McDowell

Enriching Your Prayers is a key companion to the Praying Through the Bible project series of books. With the goal of studying every prayer in the Bible, this series explores Biblical prayer in their original contexts and then draws meaning from them for the purpose of expanding and enriching our own prayer practice. This book delves into each of the nine prayer types found in the Bible, studying their structure, content, and purpose, with examples of each. The latter part of the books explores the method of study used in the a standard three-part method of Bible study that seeks to place the prayer in its original historical and linguistic context, examine its literary character, and then ask how it can be understood (and misunderstood) from our point of view. Whether you read this book as an introduction to the other Praying Through the Bible books, or read it later for more detail and application, Enriching Your Prayers is an excellent insight into the prayers of the Bible and how to use them in your own prayer life.

Genres: Christian

107 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 20, 2018

Reviews

[Ashley W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had a lot of really good info *see highlights
I'm glad I read this one because I didn't realize the types of prayer and how mine is lacking a few areas while I tend to focus on a specific couple (mostly praise and laments). Learning the three types of reading/studying will be good application. I do a lot of type three (relating the text to me and my life) 0but not the other two.

To work on:
Blessings -Prayer
Petition -Prayer
Research Culture -Reading/Studying
Research Writers -Reading/Studying

Go back to highlighted verses and research in Bible

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a lot of good content in this book. It was informative and applicable. My only real issues were foremost that it needed a good round of editing and secondly that I wasn't completely on board with his example at the end (the interpretation and given historical context).

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short book, free for the Kindle, explaining different kinds of prayer found in the Bible. The author describes nine styles, although there is some overlap.

The book also explains how to study the context of Scriptural prayers (or indeed any passage) by considering the person who wrote them down, the culture and period in which they lived, and the audience they were writing for. He also explains how to look at them from a personal point of view.

Nothing really new, but the book was well-written, and structured in a useful way. Written as a companion to some longer works, this can still stand alone - and as a free Kindle book, I would recommend it.

Longer review: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/...