Author and Pastor Rick Shelton knew all about feeling frustrated and condemned over a disappointing prayer life until the day he set out to know the One on the other side of prayer the One who receives our prayers. This changed everything! He went from praying everything he knew in five minutes to not wanting his prayer time to end. He was strengthened, energized and excited to watch powerful prayers produce results. Now, Pastor Shelton wants to share the prayer secrets he learned with you. He wants to share secrets that turn talking to God into walking with God. Prayer will no longer be a religious duty or a drudgery. It will become the easy, inviting, vibrant one-to-one conversation God has been waiting to have with you!
The author is a very passionate speaker and writer. His love, his fervor, his heart is for God and relationship with God. Much of that relationship involves prayer, which is much more than just talking and making requests of God.
"If all I have said has only led you to feel obligated to fulfill a religious duty, I have not accomplished what the burden of my heart has called me to do. My desire has been to paint such a lovely picture of the secret place that you would be filled with desire to go there-- to live from there."
For mature Christians, much of what the author is sharing is not necessarily a new revelation but a gentle reminder of what we may be missing out on in our daily lives when we do not include God in every aspect. I think if we could really implement and live out what prayer really could be, continual relationship and interaction with God, we would never want to leave this place.
Pastor Rick Shelton came to Redeemer Church, Utica, NY and I bought his book there myself, for me.
This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It tells you how to pray and never give up. Set aside a special place to praise God and thank Him for everything