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Growing in Prayer Devotional: A 100-Day Journey
What would your world look like if you prayed every day? Every believer who sincerely desires an intimate relationship with God must discover the transformational power of prayer. This one-hundred-day devotional, inspired by Mike Bickle’s best-selling book Growing in Prayer, will give readers daily inspiration, knowledge, and guidance to help them cultivate deeper intimacy with God through prayer. Each day contains a quote on prayer from a classic Christian author, a passage from a chapter in Growing in Prayer for reflection, a Scripture verse or reference, a prayer starter, a suggestion for practical application of the principle being taught, and lines for journaling. This devotional will help energize a prayer life that has become routine, stale, or nonexistent and will be a welcome resource for believers who desire to grow in prayer.
233 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 5, 2019
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About the author
Mike Bickle
159 books101 followersMike Bickle is the director of the International House of Prayer Missions Base of Kansas City, an evangelical missions organization based on 24/7 prayer with worship that is engaged in many evangelistic and inner city outreaches along with multiple justice initiatives, planting houses of prayer, and training missionaries.
The International House of Prayer has continued in non-stop prayer led by worship teams since September 19,1999, and is committed to combining 24/7 prayers for justice with 24/7 works of justice. Around 1,500 people (staff members, students, interns) serve full-time on the missions base, investing fifty hours per week in the prayer room, classroom, and ministry outreaches. Mike is also the founder of the International House of Prayer University which includes a full-time Bible school, music school, and media school.
The International House of Prayer has continued in non-stop prayer led by worship teams since September 19,1999, and is committed to combining 24/7 prayers for justice with 24/7 works of justice. Around 1,500 people (staff members, students, interns) serve full-time on the missions base, investing fifty hours per week in the prayer room, classroom, and ministry outreaches. Mike is also the founder of the International House of Prayer University which includes a full-time Bible school, music school, and media school.
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February 9, 2019
I liked this book for the most part. There were a few of Bickle's teachings I found disturbing and there was also a glaring omission, but I will get to those later. I liked that Bickle helps readers understand why prayer seems so hard. He gives many practical suggestions for believers to have a more rewarding prayer life. He also identifies types of prayers to help us not just ramble as we pray. Potential readers should understand that Bickle writes from a charismatic perspective with several devotions on praying in tongues.
My favorite devotions were on abiding in Christ and what that means. (45) Bickles identifies it as “one of the most neglected activities in the kingdom.” (45) I liked that he distinguished Christ abiding in our hearts instantaneously at rebirth and progressively in our minds and emotions as we grow in our spiritual life. (51)
One aspect of the book that made me uncomfortable was the concept of first receiving an answer to prayer in the spirit realm and then later in the natural realm. Bickle says if we pray according to God's will, we know God hears and approves our request and we can believe with confidence that we have received it in the spirit realm. We must persevere in prayer to see it in the natural realm. He gives a caveat in that many circumstantial prayers are not promised in the Bible so we cannot be sure God has approved our request until He answers it. (71-72) Later Bickle writes that we are not sure about what God has promised for this age and what He will wait to release in the age to come. (77) So how do I know? How long do I persevere? I can't find any Scriptural basis for this teaching of dual receiving and Bickle does not offer any.
I was also uncomfortable with Bickle's teaching, “The Father has ordained that His ideas must be spoken, and when they are spoken, the Spirit releases power.” (79) He extracts this teaching from the fact that God spoke when He created. Ah, but we are not God. Bickle also writes that the prophets speaking brought about the changes in nations. (79) I rather understand the prophets were announcing what God was going to do, not somehow releasing God to act because they spoke the prophecy. It is very ego building to think that we can control what God can do through our words but I just don't think it is true. I know of no clear Scriptural basis for this teaching.
Bickle writes that when we pray for a nation, our prayers release blessing on that nation. The prayers also release blessing on us and out families. He says we receive an inheritance in what happens in that country. (91) He gives no Scripture to back up that idea.
My greatest disappointment in the book is that Bickle does not mention the prayer Jesus prayed at least three times: Not my will but Yours be done. (Matt. 26:39,42,44) Bickle does write about God's will in the context of the Lord's Prayer but with an emphasis of accomplishing God's will on earth, not submitting to God's will personally. If Jesus found it necessary to verbally submit to God's will, I think we should be prayerfully doing it regularly as well.
This would be a good devotional for charismatic Christians who believe our words have control over God's actions. Christians with a more historical view of God and His sovereign power may find some devotions in this book disturbing.
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.
My favorite devotions were on abiding in Christ and what that means. (45) Bickles identifies it as “one of the most neglected activities in the kingdom.” (45) I liked that he distinguished Christ abiding in our hearts instantaneously at rebirth and progressively in our minds and emotions as we grow in our spiritual life. (51)
One aspect of the book that made me uncomfortable was the concept of first receiving an answer to prayer in the spirit realm and then later in the natural realm. Bickle says if we pray according to God's will, we know God hears and approves our request and we can believe with confidence that we have received it in the spirit realm. We must persevere in prayer to see it in the natural realm. He gives a caveat in that many circumstantial prayers are not promised in the Bible so we cannot be sure God has approved our request until He answers it. (71-72) Later Bickle writes that we are not sure about what God has promised for this age and what He will wait to release in the age to come. (77) So how do I know? How long do I persevere? I can't find any Scriptural basis for this teaching of dual receiving and Bickle does not offer any.
I was also uncomfortable with Bickle's teaching, “The Father has ordained that His ideas must be spoken, and when they are spoken, the Spirit releases power.” (79) He extracts this teaching from the fact that God spoke when He created. Ah, but we are not God. Bickle also writes that the prophets speaking brought about the changes in nations. (79) I rather understand the prophets were announcing what God was going to do, not somehow releasing God to act because they spoke the prophecy. It is very ego building to think that we can control what God can do through our words but I just don't think it is true. I know of no clear Scriptural basis for this teaching.
Bickle writes that when we pray for a nation, our prayers release blessing on that nation. The prayers also release blessing on us and out families. He says we receive an inheritance in what happens in that country. (91) He gives no Scripture to back up that idea.
My greatest disappointment in the book is that Bickle does not mention the prayer Jesus prayed at least three times: Not my will but Yours be done. (Matt. 26:39,42,44) Bickle does write about God's will in the context of the Lord's Prayer but with an emphasis of accomplishing God's will on earth, not submitting to God's will personally. If Jesus found it necessary to verbally submit to God's will, I think we should be prayerfully doing it regularly as well.
This would be a good devotional for charismatic Christians who believe our words have control over God's actions. Christians with a more historical view of God and His sovereign power may find some devotions in this book disturbing.
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.
January 1, 2022
Growing In Prayer is a very helpful and readable devotional about prayer. Each chapter is brief, giving you one thing to think about in regard to prayer. Some chapters are linked together on the same topic, but giving an individual truth to consider. Bickle has managed to be succinct in his teaching without being overly simplistic. I wouldn't say that I agree with everything in this book, but I would say that I appreciated most of it. I would recommend it for those who are wanting to grow deeper in their prayer life. It was a handy companion for a while. I highlighted pretty heavily and look forward to returning to it to consider specific ideas as time goes by.
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January 3, 2022Wow what a book!
This book is a goldmine of information about prayer. It covers all aspects of prayer including fasting and prayer, praying for revival and the different types of prayer that are found in scripture. It is a great devotional book. Each devotion starts with a quote from a prayer warrior and ends with a scripture and a prayer. In the middle is some teaching on the different aspects of prayer covered in the bible. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to go deeper into prayer. It's a great book!
This book is a goldmine of information about prayer. It covers all aspects of prayer including fasting and prayer, praying for revival and the different types of prayer that are found in scripture. It is a great devotional book. Each devotion starts with a quote from a prayer warrior and ends with a scripture and a prayer. In the middle is some teaching on the different aspects of prayer covered in the bible. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to go deeper into prayer. It's a great book!
March 4, 2020
Great wisdom divided into bite sized chunks
This is drawn from the decades Mike has spent as a leader in the prayer movement. Each day is filled with great wisdom. I loved it!
This is drawn from the decades Mike has spent as a leader in the prayer movement. Each day is filled with great wisdom. I loved it!
June 12, 2023
I LOVED THIS! What a fantastic book on prayer!! I copied so many quotes into my journal. This book was so inspiring and I highly recommend it.
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