God's Transmitters

by Hannah Hurnard

As God's children we are called to be transmitters of his love through prayer. By practicing the principles of faith and love, prayer becomes a joyful privilege in serving God.

Genres: Prayer, Christian, Theology, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Christianity

84 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Hanna Hurnard was a twentieth century Christian author, best known for her allegory Hinds' Feet on High Places.
Hurnard was born in 1905 in Colchester, England to Quaker parents. She graduated from Ridgelands Bible College of Great Britain in 1926. In 1932 she became an independent missionary, moving to Haifa, Israel. Her work in Israel lasted 50 years, although she would later maintain a home in England as well.
Hurnard's early writings (especially Hinds' Feet on High Places and the sequel Mountain of Spices) were embraced by the mainstream Christian community, but later on in her life she seems to have departed from orthodoxy.

Reviews

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hannah wrote this book to help people who want to intercede for others in prayer but have found their efforts to be ineffectual. She talks about God's call to intercession in Ezekiel 22:30 and Isaiah 59:16. She speaks of letting God's spirit pray through us to reach others (pg 20-21), letting the Spirit make His petitions through us.
She gave the most clear definition of unbelief I've heard in chapter 3. An evil heart of unbelief demands our own way and guards itself against doing things God wants from us (pg 40). She defines faith as responsive obedience as seen by the people remembered in Hebrew 11. Abraham, Noah and Moses all heard God and obeyed. Abiding in God is a necessary openness for intercession so that God is in control of our hearts and it's not controlled by our selfish wills (pg 45).
In chapter 4, she discusses the Beatitudes as thoughts that keep us connected to God's Spirit. Then she discusses 9 poisonous thoughts outlined in Matthew 5-7.
A very powerful little book on abiding in Christ in order to pray God's will and not my own.

[Cherise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Revolutionary thinking for most Christians, but if you sit with the idea, you realize how much sense it makes.

[Jack Mort · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of the content I would rate a five. Other parts, not so much. I also thought she was overly concerned about "Evildoers" not a word about their victims. The most important thing I took away was the importance of controlling your thoughts.

[Lee ApJohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of this was very good. I agree with the reviewer that felt she was overly concerned with evildoers and no concern for their victims. That being said evildoers need our prayers as well but their victims should be our first concern in prayer.

[Noelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read!

[Megan Torrance · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was an excellent reminder about the importance of controlling what you think about. The author has a few strange ideas about the way that thoughts work. I don't think that all the thoughts are Biblical. Also, she has a different view point of salvation that is not very Biblical in the way it is worded. Other than these issues, it was a good reminder of the importance of prayer.

[Virginia · Rating 3 out of 5]

In some ways, a wonderful book on prayer. Very hard to rate--most of it was a 5, but her tendency to go into the mystical and into trying to figure out God's ways with man's mind brought it down. It did, however, make me want to pray more!

[Laura Rice]

very strange - not sure what to think of it, definitely muddled through it - was hoping for something similar to Hinds Feet - but definitely disappointed!

[Cheryl Zelenka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once again Hannah Hurnard writes words full of wisdom that make one pause and consider the Power of God.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

God's Transmitters by Hannah Hurnard (1975)