Praying the Bible: The Book of Prayers

by Wesley Campbell, Stacey Campbell

Everyone learns to walk before they run and every believer learns to vocalize prayer before moving into sustained deep silences of communion with God. By Jesus' example, we know that He prayed the Scriptures aloud. Praying the Bible takes an old concept, the prayer book and gives it a modern twist: complete passages of Scripture laid out in sections of distinct prayer genres. Eight categories with 88 prayers enable readers to quickly reference the prayers of the prophets, the wisdom prayers, the prayers of Jesus, the apostolic prayers and more. The introductions to each section expand on each specific type of prayers and also include detailed instruction of how to pray that specific section. This is a prayer tool for both the novice prayer and the seasoned intercessor that provides discipline & focus.

Genres: Prayer, Christian, Biblical, Faith, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published August 19, 2002

About the author

Wesley is the founder of Be A Hero International and a board member of Tell Asia Ministries. He has taught throughout the nations on “Praying the Bible.” Wesley is a very gifted teacher. His passion for revival will inspire you and his teachings on Praying the Bible will change your life and the lives of those around you. He founded and pastored a church in Canada for 30 years. While leading this apostolic center, Wesley, along with his wife, Stacey, traveled to between 50 – 100 cities a year, ministering in over 2000 churches and conferences, spanning 70 countries. As popular conference speakers, they labor to see revival and social justice transform the world. Wesley and Stacey have five grown children and reside in Santa Maria, California.

Reviews

[Anna]

great, would almost say life changing. just what I needed!

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good, so helpful! I have it on Kindle, but a paper copy would be great for our family prayer times.

[Rose on aish · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has at the beginning some explanation of how to read and pray the Bible back to God. And then most of the book is the prayers themselves based on the NIV translation of the Bible. I like praying the Bible and I used to take verses from the Bible for more than ten years and rewrite them into my journal by putting in personal pronouns or whatever I was praying for to make it personal. A majority of the prayers in this book don't seem to be setup or written as prayers, but only taken from the Bible as such. It would've been easier if a person didn't have to take the text they were reading and turn it into a prayer themselves, but have it already there with the reference to the Scripture.

[Mary Standard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Praying The Bible:


Great book on prayers and praying. I enjoyed the author's view and instructions he provided in this book. Very inspiring.

[Morena · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a great book that helps you pray the Bible in a format that is easy to follow.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a well written book but I feel it is something that should be geared toward pastors to teach to congregations or groups but for lay persons this is not or if someone is a new Christian this would definitely not be for. I am a pastors daughter I found it hard to follow and hard to understand in many places. In the book it is very well written but I would recommend it to my Dad but not to a new believer - definitely not, they would be lost in the very first chapter.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book very practical. There are many advantages to praying the scripture, and books abound on this. I liked his approach to organizing the prayers, not by prayer topic, but by prayer type, such as the Psalms, Prayers of the Prophets, Prayers of Jesus, etc. I will use this book regularly.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Praying the Bible teaches you how to incorporate God's Word into your daily prayers. When you speak the Word and declare it during your prayers, they become more powerful. If you are looking for a book filled with prayers for different areas of your life, look no further than this book.

* I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

[Kim Zimmerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is one that you read every day...over and over...will be using it at city gate prayer room and also for the school of prayer

[Jonell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful addition to your daily prayer life!

Praying the bible is something I always wanted to do. This books shows me that it can be done. Love it!

[Sarabeara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recommend this book as well worth reading, it's a huge encouragement on helping people learn to pray or expand prayer lives.. I consider this book a real GEM!

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

a modern manual of Lectio Divinia.
An excellent resource and a good starting point

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great tool for when you want to pray but you're not sure what to say. The bible is full of prayers of those spiritual giants and those at the end of their rope. When praying God's word back to him we are able to engage with it in a whole new way.