Growing in Prayer

by Stephen Shead

In a sea of busyness and distractions, prayer so often falls off the agenda. Or maybe it was barely on the agenda to begin with. Even with the best of intentions, sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin.

Wherever you’re at, join Stephen Shead as he takes you through 4 weeks of daily reflections to get you on track with a pattern of prayerful living.

With each short reflection, you’ll be encouraged to meditate on truths that fuel joyful prayer. Through the weeks, you will build up your own habit of coming before your heavenly Father each day to delight in and depend on him.

Also includes 4 Bible studies for individual or group studies.

Genres: Christian, Prayer, Adult

128 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Maeve Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been trying to become disciplined and joyful in prayer for a very long time but have found it quite hard to be consistent. This book was EXTREMELY helpful in cultivating the habit of coming before God’s throne of grace with dependence and delight in prayer. Stephen Shead offers scriptural counsel that is practical, and that ultimately points the reader to the rich glories of God.

5/5 has helped me greatly!!

“We look at the inadequacy of our praying and give up, thinking something is wrong with us. God looks at the adequacy of his son and delights in our sloppy, meandering prayers.”

[Bek Barrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend this book for anyone who may struggle to spend time with God daily. The structure of the daily reflections makes it generally easy to stick too. This book has definitely helped me grow in my desire to pray and my understanding of it, with really helpful biblical wisdom as its foundation.

[Nicky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been a Christian for 30 years this year! Prayer is something I WANT to be good at yet in all honesty I waste this open invitation and gift given by our Lord. I have read a lot about prayer, prayed many prayers, listened to sermons on prayer... and this book was still inspiring and engaging. Full of truth, scripture and encouragement.

This book delivers what it offers in the sub-text "Learning to Pray with Dependence and Delight".
There are 28 short devotions that are easy to digest (5 minutes to read) and motivating. I looked forward to the next day to build on the foundations that were being built from day 1.

There are 4 weeks of topics:
1) The how and why of prayer
2) "Teach us to pray"
3) The habit of prayer
4) Enriching your prayer life.

There are 4 bible studies that go along with each week's worth of studies which could be used in a group or on your own.
1) Our Father in heaven
2) Depending on God
3) Delighting in God
4) Praying for others

If you want to understand prayer, be motivated to pray, pray substantial prayers and be assisted to develop a system of prayer then this is a great book to read.

[Rohan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book to come back to I think. Helpful on the basics, and just getting me into more prayer.

Not mind blowing, but I think time in prayer is going to be helpful anyway, and the short and sweet structure helps me just have a go.

[Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

A guide that takes you through reflections and prayer prompts for 4 weeks. It covers the basics well and provided some food for thought. Might not be quite as helpful if you're in more of a need-to-get-out-of-a-rut phase with prayer rather than a back-to-the-basics phase (if that makes sense).

[Tara Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read for anyone who longs to improve their prayer life.

[Kristen Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A helpful set of 28 short devotions getting back to the foundations of prayer, with Bible passages to read.

[Renee Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Katherine Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a helpful little book on prayer 4.5⭐️