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When We Pray Like Jesus: Courageously Honest and Fearlessly Abandoned before God
You can be totally honest with God. He wants to know exactly how you feel. When We Pray Like Jesus will help you express your deepest emotions to God and have confidence in His will for your life. You’ll explore Jesus’s prayer in the garden of Gethsemane and see His ultimate example of intimacy with the Father. Learn how to trust God the same way Jesus did when He said, "Not my will, but yours be done" (Luke 22:42). Even as a popular Christian author, speaker, and media host, Elisa Morgan struggled with what to pray—Could she be honest about what she really wanted? Did she trust God enough to abandon her will for His? Did it have to be one or the other, or could it be both? And in that struggle between needing to be heard and desiring to follow the Father, she found the answer. Elisa shares her journey of growing closer to God and incorporates lessons from Scripture to help you find peace in your own prayer journey. "Applying the two sides of prayer can move us deeper in dialogue with God," Elisa says. "On and on, deeper and deeper, further and further, we flow into oneness that reflects the unity Jesus enjoyed with his Father." Experience the hope of praying with honesty, abandoning your will, and growing closer to God. “A powerful exploration of Jesus’s two-sided Gethsemane prayer. . . . This book will pivot you into a more intimate relationship with God.” --Mark Batterson, pastor and bestselling author
“Elisa Morgan is one of the most passionate, authentic communicators I have ever known. She speaks out of the deepest, most honest places of the soul—and my soul is always the richer—and moved closer to Jesus—for the listening. These are pages I have longed to read.” --Ann Voskamp, bestselling author
“Elisa Morgan is one of the most passionate, authentic communicators I have ever known. She speaks out of the deepest, most honest places of the soul—and my soul is always the richer—and moved closer to Jesus—for the listening. These are pages I have longed to read.” --Ann Voskamp, bestselling author
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192 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2020
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About the author
Elisa Morgan
97 books33 followersElisa Morgan was named by Christianity Today as one of the top 50 women influencing today's church and culture, and she's a sought-after author, speaker, and leader. She has authored more than 25 books on mothering, spiritual formation, and evangelism, including The Beauty of Broken, Hello, Beauty Full, She Did What She Could, and The NIV Mom's Devotional Bible.
For 20 years, Elisa served as the CEO of MOPS International (www.mops.org). Under her leadership, MOPS grew from 350 groups to more than 4,000 groups throughout the United States and in 30 other countries, influencing more than 100,000 moms every year. Elisa now serves as president emerita of MOPS.
Elisa received a BS from the University of Texas and an MDiv from Denver Seminary. She served as the dean of women at Western Bible College (now Colorado Christian University) and on the board of ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability). Currently she serves on the board of Denver Seminary.
Elisa is a cohost of the syndicated radio program Discover the Word (www.discovertheword.org), a daily 15-minute real-time conversation around the living Word of God. She is married to Evan (the senior vice president of global ministry efforts for Our Daily Bread Ministries) and has two grown children and two grandchildren who live near her in Denver, Colorado. Wilson and Darla, her two rottweilers, take her on walks in the open space behind her house.
Connect with Elisa at www.elisamorgan.com. You can sign up for her blog, Really, at her website or by texting the word REALLY to 22828.
You can keep in touch with Elisa in the following ways:
Instagram: Elisa Morgan, Author
Facebook: Elisa Morgan, Author
Twitter: @elisa_morgan
For 20 years, Elisa served as the CEO of MOPS International (www.mops.org). Under her leadership, MOPS grew from 350 groups to more than 4,000 groups throughout the United States and in 30 other countries, influencing more than 100,000 moms every year. Elisa now serves as president emerita of MOPS.
Elisa received a BS from the University of Texas and an MDiv from Denver Seminary. She served as the dean of women at Western Bible College (now Colorado Christian University) and on the board of ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability). Currently she serves on the board of Denver Seminary.
Elisa is a cohost of the syndicated radio program Discover the Word (www.discovertheword.org), a daily 15-minute real-time conversation around the living Word of God. She is married to Evan (the senior vice president of global ministry efforts for Our Daily Bread Ministries) and has two grown children and two grandchildren who live near her in Denver, Colorado. Wilson and Darla, her two rottweilers, take her on walks in the open space behind her house.
Connect with Elisa at www.elisamorgan.com. You can sign up for her blog, Really, at her website or by texting the word REALLY to 22828.
You can keep in touch with Elisa in the following ways:
Instagram: Elisa Morgan, Author
Facebook: Elisa Morgan, Author
Twitter: @elisa_morgan
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October 16, 2020
This book by Elisa Morgan is one that all people everywhere can relate to when it comes to prayer and the tension between “take this cup” and “your will be done.” Elisa pens the words with so much vulnerability as she shares her own personal experiences and struggles in knowing how to pray in various situations and circumstances that she faced. She encourages readers to be intentional about how they are praying so that it will result in a more honest, authentic prayer life. Beautifully written and thought provoking!
September 27, 2020
When We Pray Like Jesus
Courageously Honest and Fearlessly Abandoned before God
by Elisa Morgan
Our Daily Bread Publishing
Christian | Religion & Spirituality
Pub Date 01 Jun 2020
I am reviewing a copy of When We Pray Like Jesus through Our Daily Bread Publishing and Netgalley:
When We Pray Like Jesus reminds us that we look to the Lord’s Prayer for guidance that we mouth our own prayers after its formula. We beg God to intervene according to the model of of The Lord’s Prayer. But it does not always work, and that is because the Fall has pulled us farther away from God, making it more difficult for us to get as close to him as we should. We pray constantly but far to often it does not seem enough.
When We Pray Like Jesus encourages us to do something different in our prayer life. We are reminded that their are two sides of a prayer take this cup, is the honest side, and if it’s not hid will we need to abandon it. Author Elisa Morgan shows us that When We Pray Like Jesus’s chapters alternate in a rhythm between Jesus’ model of prayer and our practicing His example.
Elisa Morgan reminds us that Jesus lived prayer, he prayed like he breathed. We are reminded that Jesus prayed all the time, that he punctuated events and decisions with words to his Father.
Even Jesus had asked his Father to take his cup, while he was on the cross. This book reminds us that as Children we are honest until we learn not to be.
We are reminded too nothing could separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus. We are reminded too that Jesus prayed His prayer coin of honest and abandon, embracing the intimacy. That if Jesus died to provide a close relationship between his Father we need to enter into that relationship.
When We Pray Like Jesus reminds us that we can totally be honest with Jesus. Jesus wants to know exactly how we feel, this book will help to share our deepest emotions to God and have confidence in His will for your life. This book allows us to explore Jesus’s prayer in the garden of Gethsemane and see His ultimate example of intimacy with the Father. This book shows us that we can trust God in the same way.
I give When We Pray Like Jesus five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
Courageously Honest and Fearlessly Abandoned before God
by Elisa Morgan
Our Daily Bread Publishing
Christian | Religion & Spirituality
Pub Date 01 Jun 2020
I am reviewing a copy of When We Pray Like Jesus through Our Daily Bread Publishing and Netgalley:
When We Pray Like Jesus reminds us that we look to the Lord’s Prayer for guidance that we mouth our own prayers after its formula. We beg God to intervene according to the model of of The Lord’s Prayer. But it does not always work, and that is because the Fall has pulled us farther away from God, making it more difficult for us to get as close to him as we should. We pray constantly but far to often it does not seem enough.
When We Pray Like Jesus encourages us to do something different in our prayer life. We are reminded that their are two sides of a prayer take this cup, is the honest side, and if it’s not hid will we need to abandon it. Author Elisa Morgan shows us that When We Pray Like Jesus’s chapters alternate in a rhythm between Jesus’ model of prayer and our practicing His example.
Elisa Morgan reminds us that Jesus lived prayer, he prayed like he breathed. We are reminded that Jesus prayed all the time, that he punctuated events and decisions with words to his Father.
Even Jesus had asked his Father to take his cup, while he was on the cross. This book reminds us that as Children we are honest until we learn not to be.
We are reminded too nothing could separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus. We are reminded too that Jesus prayed His prayer coin of honest and abandon, embracing the intimacy. That if Jesus died to provide a close relationship between his Father we need to enter into that relationship.
When We Pray Like Jesus reminds us that we can totally be honest with Jesus. Jesus wants to know exactly how we feel, this book will help to share our deepest emotions to God and have confidence in His will for your life. This book allows us to explore Jesus’s prayer in the garden of Gethsemane and see His ultimate example of intimacy with the Father. This book shows us that we can trust God in the same way.
I give When We Pray Like Jesus five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
October 11, 2020
When We Pray Like Jesus: Courageously Honest and Fearlessly Abandoned before God by Elisa Morgan is an excellent book for those seeking guidance in prayer.
With careful attention to the Scriptures, Morgan has presented her readers with a book that is as instructive as it is informative. Morgan goes to great lengths to describe the two sides of prayer - the Take This Cup: Honesty and Not My Will: Abandon. With the use of parables and real-life events in the author's own life means that this book is very clear and concise in its delivery.
This book is certainly worth the read, and it is one that I can see myself coming back to, again and again.
*I received a copy of this book, via NetGalley, for review consideration.
With careful attention to the Scriptures, Morgan has presented her readers with a book that is as instructive as it is informative. Morgan goes to great lengths to describe the two sides of prayer - the Take This Cup: Honesty and Not My Will: Abandon. With the use of parables and real-life events in the author's own life means that this book is very clear and concise in its delivery.
This book is certainly worth the read, and it is one that I can see myself coming back to, again and again.
*I received a copy of this book, via NetGalley, for review consideration.
November 21, 2020
2 stars
When We Pray Like Jesus
By Elisa Morgan
This book has plenty of good qualities about it. If it can help someone have a stronger prayer life that is great! But, I just could not get past Ms. Morgan’s quotes from theologically iffy people such as the book the Circle Maker, Ann Voskamp, Beth Moore, the Message Bible and more.
I have a very hard time endorsing or reading a book filled with these teachers. So on that note, I cannot recommend this book. I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
When We Pray Like Jesus
By Elisa Morgan
This book has plenty of good qualities about it. If it can help someone have a stronger prayer life that is great! But, I just could not get past Ms. Morgan’s quotes from theologically iffy people such as the book the Circle Maker, Ann Voskamp, Beth Moore, the Message Bible and more.
I have a very hard time endorsing or reading a book filled with these teachers. So on that note, I cannot recommend this book. I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
April 13, 2021
I received an ARC from Our Daily Bread Publishing, via NetGalley. This review is my personal opinion.
Elisa Morgan took me by surprise, this book was the answer to a prayer I’ve made for a couple of months now. Don’t let the length of pages fools you, this book may be short and easy to read. But it has a profound, deep and I believe unknown powerful truth. Elisa Morgan takes Jesus's life as an example for what she calls the Prayer coin, how and when he did it and even she opens up about her own experience. I must say I truly never reflect on the impact of this type of prayer and how will change me. Now when I pray( even when I feel afraid) I understand that above my wants God can take my cup, but I decide that he will be in my life. One of the things I truly like was: “ Prayer creates honesty which develops trust and results in surrender”. She says it, this is not a simple magical formula. But a process, that will take time. In my case, I am grateful for this book it has open my eyes to an unknown truth that it has and will be changing my life.
Elisa Morgan took me by surprise, this book was the answer to a prayer I’ve made for a couple of months now. Don’t let the length of pages fools you, this book may be short and easy to read. But it has a profound, deep and I believe unknown powerful truth. Elisa Morgan takes Jesus's life as an example for what she calls the Prayer coin, how and when he did it and even she opens up about her own experience. I must say I truly never reflect on the impact of this type of prayer and how will change me. Now when I pray( even when I feel afraid) I understand that above my wants God can take my cup, but I decide that he will be in my life. One of the things I truly like was: “ Prayer creates honesty which develops trust and results in surrender”. She says it, this is not a simple magical formula. But a process, that will take time. In my case, I am grateful for this book it has open my eyes to an unknown truth that it has and will be changing my life.
April 23, 2021
What a refreshingly honest and well-written book! I’ve never read a book on prayer quite like this one. The author presented a process of how to apply the “two sides of the coin” of Jesus’ personal prayer in the Garden of Getheseme: “Take this cup” and “Not My Will, but Yours”. As she shared her own story in how she learned to pray in this way, my heart was touched and I knew that this has been a missing element at times in my prayers. Mrs. Morgan guides us through a prayer process that’s at once both simple and profound.
I received an ebook advanced reader copy to read and review this book. Before I was halfway through the book, I’d ordered a print copy. I realized that this is a book that I’m going to need to read again as I highlight passages and journal my way through it. Even today, as I’ve finished the book, I know that my prayer life will be changed from this point forward. I’m highly recommending this book as a must-read on prayer.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
I received an ebook advanced reader copy to read and review this book. Before I was halfway through the book, I’d ordered a print copy. I realized that this is a book that I’m going to need to read again as I highlight passages and journal my way through it. Even today, as I’ve finished the book, I know that my prayer life will be changed from this point forward. I’m highly recommending this book as a must-read on prayer.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
March 2, 2021
I thought this was a really good book. It explains how to pray. Its easy to read. I like the bible verses. You can write them down and study them as you read this book. Its well written.
I read and and reviewed an Advanced Copy of this book All thoughts and opinions are of my own. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this book.
I read and and reviewed an Advanced Copy of this book All thoughts and opinions are of my own. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this book.
August 1, 2021
When We Pray Like Jesus
Elisa Morgan takes the reader deeper into Jesus prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, displaying a glimpse of Jesus humanity in the struggle to make the journey to the cross and yet never questioning the Fathers will in this way of redemption. Deepens my love and appreciation for my Savior and God's word.
Elisa Morgan takes the reader deeper into Jesus prayer in the garden of Gethsemane, displaying a glimpse of Jesus humanity in the struggle to make the journey to the cross and yet never questioning the Fathers will in this way of redemption. Deepens my love and appreciation for my Savior and God's word.
January 17, 2024
I heard Elisa on a radio program years ago, and I have never forgotten her message about the “prayer coin.” This is an inspiring read if you feel lost or want to learn how to enhance your prayer life.
July 16, 2021
Eye opening but confusing.
February 12, 2024
Well written and an easy read but very profound! This is a great addition to your morning devotions/prayer time! Highly recommend
September 8, 2025
what a wonderful way Jesus teaches us to pray so intimately. I truly enjoyed this book. it was thought provoking and sincere.
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