The One Year Book of Personal Prayer

by Anonymous (Editor)

Ideal for those wishing to develop a more regular prayer life. Each day the reader encounters a portion from the Psalms, a selected prayer, and a short inspirational quote emphasizing an important aspect of prayer. The short daily readings are designed to lift the heart and spark thoughts to use in personal conversations with God. Indexes of authors and Scripture provide easy access to material that readers especially want to find.

Genres: Christianity, Religion, Nonfiction, Devotional, Christian

400 pages, Hardcover

First published July 16, 1991

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Reviews

[Mary Alphenaar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy, short devotional. I wouldn’t recommend it as a daily devotional since it is a short read.

[Stephanie Ziegler · Rating 3 out of 5]

I GIVE THIS BOOK: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars

I have to admit that I am writing this review after 10 days. Started on the first of the year and gave it a week and a half. I figured that would give me a good enough sample to work with to write a review and not keep my readers waiting an entire year.

What can I say about this book? Each night I read that day's page aoud. Each Psalm, each paragraph and each qoute. Then I reflect on what I have read. Sometimes I feel at peace, sometimes I am just not feeling it and sometimes I laugh at the witty qoutes.

I plan to continue to read this book, one page a day, until the thirty-first of December. I hope that I can return to this review and write about the entire year.

Until next time, take life one page at a time!

[Peacejanz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my bargain books last year - each day has a verse from the Bible, a personal prayer by famous and by people I never heard of, and an inspiring quotation from someone (again famous and who knows). Benjamin Franklin, Pope Benedict XV, Herman Melville, T.S. Eliot, Pat Boone, Ludwig van Beethoven, Watchman Nee, Theodore Roosevelt, and the list goes on. All the prayers are short, can fit on one page and the text notes if this is a small portion of a longer prayer. This is a daily book and I got so much inspiration from it. I read it before going to be in 2022. Now I am going to read it in my morning devotions in 2023. I doubt that reading someone else's prayer two times will harm me. I just picked it up in a thrift store, thought it can not be all bad for 50 cents. Well, it is worth far more than that. This is a first for me, reading a book one year and then rereading it the next. This book is a gem. I have no idea what the original cost was but it has been worth so much to me. In fact, I would rate this as 5+, another first for me.

[Erin Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a faithful friend throughout the past year. After reading scripture each morning I would reach for this prayer book as I entered my own time of prayer. I loved the opening verse from one of the Psalms each day, and the prayers were beautiful, drawing from Christians throughout the centuries. So many days, the thoughts conveyed in these prayers were just what I needed to help put my own prayers into words. Next year I look forward to journeying through the One Year Book of Poetry with devotional readings for each day based on classic Christian poetry.

[Hope · Rating 3 out of 5]

For someone who has never used written prayers and doesn't know where to begin, this book would be a great introduction. It has a mixture of modern and ancient prayers (from Benjamin Franklin to C.S. Lewis to John Calvin! And quite a few prayers straight from the Bible). Something to appeal to every taste.

The main reason I did not give it a higher rating is because I read The Valley of Vision last year, which is a gorgeous book of Puritan prayers. Most of the prayers in this compendium pale in comparison.

[Misty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this one year book of personal prayer as a gift for a good friend of mine whose old bible got damaged. She said that she really liked this version and the fact that it was hard cover would keep it safer.

[Tammie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the perfect accompaniment for the One Year Bible, featuring verses and quotes that often correspond with that day's reading. My copy has a beautiful cover designed by Andrea Gjeldum.

[Cindi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book of prayer just didn't do much for me. I liked the verses that were shared every day but the prayers were much different than what I expected. I'm sure others will enjoy this book who like reading old prayers.

[Avel Rudenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Day to day steps, hints, and tips on how-to live a better life, while on your Journey.

[Darrin Niday · Rating 3 out of 5]

kind of fun to read a bible verse and some of the prayers were good,

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

well, it is not by Corrie ten Boom, rather scriptures and prayer quotes from many different sources. Excellent for sparking thought and prayers each day.