Prayer Doesn’t Have to Be Intimidating
Do you find yourself saying the same things to God over and over again? Does a thriving prayer life feel completely out of reach?
Maybe all it takes to open up to God is five little words. Each entry in this forty-day devotional will provide you with a simple five-word prayer, a corresponding Bible verse, and thoughts to encourage you in your communications with your heavenly Father. The short prayers in this book include…
- I need You desperately today.
- Set my burdened heart free.
- Help me to forgive myself.
The strength of your prayers lies in your heart intent, not your word count. Discover a new joy in your conversations with God!
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Summary
Five word prayers by Lisa Whittle was a very good book. Admittedly I downloaded it because I thought it was an interesting concept. I think we're all looking for simplicity in our life. She mentions that prayer is not about word count but about heart intent. She gave examples of Jesus often prayed shorter prayers. She also mentions that sometimes when praying feels hard; we don't pray at all. Giving us the option of a short prayer doesn't seem as overwhelming in those hard times. We should always persevere to pray even in those hard times; even when we don't know what to say. Another point she made is that prayer is less about talking and more about listening. This was a good challenge for me especially when she mentioned that many of us pray hours talking to God about what we want and asking him for things and we miss out on listening to what he has to say to us. I definitely think I've been stuck in that before. She mentioned about journaling which also came up recently in one of my Bible studies. She is giving us a gentle nudge which I'm definitely going to take is that I actually start journaling.
The format of the book is each day she give you:
a five word prayer
a scripture to go with that
discussion around the scripture
the five word prayer again
I would recommend the book. It is especially helpful for those times we do not know what to pray or we are hurting too hard to want to pray.