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The Remarkable Prayers of the Bible: Transforming Power for Your Life Today
Jim George looks deeply into the prayers of some great people in the Bible—and shares what readers can learn from others who loved God and desired to follow Him wholeheartedly. They will discover the many practical lessons contained in these thought–provoking prayers—for example... Well over a hundred exciting and useful applications are given in this rich exploration of the prayers of Job, Hannah, Daniel, Mary, Paul, Jesus, and others.
- GenresPrayer
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
About the author
Jim George
71 books53 followers Jim George is a bestselling author and national speaker dedicated to helping people live a life after God’s own heart. For over 30 years, the teachings and steadfast example of Jim has helped countless men and women:
- Simplify life by focusing on God’s priorities.
- Appreciate God’s Word and apply it to everyday situations.
- Respond to circumstances with confidence by seeing yourself through God’s loving eyes.
- Increase closeness in marriage by serving and honoring each other.
- Powerfully shape the hearts of children and teenagers.
- Enjoy greater intimacy with God.
Jim is the bestselling author of A Man After God’s Own Heart and two-time finalist for the Gold Medallion Book Award. Besides writing, he has served as a pastor, seminary professor, and as a pharmacist with the Medical Service Corps of the Army Reserve.
Jim’s leadership influence has helped thousands of men honor God by modeling integrity in the workplace, learn to be better communicators, and build a strong legacy for their family. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma, and a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Talbot School of Theology.
In the midst of their busy writing schedule, Elizabeth and Jim love spending time with their two married daughters and eight grandchildren, taking daily walks along golden sands, and enjoying the beautiful Hawaiian sunsets. They divide time residing in Honolulu, Hawaii and the Washington State coast.
- Simplify life by focusing on God’s priorities.
- Appreciate God’s Word and apply it to everyday situations.
- Respond to circumstances with confidence by seeing yourself through God’s loving eyes.
- Increase closeness in marriage by serving and honoring each other.
- Powerfully shape the hearts of children and teenagers.
- Enjoy greater intimacy with God.
Jim is the bestselling author of A Man After God’s Own Heart and two-time finalist for the Gold Medallion Book Award. Besides writing, he has served as a pastor, seminary professor, and as a pharmacist with the Medical Service Corps of the Army Reserve.
Jim’s leadership influence has helped thousands of men honor God by modeling integrity in the workplace, learn to be better communicators, and build a strong legacy for their family. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma, and a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Talbot School of Theology.
In the midst of their busy writing schedule, Elizabeth and Jim love spending time with their two married daughters and eight grandchildren, taking daily walks along golden sands, and enjoying the beautiful Hawaiian sunsets. They divide time residing in Honolulu, Hawaii and the Washington State coast.
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January 5, 2021
I remember buying this book about ten years ago to help me with a Sunday School class that I was planning on doing about various prayers of the Bible. My plan was to look at a prayer and see all the different and varied ways that people prayed in the Bible and compare and contrast them a bit. What was similar and what was different in these examples.
While I remembered buying it when I pulled it off the shelf to re-read, I didn't really remember using it or it being a lot of help. After re-reading it I figured out why I didn't remember using it for that purpose. Despite the title of Remarkable Prayers of the Bible, Jim George doesn't really spend that much time looking closely at particular prayers of the Bible.
Instead of focusing on the prayers in the Bible, he breaks up his chapters focused more on the pray-ers of the Bible. What I mean by that is that his chapters focus more on the people of the Bible, like Moses or David. Now one could still organize a book around people and still look closely at their prayers. However, this isn't really what happens either. Instead we're given very quick fly by of prayers and given some formulaic prayer principle that we're supposed to take from it.
I'm not a huge fan of formulaic little principles, but it can be done well. George doesn't really accomplish that here. I felt like when there was a good principle, the way it was presented was so full of trite Christian sayings and platitudes that it kind of ruined the principle. However, most of the time the principles felt like a stretch to connect to the story given, just plain wrong in my opinion, or there would be principles that would conflict. For example he mentions in chapter 3 about how Hannah prayed in the proper location, since she was at the temple. In chapter 6 on Nehemiah, one of his principles is how one can pray anywhere. These principles seem in conflict and the one about proper location doesn't even seem to be a very useful or accurate principle in the first place.
I was also a bit disappointed at his lack of looking at Scripture all that much. When he did it always seemed rushed and we were off to the next thing. I'm not a Christian who thinks that every book needs more Bible quotations, but you would expect a book that claims to be looking at the remarkable prayers of the Bible to be a bit meatier in that regard.
Given all of this, I can't really recommend this book at all. Intentions may have been good with this book, but I can't really see this book being all that helpful. It's not really what it is advertising, unless it was trying to be clever and was going for people who prayed instead of the actual prayers. I also just feel that content wise it was just a bit too focused on making little formulas for prayer that were all over the place in quality or accuracy. While this was a re-read, it's probably one I'll be removing from my collection.
While I remembered buying it when I pulled it off the shelf to re-read, I didn't really remember using it or it being a lot of help. After re-reading it I figured out why I didn't remember using it for that purpose. Despite the title of Remarkable Prayers of the Bible, Jim George doesn't really spend that much time looking closely at particular prayers of the Bible.
Instead of focusing on the prayers in the Bible, he breaks up his chapters focused more on the pray-ers of the Bible. What I mean by that is that his chapters focus more on the people of the Bible, like Moses or David. Now one could still organize a book around people and still look closely at their prayers. However, this isn't really what happens either. Instead we're given very quick fly by of prayers and given some formulaic prayer principle that we're supposed to take from it.
I'm not a huge fan of formulaic little principles, but it can be done well. George doesn't really accomplish that here. I felt like when there was a good principle, the way it was presented was so full of trite Christian sayings and platitudes that it kind of ruined the principle. However, most of the time the principles felt like a stretch to connect to the story given, just plain wrong in my opinion, or there would be principles that would conflict. For example he mentions in chapter 3 about how Hannah prayed in the proper location, since she was at the temple. In chapter 6 on Nehemiah, one of his principles is how one can pray anywhere. These principles seem in conflict and the one about proper location doesn't even seem to be a very useful or accurate principle in the first place.
I was also a bit disappointed at his lack of looking at Scripture all that much. When he did it always seemed rushed and we were off to the next thing. I'm not a Christian who thinks that every book needs more Bible quotations, but you would expect a book that claims to be looking at the remarkable prayers of the Bible to be a bit meatier in that regard.
Given all of this, I can't really recommend this book at all. Intentions may have been good with this book, but I can't really see this book being all that helpful. It's not really what it is advertising, unless it was trying to be clever and was going for people who prayed instead of the actual prayers. I also just feel that content wise it was just a bit too focused on making little formulas for prayer that were all over the place in quality or accuracy. While this was a re-read, it's probably one I'll be removing from my collection.
April 18, 2021
Excelente
Buen libro, me parece que expone de manera muy práctica las oraciones de los personajes bíblicos que toma de ejemplo. Recomendado para todo creyente.
Buen libro, me parece que expone de manera muy práctica las oraciones de los personajes bíblicos que toma de ejemplo. Recomendado para todo creyente.
March 17, 2013
It was good to read a book by the husband of the woman who writes the study guides we've been using for Sunday school the past year. Prayers of Bible characters (Abraham, Hannah, Samuel, Jeremiah, 12 total) were summarized and suggestions for our prayer were made from their examples. I love lists and rhymes, so some points of Moses prayer were:
1. Prayer reviews your motives
2. Prayer refines your methods
3. Prayer restrains your emotions
4. Prayer revisits your options
5. Prayer regulates your timing
6. Prayer recounts your resources.
The ideas were practical and applicable. Well done!
1. Prayer reviews your motives
2. Prayer refines your methods
3. Prayer restrains your emotions
4. Prayer revisits your options
5. Prayer regulates your timing
6. Prayer recounts your resources.
The ideas were practical and applicable. Well done!
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