"Lord, teach us to pray," (Luke 11:1). During His earthly ministry, the disciples made this request of Jesus. He answered them with what has become known as the Lord's Prayer. Today, nearly 2,000 years later, do we as followers of Jesus Christ have a passion for prayer? Do we desire to speak with our heavenly Father? And are the prayers we utter effective? In this handy pamphlet, perfectly sized to slide into your Bible or notebook, Mark Bubeck offers twenty prayers, rich in doctrine, to help Christians triumph in their spiritual battles. Model prayers include those for revival, repentance, intercession, protection from the Enemy, unity in the Body, and wearing the Armor of God. Learn to pray like the disciples did-- by example.
MARK BUBECK is the founder and president emeritus of ICBC, Inc., now Deeper Walk International. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute and received his D.Min. degree from Talbot Theological Seminary and a diploma in Theology from Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary. A pastor for more than 40 years, Dr. Bubeck is author of The Adversary, Overcoming the Adversary, The Rise of Fallen Angels, and Raising Lambs Among Wolves, now updated and re-published as The Adversary at Home. He lives in Sun City, Arizona.
I would not have known about this author if it weren’t for Phillip Kayser mentioning Bubeck’s material on praying against generational sin/curses.
Overall, I believe the example prayers themselves range from meh to excellent. However, if one is good at reading examples and coming away with ways to apply concepts to their own life, then this book may be very helpful in training the reader warfare via prayer.
As a guideline these prayers are useful to anyone engaged intercession and spiritual warfare. I adapt them to reflect how I commune with God. Biblically based makes them quite powerful.
These are great examples to use as guides to know how to address certain topics in prayer. I appreciate how specific and simple they are. Not wordy or ritualistic.
I'll begin with the possible value of this book, as well as others like it. This book presents a "Pray along these lines" guide that may be somewhat valuable to new believers not sure of what to pray. Now for the downside. The prayers are canned and ritualistic. For the author, this is ok, as it is from the author's heart and mind, however, for anyone else, it does not promote a personal relationship and prayer life between you and God.