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Magnificent Prayer
Have you ever sensed that you’ve seen just the foothills of what prayer is about? Do you long for more? Magnificent Prayer points you toward the heights of communion with God. Drawing insights from classic and contemporary pioneers of prayer, Nick Harrison guides you on a year-long devotional course of discovery, application, and growth. Corrie ten Boom, John Bunyan, Amy Carmichael, Oswald Chambers, Charles Colson, Eric Liddell, D. L. Moody, Andrew Murray, Leonard Ravenhill, Charles Spurgeon, Hannah Whitall Smith, Charles Stanley . . . find out their secrets to prayer. Profit from their wisdom. Harrison harvests some of their choicest words about prayer, sets them with Scripture, and invites you to reflect on your own prayer life in their light. But this is just the prelude to the true objective: a deepening personal experience of prayer. With daily exercises designed to help focus your prayers, Magnificent Prayer equips you to experience firsthand the many dimensions of prayer and the incredible possibilities prayer holds. Magnificent Prayer is a vibrant resource for your spiritual walk. Day by day, your prayers will be enhanced as you live in close communication with your true and faithful Guide.
512 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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February 20, 2023
With the incisiveness of the Sword of the Spirit, the author greets one each day with intensely focused quotes and a comment from Nick.
In his own words, the author declares, “In preparing Magnificent Prayer I researched many fine books by some truly great authors. But as I considered the importance of this book, I became determined to include only the very best words I could find on the subject of prayer” (7). And he did.
This is not a casual read. It will challenge you to the depths of your heart to cultivate a genuine and powerful relationship with the Author and Sustainer of prayer. As he puts it, “Those who pray to God know him better than those who don’t. As they pray, what used to be confusing or unknowable about God becomes a secret knowledge between them and their God” (129). Every day, in every way, he motivates the reader to go deeper with God.
This is a collection of daily devotions that I will not tire of rereading.
In his own words, the author declares, “In preparing Magnificent Prayer I researched many fine books by some truly great authors. But as I considered the importance of this book, I became determined to include only the very best words I could find on the subject of prayer” (7). And he did.
This is not a casual read. It will challenge you to the depths of your heart to cultivate a genuine and powerful relationship with the Author and Sustainer of prayer. As he puts it, “Those who pray to God know him better than those who don’t. As they pray, what used to be confusing or unknowable about God becomes a secret knowledge between them and their God” (129). Every day, in every way, he motivates the reader to go deeper with God.
This is a collection of daily devotions that I will not tire of rereading.
January 1, 2024
A good companion through 2023.
January 1, 2019
Joe’s Review
Everyone should read! Will challenge your prayer life... A good variety of quotes and writers! A super and challenging read!
Everyone should read! Will challenge your prayer life... A good variety of quotes and writers! A super and challenging read!
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January 8, 2014Great daily devotional
December 29, 2013
This book has been a great encouragement in mine and Mike's prayer life this past year, spurring us on to more faithful prayer. Highly recommend. Many quotes from great men of God on prayer.
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