When God Prayed

by Don Wilton

When God Prayed is based on a popular seminar that pastor and longtime Billy Graham associate Don Wilton first gave at Graham’s training center, The Cove. It looks with intense depth at the words of Jesus in John 17 when he prayed for himself, his disciples, and for all believers when he knew that death on the cross was near.   The longest prayer spoken by Jesus in the Gospels reveals so much about God’s heart for his people, the utter sacrifice and tension of the crucifixion, and the ways in which God continues his work in us today.   Wilton writes, “I would pray that this book would simply stir your soul and move your heart to a fresh realization of the wonderful work of our Lord and Savior as he came in obedience to the Father unto death. I pray you will discover just how much we have not discovered and just how far reaching the mind of Christ really is. I pray we will all be driven to our knees in gratitude to God.”  

Genres: Prayer, Christian

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2008

Reviews

[Ross Heinricy]

Doctrinally sound, interesting and informative, but it lacked practical truth and or application, at least from my expectations, as to gleaning prayer thoughts from John 17 and the "High Priestly" prayer of Jesus. The first 3 chapters were a good mix of Christology and soteriology. 4th chapter was straight Christology and chapter 5 evangelism. I could go on but I believe this gives you an idea. If you just read chapters 10 and 11 you can glean some practicals on prayer.

[Ean Snell]

Really good expositional study on what is my favorite chapter of scripture, John 17. Definitely took a deeper look at it than I ever have in my study on the passage. If you are in any way interested in John 17, this book is worth a read. I wouldn’t go and say that this is the most interesting book you’ll ever read, but if you love John 17 you will appreciate this book.

[Todd Coe]

Very informative about how Jesus prayed.