Handbook for Praying Scripture: Featuring the Legacy Standard Bible

by William Varner

Dr. William Varner has collected and adapted prayers from the Legacy Standard Bible. The result is a useful thirty-one day prayer guide that allows for anyone to easily implement praying Scripture into his or her life. Even seasoned Christians will enjoy the refreshing use of addressing God by His covenant name, Yahweh, a hallmark of the LSB. This easily portable edition also includes a week's worth of more intense prayers, seasonal prayers, and prayers to offer in difficult circumstances. The Handbook for Praying Scripture will enable you to cultivate a richer, more fulfilling prayer life.

Genres: Prayer, Christian Living, Devotional, Christian

256 pages, Paperback

Published January 12, 2023

Reviews

[Danielle Jensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book offers many helps to enrich your prayer time with Scripture from structured monthly or weekly outlines, to prayers at holidays and for specific topics. It is wonderful. I also really enjoyed the Legacy Standard Version.

[Caleb Nakhla · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 - Overall great guide to praying scripture. I really liked the order of the prayers, it covers all areas pretty well. Recommend.

A couple complaints:
1. Sometimes repetitive. Some passages seemed to be used over and over, I feel like you could have found different prayers to use from the Bible (I’m all for repetition but just for the sake of the book find new passages)
2. Sometimes the translation into first person was clunky and didn’t make much sense.
3. Sometimes the prayers it tells you to focus on after reading the scripture doesn’t really relate to the passage.

[Nathan Whitley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend this resource! I’ve been using this for daily prayer for 31 days, and it’s revolutionized my prayer life. Starting it over again this month.

[Mary Tiginyanu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoying feasting on God’s Word. Thank you Dr. Varner.

[Marcene McClenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cannot recommend this book enough! Absolutely a fantastic tool.

[librarian4Him02 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this one up because it was the September book of the month in our church's bookstore.

There isn't an actual plot or "storyline." So it's not necessarily something to read cover to cover. There's a section for praying scripture each day of the month, a section for each day of the week, prayers for Christian holiday and for various topics such as grief, health, strength, etc. I love the breadth of these sections.

I like the prayer model outlined in this handbook and came away wanting to find ways of incorporating it into my prayer life without it becoming rote.

If you're looking for ways to enhance your prayer life, I highly recommend this book.

[Greg Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great way for your prayers to be directly in line with scripture. The book features a plan for praying Scripture for a month, as well as a plan for praying Scripture for a week. It also features prayers from church history, prayers for Christian holidays and prayers for the Christian life. The book does not promote mechanicalism in our prayers. Yet enables us to pray according to the words of Scripture. It also allows the reader to pause, reflect, and add your own thoughts to your prayers.

[Jaidyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book organizes different scripture passages into the ACTS method so you pray through scripture for adoration, confession, thanksgiving and prayer. I found this very helpful since I love utilizing the ACTS method and I love praying through scripture! This book combines both!! Some of the scripture wording is changed to be personalized, which I enjoyed. There are also prompts to pray your own words for each section. Overall I loved this book, and think it is a great tool to grow in praying well rounded, biblical prayers.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

An effective tool for exercising you mind in prayer through meditation. I’ve already given away several copies. The difficulty with the book is the translation choice (a unique problem in the English speaking world), and the disciple to slowly read and pray. You will get out of this what you put in.

[Heidi Leatherland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good!

[Rhonda Hensarling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent tool for praying Scripture!