I read this book for two reasons: 1) I want to have a praying life and 2) Halim was reading it and I seem to enjoy taking books he is reading and finishing them before he can and then telling him all about them.  I doubt he enjoys this as much as I do.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles with prayer, is growing weary in prayer, or is as cynical about prayer as I discovered that I am.  This book totally exposed my lack of faith that there is really power in praying – particularly the prayers that I pray.  But, it also encouraged me in how to turn this around and gave some really practical ways to do this.  I need practical.  I can already see a difference both in the way I pray, the amount I pray and the expectation that I have when I pray.

The author does a great job of providing Scripture and instruction about prayer along with his life experiences in a growing prayer life.  I was especially impacted by his prayers for his children over 20+ years.

This book is, I think, available in the resource area at the Stone.