The longer I am a mom the more I recognize my helplessness. In almost every tricky and difficult situation I finally end up with the conclusion “Well, all I can do is pray and leave it in the Lord’s hands.” These books on prayer for the Christian mom have helped me learn to pray through that helplessness.
I must continually open my hands from what I am trying to control and pass it off into God’s hands. I do that through continual prayer. How scary, yet how freeing it is!
I’ve learned that it’s not my own will, discipline, and motivation that keeps me praying. It’s my recognition of a need for a Savior and His help every moment of every day. “I need You oh I need You, Every hour I need you…” as the hymn goes.
Prayer is a personal relationship and a tool that every single mom needs in their life. We can’t protect our children, teach them everything, and nurture them as we want to without the Lord’s. These books are reminders of praying through all of life’s situations. They are books on prayer for the Christian mom to turn to throughout her whole motherhood journey!
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Do you find yourself only praying when things aren’t going your way, or taking a turn for the worst? I know I have at times. Prayer is our relationship with God and prayer out of convenience is not how a relationship works. This book is for those with a prayerless life like this.
This book is divided into these sections: praying like a child, learning to trust again, learning to ask your Father, living in your Father’s story, and praying in real life. It touches on both the spiritual and emotional aspects of prayer while giving practical guidance in forming this new habit.
A praying life is a lot of things, including being integrated throughout all of the day and part of a grander story. Prayer is a simple and real honest conversation, intentionally building a personal relationship with God, and acknowledging our need for Him and trust in Him.
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Why should we pray together with others? Why does God want us to pray together? And how do we do it well? This book unpacks these three things, being educational, motivational, and practical!
While reading this book I loved exploring how relational our prayer is, as there is always more than one party involved – us and God plus others. As moms, we can encourage others to pray with us as we form new habits!
The examples of the times in the Bible when prayer was used and furthered God’s kingdom were incredible to read about. I never understood the different categories of prayer throughout the Bible before reading this book. Plus, this book encouraged me to create a culture of prayer in my home!
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This was a fantastic read and revitalized my prayer life! The author understands the exact pain points and frustrations you have around prayer. For me, it was a lack of creativity and feeling like I was repeating myself constantly.
He encourages you to read a Psalm a day and pray line-by-line, but be sure to read this quick and short book first so you understand the method fully first! Then you can dive into reading other parts of the Bible as well. I even purchased this book to help me form the habit more quickly and my husband joined in with me!
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Just as with Praying the Bible, this book also made me want to dive deep into praying through the Psalms. I love how the book is laid out – each Psalm has a title and these headings: theme (one-sentence overview), harmony (nature of the Psalm), singing in tune (verse-by-verse breakdown), musical notes (how it reveals God), and sing the song (application).
After reading this book it became something I had to have as part of my daily quiet time. I enjoy reading the Psalm, praying through it, and then reading from this book to guide my application of the Psalm. It is wonderful for busy moms to get back into prayer!
This would be wonderful to use in a group Bible study setting as well. The appendixes help you get started and dive even deeper.
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Do you feel completely lost when it comes to prayer? This is an all-encompassing book on why we pray, how to pray, the power of prayer, and making a habit of prayer. It includes deep looks at Martin Luther’s “A Simple Way to Pray,” the Lord’s Prayer, and breaking down key aspects of prayer.
Prayer is not simply making requests to God. It is so much deeper and richer than that and it changes us the more we participate in it. I enjoyed the patterns of daily prayer in the appendix as well.
You may also want to read The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms by Tim Keller and Kathy Keller. It is a daily devotional style to share what they have learned through the Psalms, the book of the Bible that most often guides my prayers.
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I want to use this book in the future when I am homeschooling my children. I think it would be a great book to read one prayer from together each day. The Puritans’ prayers are so powerful and deep, that I think our whole family would benefit from hearing them.
This book divides these Puritan prayers up into sections: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; redemption and reconciliation; penitence and deprecation; needs and devotions; holy aspirations; approach to God; gifts of grace; service and ministry; valediction; and a week’s shared prayers. It is incredible to see how deeply rooted in prayer the Puritans were!
As a young mom, this is one of the books on prayer for the Christian mom, that I can easily turn to and read a prayer out loud when I am struggling to find the words or need some guidance!
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I love this book! As a Christian wife and mom, I know the best thing I can do for my husband is pray for him (despite my sinful desire to nag him instead). This book makes praying for him easy, no matter how busy I am!
The prayers are so deep and practical, that I truly feel my heart softening as I pray each one. Plus, I appreciate the length of the prayers and how they are laid out.
The first part of the book covers all the parts of the body you will be praying for each day: his mind (what he thinks), his eyes (what he looks at), his ears (what he listens to), his mouth (his words), his neck (his decisions), his shoulders (his burdens), his back (his protection), his arms (his strength), his hands (his work), his ring finger (his marriage), his side (his relationships), his sexuality (his physical intimacy), his legs (stand on truth), his knees (his relationship with God), and his feet (his walk with God).
The second part of the book is 30 days of prayers. Each day has all of these parts of the body to pray for! And each day there is a Bible verse to go with each part. Plus, the appendix has additional prayers that are so helpful: praying for his salvation, his fatherhood, and his healing. There is also a similar book for praying for your children!
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Which of these books on prayer for the Christian mom will you be reading first? Let me know in the comments below!
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