I laughed when I read that someone called Mark Batterson 'controversial' b/c of some of the things he writes in this book about prayer. This book is packed full of faith building stories, as well as simple, yet profound teaching from the Bible. I dare you to read it and not allow it to affect your prayer life. Seriously, if you read one book of a spiritual discipline nature in 2012, make it this one.
Favorite Quotes (for some reason page numbers aren't appearing on the Kindle edition):
"As I read this story, I felt as though the Spirit of God said to my spirit, "Stop praying for it and start praising me for it." True faith doesn't just celebrate ex post facto, after the miracle has already happened; true faith celebrates before the miracle happens, as if the miracle has already happened, because you know that you know that God is going to deliver on His promise."
"God isn't offended by big dreams; He's offended by anything less."
"I do know that 100 percent of the prayers I don't pray won't get answered."
"I don't know if this will be encouraging or discouraging, but the will of God doesn't get easier. The will of God gets harder. Here's why: the harder it gets, the harder you have to pray."
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