Top Book Recommendations on Prayer

Ever wonder if your prayers are working? Do you feel equipped to pray? Do you feel as though your prayers are drawing you closer to God? Would you describe your prayers more as quick chats with the Lord instead of connecting with Him? Below are some great resources to help you discover how to experience times of personal and powerful prayer. 

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Pray First: The Transformative Power of a Life Built on Prayer by Chris Hodges

Pray First will give you the tools you need to bring the joy back into your time with God. Chris Hodges leads you on a journey through the prayers of the Bible, which reveal how to make prayer more personal and powerful. You’ll also learn about fasting, an often overlooked but powerful discipline that's a vital companion to prayer.

Pray First for Young Readers: Simple Steps for Talking (and Listening) to God by Chris Hodges

This fun guidebook on prayer will have children and tweens turning to God before going to anyone or anything else! In Pray First for Young Readers, bestselling author and pastor Chris Hodges shows that praying is simple yet powerful when you know God as your Friend, Father, and Savior.

Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Timothy Keller

This theologically rich and powerfully practical book takes a closer look at how the Bible defines prayer, how we can genuinely meet God through prayer, and how the pursuit of prayer leads us to a greater understanding of who God is.

With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray

This classic book is a collection of essays on prayer. Each chapter is full of useful and thoughtful applications for a strong prayer life. You’ll want to take your time with each chapter, and can use the content to meditate on and influence your daily prayers. It’s a great book to stir even greater devotion!

Prayer: A Holy Occupation by Oswald Chambers

In Prayer: A Holy Occupation Oswald Chambers shares his heart’s desires in prayer to help you know Jesus better, to discern His will, and to make Christ’s will your own.

The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears by Mark Batterson

With over one million copies sold, New York Times bestseller The Circle Maker is a must-read for experiencing breakthroughs in your prayer life. 

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer by Tyler Staton

Within the pages of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, Staton addresses common roadblocks to prayer and gives you the confidence to come to God just as you are. 

How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People by Pete Greig

Pete Greig, one of the founders of 24-7 Prayer International, introduces people to simple, honest, relevant conversations with God. Full of biblically sound wisdom, this book offers encouragement and real-life methods to practice prayer.

Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer by Priscilla Shirer

Fervent is a hands-on, knees-down, don’t-give-up action guide to practical, purposeful praying for women, providing the biblical knowledge and tools to prayerfully face struggles and challenges of all kinds.

Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home by Richard J. Foster

Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms-from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer.

A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller

A Praying Life is a prayer guide that has encouraged thousands of Christians to pursue a vibrant prayer life full of joy and power and has helped them learn how to pray faithfully and courageously.

The One Year Praying through the Bible for Your Kids: A Daily Devotional for Parents with 365 Scripture Readings, Reflections, and Prayer Prompts by Nancy Guthrie

In The One Year Praying through the Bible for Your Kids, Nancy Guthrie weaves together wisdom and insight from each day’s reading in The One Year Bible, providing a parenting prayer devotional full of encouragement through the triumphs and turbulence of parenting.

Bedtime Prayers for Little Ones by Max and Denalyn Lucado

Teach your children to pray and praise with these rhyming bedtime prayers about blessings, needs, fears, and hopes. After talking to God each night, your little one will fall asleep feeling loved and safe.

Journaling your prayers is a powerful practice that will help you deepen your times of prayer, as well as document what the Holy Spirit is speaking to you while you pray. Make sure to journal your prayers using the Seek First Journal. Click here to order yours now.