Before Amen : The Power of a Simple Prayer (CD-Audio)

from hobbitprincess

While this book is fairly short, it is powerful and helps focus on prayer and how to pray. Lucado is a masterful writer and story teller, and his words always hit home. The focus of this book is the Pocket Prayer, a short, powerful prayer to help guide you when you don't know what else to pray.

from jmcdbooks

Rated: A My Pocket Prayer: Abba, Father, You are so good. You are a good, good Father. You are Holy, Holy, Holy. I love You. I need You. Fill me. Heal me. Protect me. Forgive me. They need You, Lord. Please send me. And show me where You are and what You are doing; Then give me the compassionate...

from drmom62

I thought he started off well with the first chapter and at the opening of the second chapter he hit the God as Daddy fallacy. That's when I decided to quit

from TheMadTurtle

This is a very "light" book. Lucado writes around the idea of a "pocket prayer" made up of a few short sentences that one can easily memorize and "whip out" if they need direction when praying. In the book he expounds briefly on each idea or sentence. There's some neat ideas, but not a lot of dee...

from Sneezybee23

In Before Amen, bestselling author Max Lucado introduces readers to the power of a simple prayer: Father, You are good. I need help. They need help. Thank you. In Jesus' name, amen. As Jesus gave a model prayer to his disciples, so Lucado is giving a prayer that can be used quickly when time is s...