Praying With Women of the Bible

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Summary: Prayer Models
Review: We learn to pray by praying ourselves, but we also learn about prayer from other pray-ers. That's the value of Nancy Kennedy's book on Bible women who prayed. From more than thirty Biblical women at prayer, she has chosen ten to illustrate key points of prayer.
They include Deborah (strength and conviction), Hannah (help), Esther (courage), the Canaanite woman (mercy), the woman who needed healing (faith), Salome (boldness), "sinful" woman (contrite heart), Anna (persistence), Martha (hope) and Mary (joy). Kennedy pulls in other scriptures plus poignant personal stories to make this a for-real book. You'll long remember, for example, the lawnmower story (pp. 29-31). You may also identify with Nancy's prayers when depression struck her daughter and husband. Each chapter ends with guided study and contemplation to make it a useful tool for personal or informal group study.