'Praying With Power : How to Pray Effectively and Hear Clearly from God (Prayer Warrior Series, No 6)

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Summary: Prayer, The Churches Weapon.....
Review: "Praying with Power" is definitely a powerful book. It is full of life changing ideas on how to pray, who to pray for, what to pray for, where to pray etc. The church that I belong to prays but I know that we can do better. Mr. Wagner has written an excellent book under the guidance of the Holy Ghost!

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Summary: Experience above Scripture
Review: A previous reviewer wrote, "Prayer cannot be understood from theological perspective, it has to be discovered through the rugged path of experience." This summarizes what many of those who are always talking about prayer really think -- experience is a greater teacher than Scripture. To me, this reduces their credibility -- and their Christianity -- to zero.

Instead of this book, I recommend Vincent Cheung's book on prayer. Just look up his name on the web -- all his books are free for download.

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Summary: A load of truth in prayer
Review: Many have come to realize that prayer when whole-heartedly mobilized can affect every aspect of life. As you complete reading each testimony in this book, you can't help realizing the multitudes that are still living under the shadow of malevolent manipulation. Thank God, heaven has hope for such victims. God has his own way of changing situations by releasing a weight of burden and compassion upon his people's heart. This change is being activated in the season of intercession which we are now living.

Intercessory prayers are meant to change the speed of prayer from mediocrity to offensive. The overall mission is to seek wholesome freedom by dislodging stubborn "habitants" from their illegal occupancy in our communities. Have you seen a city lurched from snail pace to fast expanding growth? Have you witnessed the countenance of a community being gloriously transformed? This book gives you an insight. In it, there are empirical evidences revealing prayer has altered the characteristic of cities, towns or communities.

However some of the experiences related in this book can be quite a shocking truth especially to those who are not aware of the presence of spiritual vestibules through which the emissaries of darkness can gain legal entrance. Nevertheless, it was the wonderful endings that have given me joyful hope.

I have come to know that spiritual enslavement can be aborted without consent. Prayer can release life-changing penetration even in the darkest corners of life.

Peter's research have also made me discovered the need for intelligent prayer. It is basically made up of three important underpinnings - ability to discern the Voice of God, reliable info. materials and prayer principles. However prayer itself is a journey of exploitation. Prayer cannot be understood from theological perspective, it has to be discovered through the rugged path of experience.

Through this book I have also realized that we must not neglect quality character. Testimonies often major on glorious results but hardly on the character of persistency that is most needed in prevailing prayer. If impatience overrides persistency, this is one of the reasons why prayer becomes artificial.

This book is easily crowned as the best among all the prayer series. Peter has adopted a simplicity style of words in order to relate God's heart to his readers. Although the subject on the power of prayer emblazoned most of the chapters, the author has brought a far more important message across to us, that is God still wants to share his breakthrough plans with man. The conclusive victory in the testimonies shared in this book reinforces the fact that prayer is actually an intimate collaboration between God and His people.

How wonderful! "Praying with Power" stretches the ability of man to believe in almost anything in the realm of the faith and obedience in which God can use to defy the impossible affairs of man.

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Summary: Praying With Power Is More Fluff Than Faith
Review: Whereas Wagner's premise is sound, prayer in general and its need in the Christian believer's life, his evidential and biblical support are highly lacking. As the book introduces itself and Wagner to the reader, one finds that this book is primarily a synopsis of the first five books in this series. Only two areas are new to the reader, and Wanger does not spend much time on either one. The examples Wagner uses in the book have no credible witnesses outside of themselves, and in some cases one person uses another to validate their story, and then the second person uses the first person to validate their story. Wagner makes three very obvious biblical blunders by using scripture out of context. In one instance he misses the entire point of the biblical reference he cites. This book does contain sound perspectives on the necessity of prayer in the church body as a whole, and also gives many fine examples of how important prayer is for the Christian believer. However, the overall lack of sound biblical proof and background evidence causes this book to lack the punch Wagner would hope for in a book of this importance.