Dangerous Prayer - Craig Groeschel

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Title: Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe
Author: Craig Groeschel
Genre: Christian non-fiction
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 168
Date read: December 2021

Prayer moves the heart of God--but some prayers move Him more than others. He wants more for us than a tepid faith and half-hearted routines at the dinner table. He's called you to a life of courage, not comfort.

This book will show you how to pray the prayers that search your soul, break your habits, and send you to pursue the calling God has for you. But be warned: if you're fine with settling for what's easy, or you're OK with staying on the sidelines, this book isn't for you. You'll be challenged. You'll be tested. You'll be moved to take a long, hard look at your heart.

But you'll be inspired, too.

You'll be inspired to pray boldly. To pray powerfully. To pray with fire. You'll see how you can trade ineffective prayers and lukewarm faith for raw, daring prayers that will push you to new levels of passion and fulfillment. You'll discover the secret to overcome fears of loss, rejection, failure, and the unknown and welcome the blessings God has for you on the other side.

You'll gain the courage it takes to pray dangerous prayers.


My Bible-app (previously YouGov) had a reading plan based on this book. I was very taken with it, and decided to buy the book it was based on. But as so often happens, all the best things of the book were in the reading plan as well, so the book didn't really have anything new to add.

It was good, but basic. I don't mean that in a negative way, just that for somebody who's been a Christian for 40+ years it didn't offer anything new. Some good reminders, to be sure, but I didn't feel like I learned anything.

I did appreciate the suggestions of scriptures to pray though :-)