Have you ever listened to how we pray? It’s like Christians have developed their own prayer language, and I don’t mean the ecstatic kind. Lord, please bless Bill. What exactly do we mean by that? Do we want God to make Bill more holy or more disciplined? Are we hoping that his business will prosper or that he’ll be a better husband? And why do we ask for blessing when Ephesians 1:3 says that we are already blessed with every spiritual blessing that God can give? God, please be with Joan. God’s already with Joan. His Spirit lives in her, and he promised to never leave or forsake her. What do we really want God to do for Joan? Father, we pray that you give Jack a special anointing. As if there is such a thing as an ordinary anointing. Special anointing is redundant. And, God, we ask that you give Sue an extra helping of your grace. What is that? Does God dole out grace in measured proportions? That prayer makes God seem as if he has a big serving spoon—that he can be either generous or stingy with the helpings of grace he dispenses. God wants us to be strategic and focused about what we’re asking him to do. We need to pray for things—very specific things, gritty things, personal things, important things, kingdom things—with the pinpoint precision that Jesus modeled in the Lord’s Prayer. –From Pray Big
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REVIEWS
From Publishers Weekly
Everything is bigger in Texas—even prayer. Davis pastors the Austin Christian Fellowship church, whose attendance averages 1,100 strong and where he challenges his congregation to pray big: praying in specifics rather than generalities and pleading with such focus as to pinpoint the exact need. Davis dissects the Lord’s Prayer, telling readers that today’s believers should follow the same precise pattern for every prayer offered. Analyzing Jesus’ prayer, Christians can see that Christ petitioned for certain exact targets: God’s glory, God’s agenda, God’s provision, relational health and God’s protection. Davis encourages fellow intercessors to begin developing a prayer discipline that beseeches God’s favor for the mundane as well as the miraculous, for the rejuvenation of the spiritually dead and for unifying agreement with spouses, children and even oneself. A particularly insightful section deals with effectively interceding for nonbelievers through persistent and continuous prayer, asking Jesus to have compassion on those individuals, meet them where they are, call them by name and remove any spiritual stumbling blocks from their lives. Davis’s work not only urges Christians to pray, but teaches them how to do so with theological accuracy.
From Roberto Mattos (Morganville, NJ)
The author did a magnificent job showing us that the Bible is a prayer’s guide and we should pray as a lifestyle. Accuracy matters. His concept of BHAP (Big Hairy Audacious Prayer) is well explained through personal examples. Dr. Davis talks about the importance of praying not only for others, but for ourselves, our spouse, our children. According to him, more people will seek God if we learn to pray big, strong and confidently. He tries to put to the ground old wrong concepts like “God’s too busy”, or “My prayer is too insignificant to merit God’s attention”, or “Praying about little things is selfish”. This book gives prayer advices for every situation. It completely changed my view on prayers. We need to focus on the details. We really need to learn how to pray big. Definitely this is a very important book to have if you want to take God seriously and if you want to create a relationship with God that will take you to another dimension of spiritual life.
From Lauri on Amazon.com
Pray Big, by Will Davis Jr. is a book about learning to pray by sticking to the point. The Power of Pinpoint Prayers is amazing and until I read this book I never really thought about the way I pray. How do YOU pray? If you think about it, even those who don’t go to church or really spend a lot of time thinking about God pray. As mentioned in the book, “Why do we settle for weak, vague prayers…” Hmmm, good question. Author, Will Davis teaches how to get to the point in his book. Don’t just pray to have a better day, don’t just pray for the ‘Smith’ family. Be specific, why mess around when you can get right to the point! This book is an eye opener and makes you really think about what you’re asking for, does God answer your prayers? Maybe he does but you don’t even realize it because you’re vague in your prayers. This is a honest book that can teach you to focus and learn to REALLY pray. Why pray little when you can Pray Big! I love this book, it made me think and realize that I could be going about things a little differently, this is a great, encouraging book.