Praying Circles around Your Children
Every blessing, every breakthrough, and every miracle can be traced back to the prayers that were prayed by you or for you. Join Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker, as he equips you to become an extraordinary influence in the lives of your children through one simple practice: praying for them.
Praying Circles around Your Children combines timeless scriptures with stories of parents just like you, which will revolutionize your prayer life and give you a new perspective on the power of prayer.
Along the way, Batterson shares five biblically backed prayer circles that will not only help you pray for your kids, but also pray through your kids.
In Praying Circles around Your Children, Batterson will give you the tools you need to:
- Create prayer lists that are unique to your family
- Turn your family circle into a prayer circle
- Claim God-inspired promises for your children
Throughout Praying Circles around Your Children, Batterson teaches us that our prayers for our children are the greatest legacy we can leave them. They even have power to shape your family's destiny for generations to come. It's time to start circling.
Top Highlights
“your prayers must be in the will of God and for the glory of God.” (source)
“Drawing prayer circles is a metaphor that simply means ‘to pray without ceasing.’ It’s praying until God answers. It’s praying with more intensity, more tenacity. It’s not just praying for; it’s praying through. There are times when you have to grab on to the horns of the altar and pray until your knees are numb. We instinctively attach an ASAP to every prayer and ask God to answer as soon as possible. We need a paradigm shift. We need to start praying ALAT prayers — as long as it takes. That’s what praying circles is all about. It’s resolving in your heart of hearts that you will pray until the day you die.” (source)
“Make sure the heavenly Father hears about your kids daily!” (source)
“With your physical eyes you see who a person is. With your spiritual eyes you see what that person can be. And it’s only when you close your physical eyes in prayer that God will open your spiritual eyes to perceive what is far more real than the reality you can perceive with your five senses.” (source)
“In my experience, it’s very difficult to pray with specificity, intentionality, and consistency without a prayer list. And for the record, I encourage you to keep a record. Then you can give God the glory when He answers your prayers.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Praying Circles around Your Children
- Author: Batterson, Mark
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2012
- ISBN: 9780310320517
Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. One church with multiple locations, NCC owns and operates Ebenezers Coffeehouse, the Miracle Theatre, and the DC Dream Center. NCC is currently developing a city block into the Capital Turnaround; the 100,000-square-foot space will include an event venue, a child development center, a mixed-use marketplace, and a coworking space. Mark holds a doctor of ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books including The Circle Maker, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, Play the Man, Whisper, and recently released Win the Day. Mark and his wife, Lora, have three children and live on Capitol Hill.