When Women Pray: 10 Women of the Bible Who Changed the World Through Prayer by T.D. Jakes Book Review

In When Women Pray, T.D. Jakes explored the power of women in the Bible who prayed and had incredible faith. He begins the book by sharing how Mother Teresa was a praying woman and how she changed the world and tried to make a positive difference. Next, he looked at the foundation of the Bible and the men who listened to God and how they were able to communicate and pray to God. He discussed Abraham, Moses, David, and Paul and what we can learn from them on prayer. Jakes explained his reasoning on looking at the some of the men in the introduction. He shared how the men in history had to focus on building homesteads and cities and they led the armies to fight the wars. Women were able to pray more and make their homes like a holy sanctuary. Jakes opened up about how prayer has changed generations and they need to continue in their march towards equality and to stand against the injustice. In the book, he looked at ten women: Hannah, Mary, Sarah, the woman with the issue of the blood, Samaritan woman, Ester, Rhona, Shunammite woman, and Anna. 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters was the one that discussed the woman with the issue of the blood and how she displayed incredible courage. She had a disease and it was considered a violation to touch anyone. When she was out in public, she was supposed to yell unclean. She had the bleeding condition for twelve years and she received help from countless doctors. They were unable to fix her issue. He just wanted to touch his clothes and be healed. Eventually, she decided to touch Jesus cloak when he was moving among the crowd. He revealed the scriptural background of the tassel and what this meant. This tassel showed the authority of Christ and the promises of God. Jakes shared how we all experience pain and we all have issues and how our only hope is to pray. He explained how she knew her value and wasn’t afraid to reach out to Christ and to receive healing. The world judged her for her condition but she chose to ignore them and to still move ahead. Jakes shared with readers on who they are in Christ and how valuable we are to Him. He encouraged readers to keep praying and to keep believing for the victory.   

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is seeking a book on prayer. It is written to help woman to pray for their families and friends. But men can also learn how to pray but looking at the lives of woman in the Bible who have made a difference and helped changed the scope of generations. I immensely loved the topic of the book and how it explored the woman in the Bible and how they prayed to God and believed in His promises. I don’t believe many authors have written a book just on women in the Bible who prayed. I truly believe this was the first in that regard. I especially liked how he explained in details of the lessons we can learn from Sarah, Mary, Esther, and much more and how they chose to pray and believe in God and His Word. Jakes also discussed COVID-19 and the darkness and changes it has caused the world and how it changed the church and how the darkness is never as strong as the light. There are many things we can learn from the woman in the Bible and how they were able to be empowered to accomplish the will of Christ. 

 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Faithwords for my honest review.” 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy of When Women Pray, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/When-Women-Pray-Changed-through/dp/1546015590/