In Pray Bold, Joel Osteen has written a brand-new book about taking the limits off of God and boldly praying holding nothing back. This book encouraged readers to ask God for explosive blessings and receive everything God has for us. Joel explained how what we pray determines what kind of life we will live. He reminded us that scriptures declare how He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ask or even imagine. Many of us get stuck in a rut of praying the same prayers over and over again and praying small. If God was able to grant everything, we ask for right now, would it be a small prayer or something bigger.
One of my favorite stories was about a man named Casey. He owned a company that moved houses. They had to regularly move power lines and signage to clear the way to move the house down the road. One day they arrived to realized that the main chain to unload the house was missing. He didn’t have time to go back and find it. He didn’t want to abandon the house either. He told his crew that all they could do was pray. He decided to pray and someone commented and made a joke about how is this even going to happen. It’s not like God is going to make one fall from Heaven. Casey still prayed that God would provide and supernaturally do something to help. A few minutes later, there was a truck coming down the road making a sharp turn in the curve. It had the tail gate open and out comes flying and lands near Casey’s feet. He picks it up and they finish the job. This story was very inspiring in believing and having faith that God can provide for us whenever we need His help.
One of my favorite chapters discussed receive when you believe. A lot of us who are single are praying that we will meet someone soon. Others are praying for healing and wholeness. Some are praying that their marriage will be restored. Some could be praying about relationships that have gone astray, a new job, financial help, just to touch on a few. Joel reminded readers about Mark 11 and how whatever we ask for in prayer we must believe it first and receive it and how then it would be ours. He stated how we need to instead declare how we receive our healing right now. He then retold the story about his mother being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in 1981. The doctors couldn’t do any treatment for her. He shared how they prayed and asked God to heal her. She wrote it down on her calendar the day healing come into her body. She would constantly thank God even though she didn’t feel any different. She kept on thanking Him for healing. She had to received it in her spirit before she saw any evidence in the natural. This chapter deliberated how we don’t have to keep asking God over and over instead we can learn to receive it and believe that it has happened. We can thank Him for it and this shows that we trust Him and His power. He also went over how we don’t need to cancel out our prayers with doubts and unbelief. Being double minded isn’t going to help you.
I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready for a change and they are tired of praying small prayers. This book will inspire you to pray bold prayers and to take the limits off God and believe and then receive it. It was very eye opening to me to be reminded about how we don’t have to keep praying and instead we can receive it by faith. We can learn to control our doubts and not being doubled minded. The stories presented in this book will encourage readers to pray prayers that will stretch your faith. The book also enclosed thirty prayers we can pray such as facing adversity, feeling like a failure, controlling your thoughts, victory over fear, stop living for people’s approval, and much more. There is a special section of discussion questions. This book is another excellent book from pastor, Joel Osteen and readers will love it!
“I received this book free from the publisher for my honest review.”
If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Pray-Bold-Dare-Ask-Believe/dp/1546005153/
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