This review of The 7 Great Prayers
The 7 Great Prayers opens up ideas for ways to get into the habit of prayer. By using these 7 simple prayers and adding your personal affirmations, a person should experience a more blessings of health, wealth and abundance.
Thoughts on the book
The first few chapters basically dealt with the financial struggles of the McManus family, how the book came to be written and accolades of how many copies were sent all over the world before it was actually published by a book company. (Very slow start and not of concern to what the books basic purpose was). The next few chapters focused on following a regimen of 21 days of praying these prayers (several times a day) and you will begin to see blessings flow your way. The 7 steps for a lifetime of hope and blessings gave you steps that involved setting goals, tap into your talents, live in a state of gratitude, decide to live in the ‘now’, ask with faith, be alert and receptive to signs from God, bless others (give and you will receive). The power of the 7 great prayers laid out the power of emotion, tapping into the subconscious, tap into the power of “I am”, believing that you have already received the blessing you have asked for. The power of writing the prayers –which involves each of our senses in the process – and the power of 21-days –creating a habit – were discussed in the next two chapters.
Finally the writers get to the 7 Great Prayers. Each one is very simple. The explanation of the prayers was interesting. The reader was encouraged to start on the 21-day prayer journal while reading the book and add a new prayer each day until you have completed the book. As the prayers unfold, the book begins to show relevance of the prayers and how the prayers will give you a more grateful and positive outlook on life, which in turn will allow you to see the blessings that God has given you each day.
I agree with prayer. I even agree in the use of simple prayers daily. I did not like the direction of the beginning of the book – if you prayer these prayers you will be blessed-giving the reader the idea of “do this and you will receive this”. The reason for prayer and the understanding that prayer is a personal talk with God was only revealed near the end of the book. This was disappointing.
The book would be good for someone that is in crisis and needs a lesson in positive attitude, changing focus, and opening them up to prayer and its healing affects. If you are someone that wants to learn to pray, this is a very simplistic solution, but not much explanation on why we pray (other than to be blessed).
Recommendation of The 7 Great Prayers
- I would probably not recommend The 7 Great Prayers to a friend. It is not a “sit on the edge of your seat book”. It has a few good points and reminds us that your attitude attracts more of the same – negative attracts negative and positive attracts positive.
- I would recommend anyone that wants to read this book to find it at the library or a book swap.
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This sounds like another name it and claim it book.
My comment is on prayer(7 prayers) first of all God has placed over 900 promises in the word(Bible)of God. So I personally go to the promise that meets my need and lift it until that need has been met. God sees and He provides; for it says that we are to pray believing that we already have it. And I pray to God in the name of Jesus Christ(who fulfilled all the law every jot and tittle)so that we would be able to stand before God righteous by Gods Grace and not by our own works, lest any man should boast. Believing is the title deed, Believing equals receiving.
Given that so much of what we’re told about God in the Bible is counterintuitive, my suspicion is that rote prayers like this won’t be answered on general principal. God won’t be subject to a prayer plan of human origin.
We need to pray prayers of thanks at all times–thanks for what God has done, not what we want him to do–and to praise God in our darker moments. None of that is as easy as praying our wants, but if you read the the only book that counts, that’s what we’re called to do.