When You Need to Move a Mountain

Evans Shepherd Linda

Description

There's prayer--and then there's intercessory prayer. What's the difference? How do we know when intercessory prayer is called for? And even if we feel the call to pray boldly for ourselves or others, how do we do it? What do we say? And what response should we expect from God?In this practical and encouraging book, Linda Evans Shepherd explains what intercessory prayer is, how to pray as an intercessor, and how to experience victory. With chapters devoted to praying for family, others, provision, health, breakthroughs, salvation of loved ones, church, community, country, and more, you'll quickly find the specific help you need to pray for the needs close to your heart. You'll also learn how to develop your own intercessory prayer battle strategy and to celebrate each victory with thanksgiving.If you're someone with a deeply felt need to pray for others, to bring your burdens and troubles to God, and to see God's clear answers to your prayers, this book is for you.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Prayer in Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 02 juillet 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441221766
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Cover
Endorsements
“Got a mountain? Want to see it move? Prayer! Our beloved prayer expert, Linda Evans Shepherd, helps us learn to dig deep for the best spiritual excavation in When You Need to Move a Mountain: Keys to Praying with Power. We can make a difference through the power of Christ—a difference in the lives of our families and friends, a difference in this world we live in, a God-powered, God-ordained difference even in our own hearts. This book. It’s like a manual for glorious faith landscaping!”
Rhonda Rhea, TV personality, humor columnist, and author of 14 books, including Messy to Meaningful , Fix Her Upper , and the award-winning Turtles in the Road
“Have you ever had a prayer request so big you were convinced there was no hope for a positive outcome? In When You Need to Move a Mountain , Linda Evans Shepherd reveals the secrets of intercessory prayer. She’ll teach you how to break strongholds, how to win personal battles, how to protect your family through powerful prayer strategies, and what to do when God says no. This book will transform your life.”
Carol Kent, speaker and author, He Holds My Hand: Experiencing God’ s Presence and Protection
“Linda Evans Shepherd is a powerful prayer warrior, so it’s no surprise to me that she has written such a power-packed book on prayer! When You Need to Move a Mountain is grounded in Scripture and filled with practical suggestions to make your prayer life more effective. If ever there was a time in history when we needed prayer warriors to rise up, it is now! May God use this book in your life to compel you to your knees.”
Becky Harling, international speaker, leadership coach, and bestselling author, How to Listen So People Will Talk and Who Do You Say That I Am?
“With the wisdom of a Jedi warrior and heart of a mother, Linda Evans Shepherd guides and equips even the novice to understand and persevere in intercessory prayer. Hands-on and practical, When You Need to Move a Mountain is part training manual and part motivation to engage in prayers that literally change everything. I wish I’d had this when I was a new believer!”
Julie K. Gillies, author, From Hot Mess to Blessed and Prayers for a Woman’ s Soul
“Everyone faces times in their life when their life circumstances feel like an insurmountable mountain that only a miracle of God can move. Linda has provided a handbook on prayer to help us live in cooperation with God’s plans. If you desire to see a God-sized answer or gain guidance from God’s Word as you pray, keep this book with your Bible as you hit your knees in prayer.”
Pam Farrel, author of 46 books, including the bestselling Discovering Hope in the Psalms: A Creative Bible Study Experience and A Couple’ s Journey with God
“An expression has been circulating in the Christian community: ‘pray small.’ Personally, I think God wants us to pray BIG. Jesus healed people of diseases, and he brought people back to life. Our God knows how to give good gifts—and his Son encouraged us to pray prayers that would move mountains. In her newest book on prayer, Linda Shepherd challenges us to pray those mountain-moving prayers, and I highly recommend that you read it and put those big prayers into practice.”
Janet Holm McHenry, award-winning speaker and author of 24 books, including the bestselling PrayerWalk and her newest, The Complete Guide to the Prayers of Jesus
“This book is for everybody who needs to move a mountain. The keys to praying with power will simplify the complicated and fuel your heart with faith to pray so that the mountain is moved. Be ready for an adventure and to see that mountain move.”
Monica Schmelter, general manager, WHTN Christian Television Network
“Just when my prayer life seems a little lackluster and routine, I read Linda’s book, When You Need to Move a Mountain . It’s a fresh breath of the Holy Spirit to reenergize your prayer life. She reminds us of many ways to pray and the supernatural power of our almighty miracle- working God to answer prayers. She also shares about types of pray-ers who are called to pray in different ways with different focuses. She provides great tools to energize our prayers. Identifying prayer blockers to overcome, such as sin problems, lack of faith, and forgiveness issues allows readers to address those issues and become effective prayer warriors.”
Karen Whiting, author, international speaker, former TV host, and Bible study teacher
Half Title Page
Books by Linda Evans Shepherd
Praying God’s Promises: The Life-Changing Power of Praying the Scriptures
Winning Your Daily Spiritual Battles: Living Empowered by the Armor of God
Called to Pray: Astounding Stories of Answered Prayer
The Stress Cure: Praying Your Way to Personal Peace
When You Don’t Know What to Pray: How to Talk to God about Anything
When You Can’t Find God: How to Ignite the Power of His Presence
When You Need a Miracle: How to Ask God for the Impossible
Experiencing God’s Presence: Learning to Listen While You Pray
N OVELS :
The Potluck Club
The Potluck Club—Trouble’s Brewing
The Potluck Club—Takes the Cake
The Secret’s in the Sauce
A Taste of Fame
Bake Until Golden
The Potluck Club Cookbook
Title Page
Copyright Page
© 2019 by Linda Evans Shepherd
Published by Revell
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
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Ebook edition created 2019
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Dedication
To my wonderful team of intercessors!
Thank you for all your prayers for me, this book, and those who read it. You have carried me on the wings of your prayers. I cherish and value every one of you.
Contents
Cover 1
Endorsements 2
Half Title Page 3
Books by Linda Evans Shepherd 4
Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Dedication 7
Introduction 11
1. The Secrets of Intercessory Prayer 13
2. Prayer Giftings and Essentials 27
3. Prayer as Our Secret Weapon 43
4. Prayers for Breakthroughs 63
5. Prayers to Break Strongholds 75
6. Prayers to Win Battles 93
7. Prayers for Our Families 105
8. Prayers for Others 121
9. Prayers for Provision 133
10. Prayers for Healing 149
11. Prayers for Communities, Churches, Pastors, and Nations 163
12. Victory Prayers 177
Acknowledgments 189
Notes 195
About the Author 201
Back Ads 203
Back Cover 209
Introduction
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
1 John 5:14–15
I am like a prayer investigator.
I had to be because I had a mountain to move.
After a violent car crash put my eighteen-month-old baby into a coma, I needed to know what it would take to touch my daughter through the power of prayer.
Since that fateful day, I’ve made it my mission to understand prayer. I’ve spent hours scouring the Word to discover and understand the prayer secrets it contains, and most importantly, I’ve prayed. I’ve battled. I’ve contended. I’ve sought God. I’ve claimed promises, and I’ve prayed through roadblocks. I’ve experienced breakthroughs and felt the heartache when God says no. I’ve worked with prayer teams and prayer partners, fought the enemy, and prayed with countless people. And yes! I have seen God move. I have seen God answer prayer.
As I share what I’ve learned, I’ll show you how you can become not only a person of prayer but also a person who can use prayer to reverse the works of the enemy, to save lives, to be blessed with provisi