The Circle Maker - Mark Batterson

The Circle Maker

By Mark Batterson

  • Release Date: 2016-12-06
  • Genre: Christianity
Score: 5
5
From 93 Ratings

Description

Bold Prayers Honor God and God Honors Bold Prayers.

With over one million copies sold, New York Times bestseller The Circle Maker is a must-read for experiencing breakthroughs in your prayer life. 

Do you ever sense that there's far more to prayer than what you're experiencing? Are you praying over your impossible dreams and greatest fears? Do you feel like something is holding you back in your prayer life?

It's time you learned from the legend of Honi the Circle Maker. When his land was drought-stricken in ancient times, Honi ha-M'agel drew a circle in the sand, stepped inside it, and wouldn't budge until God answered his petition for rain. Honi's story transformed author Mark Batterson's own experience with prayer and inspired him to document his journey to praying more powerful prayers in The Circle Maker.

Sharing inspiring stories from modern-day circle makers as well as his own experiences, Mark imparts the timeless wisdom and encouragement you need to:
Discern God's will for your lifeUncover your heart's hidden desiresPursue God-sized dreamsConnect with God in fresh waysDeepen your faith and your relationship with prayerDraw prayer circles around your family, your community, your challenges, and your dreams
This updated and expanded edition of The Circle Maker also includes new insights about the ways that God answers prayer along with stories that add convincing proof to the reality that God is able to do exceedingly far greater than all we could ask or imagine.

Learn for yourself that drawing prayer circles around our dreams isn't just a way that we accomplish great things for God--it's a way that God accomplishes great things in us.

Reviews

  • Praying with a new fervor

    5
    By Kellyschae
    This book inspired me to start my own prayer circle and begin circling my faith, my family, and friends in prayer in new and exciting ways. My faith and my prayers are forever changed.
  • Great book!

    5
    By Mjchav_oc
    A must read!
  • Life changing

    5
    By Luckyang
    Amazing read. Already told someone else to read so they can be blessed.
  • Read this book!

    5
    By Colton Garrett
    Amazing inspiration for literally anyone who prays or wants to but is unsure. Kick it up a notch and read this book!
  • A Great Way to Jumpstart Your Prayer Life...but Left Me in the Dust.

    4
    By Iambridge
    Mark Batterson does a great job at provoking big dreamers in this book. The first day I started reading it I started scribbling my biggest dreams in my journal. Some of those dreams had almost died. I appreciate his zeal and encouragement in pushing people to revive themselves. I love the rituals and new practices that Mark pushes the reader to try. It’s totally reshaped my prayer life and has helped me spiritually in so many ways. I read this book and was called to repentance immediately. My prayer life needed to completely change. He has a very inspiring story that everyone should be reading about and learning from. His personal discipline and character is constantly in line with scripture, and it’s no surprise that he is leading such a mature church. The only reason I’m giving it 4 stars and not five is because in some ways Marks description of his life and the things that have happened are so fairytale like. Most people in this world will not experience this type of success and prosperity. The way he writes about prayer can seem formulaic at times, almost like a get rich quick scheme. He uses examples about receiving million dollar checks, starting million dollar businesses, and building a massive church to hook readers early in the book, but makes no mentions about how his type of success is so marginal. The truth is, for some people, no matter how hard they pray, work, and fight for their dream, even if it’s God focused, it may never happen. Why don’t you cover this and talk about it? For people like me who have been praying for their entire life and working toward their dreams faithfully their entire lives and haven’t had this type of experience, it kind of leaves you in the dust. Leaves you questioning yourself, what did he do right and what did I do wrong. I think it’s important for Mark to spend more time discussing those circumstances. Not just saying to simply; Pray Through, Don’t have an ASAP type of prayer mindset, Work like it depends on you and Pray like it Depends on God, or Think Long. He has to dig deeper into the harsh realities that he has lived a very unique experience and he has been blessed beyond what most of humanity will ever experience, and not because God doesn’t care, it’s just the reality of the world when looking at privilege and circumstance. I understand that I have been hurt and prayers that I have been praying for years haven’t been answered, but that’s most of the world. You need a chapter about praying through the hurt of never having a prayer answered, letting go of a dream, or God pointing you into a new direction. In my opinion this would make a more complete book about prayer. Thanks for your hard work Mark. I can’t thank you enough for the journey in prayer you have revived in me. Hope that you or your team are reading these reviews and take them into consideration. I’m sure you do. Also, I emailed you, but never got an email back. Maybe I’ll write a letter instead. God Bless you and your family. Keep writing amazing books.
  • Great Read!

    5
    By ta5ha1
    Amazingly insightful! Can’t wait to start the Draw the Circle 40 day prayer challenge!

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