5 Things to Pray for Your World

Melissa B Kruger

We watch the news, read articles, and hear stories about difficulties in our world. The needs are so massive, the stories so heartbreaking, that often we don’t even know how to pray. Rachel Jones’s excellent new book, 5 Things to Pray for Your World, offers a needed guide to seek God’s help by praying God’s Word. We may feel powerless, but we have the ear of an all-powerful God. May we faithfully cry out to him for the world around us.

Sinclair B Ferguson

From Jesus' disciples to Martin Luther's barber and beyond, "teach us to pray" has been a frequently heard heart-cry. But the truth is we can only really learn to pray by praying. Here 5 Things to Pray for your World will help you. It takes an old idea, tested and tried throughout the ages – a prayer list – and turns it into a thought-provoking, vision-expanding, prayer-stimulating tool. It is small enough to fit into your pocket, but big enough to change your life. Simple, but brilliant.

“Deepening Our Prayer Life”

I've never encountered such a positive response from a book centred on prayer. We recently ran our week of prayer and I chose this series to be the theme. I have had several people enquire about receiving copies and sharing how they see prayer in a wider and practical context. I used this particular book for our focus on Remembrance Sunday 2017 praying for our armed forces. It was received very well.

“Deepening Our Prayer Life”

I've never encountered such a positive response from a book centred on prayer. We recently ran our week of prayer and I chose this series to be the theme. I have had several people enquire about receiving copies and sharing how they see prayer in a wider and practical context. I used this particular book for our focus on Remembrance Sunday 2017 praying for our armed forces. It was received very well.

“Helpful, accessible and gets you praying!”

Praying for the needs of our world has overwhelmed me in recent years. This book helps to focus thoughts and prayers for our world, based upon scripture, and has the end result of getting me praying - what's not to love?! Accessible and helpful for all ages, I have used this with my parents, youth group and at a Church prayer meeting.

“Helpful, accessible and gets you praying!”

Praying for the needs of our world has overwhelmed me in recent years. This book helps to focus thoughts and prayers for our world, based upon scripture, and has the end result of getting me praying - what's not to love?! Accessible and helpful for all ages, I have used this with my parents, youth group and at a Church prayer meeting.

“Excellent”

An excellent resource to help us pray for a world in need.

“Excellent”

An excellent resource to help us pray for a world in need.

“Immensely practical in a troubling world ”

If, like me, you cry when you read the news, you'll find this book extremely practical in helping you to respond in prayer to the things that happen both close to home and further afield. We've really no excuse not to be praying when there are resources like this to help us. Anyone could use this book, so if you're not used to praying it would be a great place to start. For those who are more seasoned pray-ers, it is full of Biblical ideas. We have also used these books to help us plan prayers for our church small group.