She Prays Like a Girl by Alana Terry and Jaime Hampton Book Review

About the Book:

The dirty little secret so many women feel but never express is that prayer is boring. More so than any other point in history, women today are busy, tired, and overworked, and they aren’t fully convinced their prayers make a whole lot of difference anyway. The mythos of a contemporary prayer warrior has become like an Instagram model -- we all think somebody else is doing it perfectly when the reality is we all have many of the same struggles, limitations, and doubts.

In She Prays Like a Girl, award-winning authors Alana Terry and Jaime Hampton pull back the curtain to show that you’re not alone in your feelings about prayer. Worrying that you always fall short of expectation doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. One of the biggest lies we’ve been led to believe is that there’s some mysterious “right” way to pray and that unless you’re doing it exactly like your pastor/sister/prayer partner, you’re letting God and everyone around you down.

She Prays Like a Girl brings up facets of life that are unique to women and shows how these beautiful and unique gifts can also give fuel and fire to our prayers. The secret is learning to embrace our individuality and stop trying to pray like everybody else.

In a world where women are overworked, overlooked, and overwhelmed, She Prays Like a Girl’s goal is to empower readers to remember that we have innate gifts that make us special and beloved of God, and that once we learn to embrace these gifts and pray according to the way God uniquely designed us, our prayers will change the world.

 

My Review:

I have struggled all of my Christian life to think that I am effective in prayer. I have read many books on the subject, dutifully following their instructions for various prayer methods. Yet I struggled with my confidence in prayer.

This book has been the most freeing book I have read on prayer. Terry and Hampton encouraged me to be myself in prayer, to express my own prayer personality in my conversation with God. They helped me find my own motivation for prayer, to determine what God wants me to be praying about (not everything). They explained how I can use my intuition (sometimes actually spiritual discernment) to know for whom to pray and how to pray. They share many of their own experiences to show how to overcome some of the barriers to prayer, like busyness. They have good action steps in dealing with fear and worry. They helped me understand what a prayer burden is and how to be prepared for spiritual warfare in prayer. They have good insight on dealing with my inner critic. They also give lots of information for women about the changes they experience during their cycle and how it might affect their prayers.

This is a great book on prayer for women, speaking to their opportunities for prayer and possible hindrances. I highly recommend it.

My rating: 5/5 stars.

About the Authors:

Alana Terry is a USA Today bestselling suspense novelist known throughout the Christian fiction world for her intense storylines and realistic characters. She lives in Alaska with her family. Alana's the co-host of the Praying Christian Women podcast and can often be found pacing around outside dreaming up her next plot twist.

Jaime Hampton is a Christian author, and co-host of the Praying Christian Women podcast. She enjoys camping with her family, roasting (and drinking!) coffee, and the crazy life that comes with being a hockey mom.

Christian Books Today, 178 pages.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.

(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)