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The Prayer Shelf - Books on Prayer, Journals, and Praying for Your Family

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Every Christian home has a Bible; the strong ones also have a prayer shelf. These are the books and tools that build an actual prayer life - classics on how to pray, journals that keep you at it, and the praying-for-family books that have carried a g...
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Books on Prayer

The teachers: a Puritan prayer book, two modern classics, and Scripture itself arranged for prayer.

 
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The Valley of Vision collects Puritan prayers that read like poetry and hit like Scripture - three centuries old and still the deepest prayer book most Christians ever own. Pray them word for word until they become your own.
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions, (Hardcover)
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A Praying Life is the most honest modern book on prayer - praying like a child, in the middle of real family chaos, without pretending. It has rescued more stalled prayer lives than any recent title.
A Praying Life : Connecting with God in a Distracting World (Paperback)
 
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Praying God's Word teaches praying Scripture back to God, topic by topic - strongholds, worry, family - with the verses printed and ready. It turns "I don't know what to say" into an open Bible.
Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds, (Paperback)
 
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The Power of a Praying Wife has taught millions of wives to fight for their marriages on their knees instead of in the kitchen. Chapter by chapter, topic by topic, it is a battle plan in paperback.
Power of a Praying The Power of a Praying Wife, (Paperback)

Journals and Tools

The keeping-at-it tools: journals for her and for him, cards for the prayer bowl, and a shawl for the chair.

 
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A guided Christian prayer journal gives each week a shape - praise, prayer requests, reflection - so the habit survives busy seasons. The prayer tracker, months later, is the best reading in the house.
Shannon Roberts Prayer Journal for Women, Floral Pattern, 52 Week Scripture, Devotional & Guided Prayer Journal, 7" x 9", 200 Pages
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A prayer journal built for men is plain, direct, and guilt-free - lines for requests and answers, nothing frilly. It makes a strong gift for a husband or father who is starting the habit.
Men's Prayer Journal: A Place for Reflection, Praise, & Thanks, (Paperback)
 
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Scripture prayer cards stock the prayer bowl and the kitchen counter - one verse-prayer at a time, drawn at breakfast. Choose KJV wording so the praying and the reading match.
Every Woman's Scripture Prayer Cards (Softcover): Featuring the King James Version, (Paperback)
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A prayer bowl on the table collects the family's requests on cards - prayed over at meals, moved to the answered side in time. Children learn intercession by watching the bowl fill.
Heart Shaped Wooden Prayer Bowl with 24 Prayer Cards, Brown Wood
 
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A plain prayer shawl for the prayer chair is an old comfort - warmth while you are on your knees at dawn. Choose simple and soft; it is a tool, not a costume.
Glory Max Women's Soft Silky Pashmina Shawl Wrap Scarf, Black

Praying for Your Family

The intercession shelf: praying for children, together as a couple, and for the long haul.

 
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The Power of a Praying Parent covers a child topic by chapter - friends, safety, character, future - so no area of a child's life goes unprayed. Parents have worn out copies of this one for thirty years.
Power of a Praying The Power of a Praying Parent, (Paperback)
 
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Every Child Needs a Praying Mom is Fern Nichols' call to mothers - the book behind Moms in Prayer groups in schools everywhere. Short, urgent, and full of prayed-straight-through stories.
Pre-Owned Every Child Needs a Praying Mom (Paperback) 0310245842 9780310245841
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Mark Batterson's Praying Circles Around Your Children teaches praying promises over your kids' lives for the long term - legacy praying, not emergency praying. The companion to his Circle Maker for the family shelf.
Praying Circles Around Your Children, (Paperback)
 
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The Power of Praying Together helps couples actually start praying aloud as a pair - the awkwardness addressed honestly, the habit built gently. For the marriage shelf beside the Praying Wife volume.
The Power of Praying Together : Where Two or More Are Gathered... (Paperback) 9780736910033