I received an ARC of this book from Moody Publishers via NetGalley, this review is my personal opinion.

On bended Knee

This is an 8 weeks bible study, it could be done individually and on a group. Crickett Keeth did a wonderful job organizing and you can see that she is a woman of prayer. Each week we study a different character all this center in prayer. All this divide on four parts.

1-Looking to God’s word, in this part we study and specific scripture according to the weekly theme.
2-Looking Upward, it takes us to reflect on our own personal life.
3-Looking Deeper, usually with some other verse as reference related to the one we previous study at the beginning of the lesson.
4-Looking reflectively is where you need to open up to God and let Him know about your heart.

What I like about this bible study is that each lesson takes you to step by step in a way that you can learn and also open yourself to God. With powerful and life-changing truth I believe this book represents an opportunity of growth on our relationship with God and even other people. I must say that my prayer life has changed after doing this bible study, and also at the end of the book, we find a guide for the leader in case of those that will be in a group.

Truly grateful to Moody Publisher for the ARC of this book, it was an unexpected blessing in my life.

A study on prayers that look to the heart of men and women in the bible. How did they approach God? What motivated them to pray? How did they pray? How did their relationship with God deepen as a result of the prayers? It is learning the how that we listen what humble prayer looks like. It becomes more of a God centered prayer rather than a prayer focused on my world but the reign of Christ.

Each chapter is a closer relationship with the Father. What a prayer of dependence looks like, seeking God, etc. and with each chapter comes a deeper look what the motivation behind the prayer and how it changes our relationship with God. Prayer builds trust and faith. It is more for our good as prayer is a form of worship. We have a deeper look of Old Testament prayers and New Testament prayers. It is these examples of prayers that will deepen your own prayer life that will make prayer time a time to look forward to. A time to see and know God. A time for our hearts to align with the heart of God. These prayers of the bible are there for a reason an example to live by.

Highly recommend.

A Special Thank you to Moody Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

ON BENDED KNEE

PRAYING LIKE PROPHETS, WARRIORS, AND KINGS

BY CRICKETT KEETH



MOODY PUBLISHERS

CHRISTIAN

PUB DATE 04 JUN 2019





I am reviewing a copy of On Bended Knee through Moody Publishers and Netgalley:





If You Are looking for a good Bible Study to do as a group On Bended Knee is that, Dealing With the importance of prayer and worship.



The study goes on to deal with the subject Of intercession as well as that of Trust, even admits the trials of life.





I give this eight week in-depth Study five out of five stars!





Happy Reading!

This is such a quality bible study that I would recommend to any woman looking to improve her prayer life. I was impressed with the depth of the questions as well as the wide variety of experiences it acknowledges. Any woman, regardless of her personality and strengths will be enriched through this study.

Another book on prayer? What does this book offer that other books had not? Two things. It shows us how to pray and it gives us space to pray. Many people pray the Lord's Prayer by heart. That is a good thing. Author Crickett Keeth gives us many more examples of prophets, priests, kings, and pilgrims whose prayers we could profit much from. Designed to be used for the season of Lent, each chapter can be treated as a daily workbook of prayer. Like a working devotional, readers and participants could look forward to four sections each day.

1. Looking to God's Word (meditation)
2. Looking Upward (discussion)
3. Looking Deeper (understanding)
4. Looking Reflectively (application)

Through daily devotional use and consistent application, we grow our praying muscles. The key to learning is not about technique. It is about patterning ourselves personally to people who had prayed well in the past. From Jesus, we learn the basics of the Lord's Prayer to move from ritual to relationship. We learn about worship, surrender, supplication, confession and forgiveness, etc. From Paul, we learn the spirituality of intercession. We see how he prays for others to grow spiritually. He wants the believers to grow to love God more. Many of us want to grow spiritually. Have we also prayed for others to do the same? Perhaps, this is the single biggest lesson to learn from Paul's praying stance. From Job, we learn about another dimension of prayer: In times of despair. We need lots of trust in the midst of fog. We learn to trust in times where there are lack of answers in the sea of questions. It is a time of waiting and humbling. From Hannah, we learn about prayer as longing which gives us another dimension of waiting and trusting. Does God know how we feel? What if God had missed us out? How long must we wait? From David, we learn about the psalms of lament, which reflect David's heartfelt need for comfort, for protection, for strength, for thanksgiving, praise, and complaint. From Asa, we learn the importance of starting and finishing well. From Jehoshaphat, we learn the prayer of dependence and from Nehemiah, to pray boldly when the odds are stacked against us.


There are many more Bible characters in the Bible that we can learn from. I suppose we could also learn from people like Peter, Timothy, Titus, John, Jude, and so on. Old Testament characters such as Abraham and Jacob, the prayer of Solomon, and so on could also teach us on other aspects of prayer. With the models provided in this book, readers would be able to do their own studies with characters not covered. Most importantly, if this book is able to prompt readers to pray more earnestly themselves to be on bended kness, this would pretty much pay for the price of the book.

Crickett Keeth is Women's Ministry director at First Evangelical Church in Memphis, Tennessee. She has attended classes at Dallas Theological Seminary with a focus on women's ministry. She loves writing Bible study materials for discussion groups.

Rating: 4.25 stars of 5.

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This book has been provided courtesy of Moody Publishers and NetGalley without requiring a positive review. All opinions offered above are mine unless otherwise stated or implied.

Prayer. It's something most believers want to become better at. In her new book "On Bended Knee," author Crickett Keeth takes readers a participative journey to be better pray-ers. But more than that, she encourages readers to know God more deeply and intimately through prayer and the Word.

This isn't just an easy-reading, feel-better devotional book. It's a Bible study that guides readers to dig into God's Word, meditate on it, and apply it to everyday life. Those who stick it out and complete the study will reap the reward of a deeper prayer life and a closer walk with the Lord.

While Keeth does offer some commentary of her own and includes quotes from Bible teacher and leaders, she focuses on allowing the Word of God to speak for itself. Readers will study and learn from the Lord's prayer, Pauls prayer of intercession in Ephesians 3:14-21, Job's prayer of despair, Hannah's prayer of longing, David's prayer of lament, Asa's prayer of seeking God, Jehoshaphat's prayer of dependence, Nehemiah's prayer of boldness, and other prayers in the Bible.

Each section offers opportunities to dig into the Word, meditate on it, memorize it, apply it, journal it, and pray it. Keeth's Bible study, "On Bended Knee" is highly interactive and extremely practical. Readers who invest the time and energy in the study will absolutely find themselves "On Bended Knee" with more meaningful prayer lives.

* I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for this honest review. The opinions expressed are my own.