This book is a treasure, one that you will want to keep close by. Written by Anne Graham Lotz, beloved bible teacher, speaker, author and daughter of Billy Graham, this book offers forty beautifully written and biblically-based prayers along with inspiring quotes designed to enhance one’s devotional time. The Light of His Presence was born out of Anne’s own struggles with prayer, especially with all of the noise and distractions found in today’s busy world. As a person who has endured many difficulties, hardships and losses in her lifetime, Anne offers these intimate prayers drawn from her own real-life situations so readers can apply them to theirs. This compilation of prayers, which cover a wide variety of topics and situations, all include four main elements: worship, confession, thanksgiving and intercession. It is no doubt this book will serve as a valuable and useful devotional tool to help readers develop a richer and more meaningful prayer life.

I have just started this book, The light of His Presence, and as usual Anne Graham Lotz does not disappoint!! Such a timely resource as we are all praying for our families, jobs, health concerns and our nation. Anne has a way to simply but powerfully express what we are all thinking and praying for, Very thankful to have this book as a resource for my prayer time.

The prayers themselves are so oriented towards God I immediately feel a connection speaking directly to God as if the words in print are what my heart wanted to speak. Wonderfully written and put together, definitely something I will use for years to come! The scriptures and saying/quotes are inspiring and well placed. This book in whole is absolutely written with love and a true connection with God and a true blessing to read and be apart from it!!

Beautifully written prayers, for any season of your life that God has you in. Anne's prayers will help you get started to more meaningful prayers in your own prayer life.

For such a time as this...

If you are weary or feel stuck in a prayer or prayerlessness rut, you will find prayers to help kick start your prayer life.

Every page will bring you closer to the Lord.

Beautifully written book. It is a great help to for those times when unsure what pray or how to pray.
Anne Lotz has it it out of the ball park again with this book as she has with her other books.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC for an honest opinion.

This is much more than a book of prayers. It is a book of inspiration to become closer to God and more honest with him. The prayers in this book deserve to be on your nightstand or by your reading chair for easy reference. Don't forget to read the appendixes. The challenges there may hit you with a two by four, but then again maybe you need it. I did.

I had the Kindle version. My only regret about that was that scripture between prayers was printed so lightly that they couldn't be read.

The Light of His Presence: Prayers to Draw You Near to the Heart of God by Anne Graham Lotz, is a beautifully written book that does as the title says… it draws you near to the heart of God.
In the introduction to the book, Ann shares that prayer was one of the greatest challenges in her Christian life and that she struggled primarily in three areas; concentration, consistency and content. She says that often when she bows her head to pray, her thoughts start to scatter and she starts thinking about other things. How often do we all do the same thing and then feel guilty? Or, do you find it hard to make time to meet with the LORD in prayer? Or, maybe we struggle with knowing what to say or how to say it. Ann tells us that she asked God to help her find victory in these areas and she shares ways that has helped her. She shares that writing down her prayers helps her to concentrate and know better what she wants to say, and she shares forty prayers that she has written. Ann begins her prayers with worship and includes scripture, which has been so helpful. I have shared many of these prayers with my family. I started my own prayer book, using some of her prayers as examples. She is helping me with what God has helped her.
I love this quote from Ann, “the purpose of prayer is not just to get answers. The purpose is to develop an intimate, personal relationship with the One who loves you, gave Himself for you, and longs for you to live in the light of His presence”.
I highly recommend this book.
Thank you ,NetGalley and WaterBrook & Multnomah, for allowing me to read, review and give my own opinions.

What beautifully written book! Her prayers, written for different times and seasons of life, will help guide your heart and mind to the throne of God. The author incorporates scripture among her prayers, and there’s much to learn about the attributes of God all throughout these prayers. Anne Graham Lotz has given us a book to keep near and read at the times when our heart needs comfort and encouragement. She also gives some great instruction about how to make our own times of prayer more meaningful, and gives suggestions on how to write out our own prayers. Although I read an this as an ebook, I’d love to have it as a print copy for my bookshelf. This book would make a wonderful gift.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

This is a book that you will treasure! It is beautifully written and I wrote out so many of her prayers. This is a book I highly recommend and it would make a wonderful gift. Thank you WaterBrook & Multnomah via NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

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I The Light of His Presence was beautifully written. I look forward to using it as a reference in the future. I am always so thankful that others find the words my heart feels and puts the words on paper. Thank you for allowing me to review.

The very first paragraph of the introduction of this book “The Light of His Presence” spoke directly to me as if as if I had told the author an area I struggle with and she said, “me too.” She then precedes to lay out guidelines on how she made changes in her prayer life.

I found myself highlighting so many of the prayers, sharing some of the prayers with hurting friends and writing different ones in my Bible so I see it again and again. In her prayers, Anne humbling confesses her fears, disappointments, times she failed and and then her praise and thanksgivings. This isn’t a book directed at the reader to change but instead illustrates us how she battled the same issues that we do. I enjoyed The Light of His Presence and am recommending the book to my family and friends.

Anne Graham Lotz was once called, "the best preacher in the family," by her father. Her writings show an intimacy with God that is enviable, but it is also achievable. The Light of His Presence is a book to aid the reader on the path to the same kind of intimacy she experiences.

The Light of His Presence contains prayers that fit various occasions we all encounter in life. These are not just prayers from the top of her head, but they are prayers steeped in scripture and show how God understands what the readers are going through. These are also prayers that help the reader focus on who God is and how much He loves us.

As Anne writes, “My prayer for you . . . is that God will use my struggle with prayer to help you overcome yours. And that, as a result, you will be drawn nearer to the heart of God.”

Five stars, two thumbs up, and a place near to the heart of God.

WaterBrook/Multnomah and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are my own.