Book Review: Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney

This is a quick read. It is somewhat repetitive, so it successfully reinforces points made throughout the book well. I confess. I struggle with prayer and intimacy with God. It hasn’t been too great. So pray for me. The youth pastor at my church gave me a copy because he knew I would be blessed by this book. This is what I was looking for: a book explaining how to pray through the Scriptures. Do you ever notice in your prayer life, repeating the same old things with the same old words. I notice it in my life, and used to think I was so “un-Spiritual”. And maybe I was or maybe I just didn’t know how to pray very well. Whitney points out that this method, done correctly is a fail proof method, because you are literally praying through the Bible itself. As you pray through Scripture (often Psalms is a good starting place), he guides you into an approach that is extremely simple. It’s easy to work through. Essentially go through a passage verse by verse and as...