It can sometimes be hard to know how best to help friends, family or fellow church members who are struggling through pain and suffering. But one guaranteed way to love them well is to commit to pray for them regularly. Whether someone you know is dealing with grief, illness, emotional distress, mental-health issues or difficult circumstances, this guide will help you to pray for them with compassion and purpose.
Each of the 21 prayer themes in this book takes a passage of Scripture and suggests five things to pray for your struggling friend—relevant for whatever their troubles may be. You can use this book in any number of ways: work through it as part of your daily quiet time or pick it up whenever you want to pray for your ...friend.
(Review written for '5 Things to Pray for a Suffering Friend')
A little book but packed with powerful truths. Just came out this month. We always have circumstances and hard times when we don’t know what to pray for or say to a friend.
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This book rooted in verses gives words of comfort for any circumstance and struggle.
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It’s divided into the categories:
𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘵
𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘱
𝘚𝘰𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯
𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘯
💬 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵:𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮.𝘤𝘰𝘮/𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴/
(Review written for '5 Things to Pray for a Suffering Friend')
“The best kind of a friend is a praying friend.”
Small book- huge impact! This book is divided into 21 themes of prayer, which provide countless opportunities (actually much more than just 5) and ways to pray for a friend.
Use this book as a guide and resource to cover your friend & friendship in prayer. This brief yet mighty ...book leaves no stone unturned and is helpful when we feel at a loss of what to pray for when a friend is experiencing a difficult trial. This could include anything from mental distress to grief to illness to financial difficulties. Of course, there are battles that may not even be known… cover this too!
This book was easy to read, practical, and a huge blessing to me. I prayed many of the prompts and topics for a specific friend in mind. What better way to honor and love my friend than to cover her entirely in prayer in so many areas I may not have thought of on my own.
There are many other books in this authors series including 5 things to pray for your church, world, city, kids, spouse and more!
Thank you so much to @thegoodbookcompanyusa for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
(Review written for '5 Things to Pray for a Suffering Friend')
5 things to pray for a suffering friend by Helen Thorne. The book might look small but it is packed full of prompts. It is split into four sections that each with topics/prompts to pray for. Within each of the 21 topics there are five prayer points and a Bible verse to give the reader more clarity on the section. Overall it seemed to me that the prompts are broad enough to be applicable to many people, but there is a section where you can also add in your own prayer points so this could help customize it for your ...friend’s specific situation.
I love the idea of this book as it is so important to be praying for our friends and to coming along one another so this is a great resource for those who don’t know where to start.
