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    Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge
    Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge
    Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge
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    Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

    Written by Mark Batterson

    Narrated by Mark Batterson

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    Your 40-day guide to experiencing more passionate, persistent, intimate communication with God. 

    Do you pray as often and as bravely as you want to? Are you looking to strengthen your relationship with God and experience a deeper, more intentional prayer life? Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker, is here to teach you all about a new, life-changing way to pray. 

    After the release of The Circle Maker, thousands of readers quickly became many tens of thousands, and soon enough, true stories of miraculous and inspiring answers to prayer began to pour in. Draw the Circle shares these inspiring testimonies and combines them with timely scriptures and daily prayer prompts designed to stir you to pray like never before. 

    Through these moving stories and encouraging devotionals, you'll learn all about:

    • The life-changing power of intentional prayer
    • Why prayer is such a crucial aspect of your relationship with God
    • How to start applying the principles of The Circle Maker in your everyday life
    • How to stay humble, patient, and focused as you start your 40-day journey
    • Building prayer habits that will support your faith for a lifetime

    There's a way for all of us to experience a deeper, more passionate, persistent, and intimate prayer life. Batterson invites you to begin a lifetime of watching God work, believe in the God who can do all things, and experience the power of bold prayer and even bolder faith. Let Draw the Circle be the first forty days on your way to a lifetime of watching God work and believing in the God who can do all things.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateDec 18, 2012
    ISBN9780310328322
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    Mark Batterson

    Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. One church with multiple locations, NCC owns and operates Ebenezers Coffeehouse, the Miracle Theatre, and the DC Dream Center. NCC is currently developing a city block into the Capital Turnaround; the 100,000-square-foot space will include an event venue, a child development center, a mixed-use marketplace, and a coworking space. Mark holds a doctor of ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books including The Circle Maker, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Wild Goose Chase, Play the Man, Whisper, and recently released Win the Day. Mark and his wife, Lora, have three children and live on Capitol Hill.

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    • 5/5
      “Draw the Circle” is a compelling and inspiring read that challenges and encourages readers to deepen their prayer life.
    • 5/5
      Prayer is central to a fruitful and joyous life in Christ.
    • 5/5
      I could do this prayer challenge every day for the rest of my life! Thank you MB! God is so good and uses you so mightily. I’m so refreshed and redirected!
    • 5/5
      Best daily devotional ever. I listened to this book earlier this year to really hear what God had to say to me and I really saw a difference in my prayer life, my attitude and the encouragement I gave to others. This book transformed me.
    • 5/5
      Simple forthright and straight forward. Easy to understand. Great blessing.
    • 5/5
      Excellent read! I look forward to reading it again and again...
    • 5/5
      Excellent book! Makes you think deeply about your prayer life and it’s practical! I have experienced results and a more deep prayer life because of this book. Now im ready to start this prayer journal which is excellent advice!
    • 5/5
      What a powerful book. Just wow! My prayer life will never be the same!