Pathway to Prayer - by M J Hancock (Paperback)

About the Book

A treasure trove of encouragement, that we might grow in prayer. 500+ of the best quotes on prayer, from 106 Christian writers spanning 17 centuries. Plus 180+ Bible verses. All of it organized into 50 practical and theological topics.

Book Synopsis

A glorious treasure trove of encouragement, that we might grow closer to God in prayer.

• More than 500 of the best quotes on this vital spiritual discipline
• From 106 Christian writers spanning 17 centuries
• Plus more than 180 Bible verses
• Painstakingly curated, organized, and assembled into 50 practical and theological topics

Classic writers such as Thomas Brooks, Richard Baxter, William Gurnall, Oliver Heywood, Octavius Winslow, Horatius Bonar, C.H. Spurgeon, J.C. Ryle, Andrew Murray, and many more. Plus a Foreword by Tim Challies.

Pathway to Prayer is a unique and beautiful volume, every page packed with profound encouragement and timeless insight. An extraordinary labor of love-and a multi-year project for author M.J. Hancock, a long-time missionary to Cambodia-this book can help lead Christians into deeper and more meaningful times of prayer and intercession.

Lean into your quiet time. Learn directly from the hard-won wisdom of many of the most devoted, prayerful Christians throughout church history. People who often struggled with their worship and devotions but nevertheless pressed on in faith, confident that God would meet them, mature them, and guide them in his perfect will.

Whether it's jump-starting a stalled prayer life or broadening and deepening a mature one, Pathway to Prayer brings invaluable direction and guidance from what is truly the wisdom of the ages. For the full experience read it straight through, stopping regularly to meditate on the wisdom that leaps off the page, or selectively dip into any of the 50 topical sections for a laser focus on a particular area of need.

Review Quotes

"Hancock has gathered a treasury of quotations pertinent to a difficult and challenging subject: the practice of prayer. This is a book to read slowly and meditatively, as each quotation is a sword to cut down our pride, a burning coal to ignite our hearts with holy desire, and a compass to direct us in the way of communion with God."

- Dr. Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed

Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan

"I have often thought it would be a good idea to compile a collection of quotes from godly saints of the past on the topic of prayer specifically. What we have here in this book is exactly what I had in mind, beautifully and comprehensively realized. Today's church has become expert in so many things that she may be tempted to disparage any instruction from a former generation. But that would be a great error. Our forefathers, though more primitive in their tools, excelled where it mattered most. Namely, in the place of prayer. Let us have the humility to recognize our poverty in this vital Christian virtue and seek by God's help to recover that which has largely been lost. Read this book slowly and thoughtfully as every single quote deserves our careful attention. May the Lord be pleased to revive the art of soul communion within the heart of every child of God."

- Steven Lee, Founder, Sermon Audio

"When my colleague asked if I would write something in support of this new compendium on prayer, it came into my mind in one terrifying moment that he somehow knew the truth about my private prayer life, and that his scheme was to get me to read this book and be changed. If that was his scheme, it was brilliantly successful. I expected to be convicted by the exhortations of my older brothers and sisters-and they indeed left marks. What I didn't expect was the warm encouragement from those same brothers and sisters, their own confessions of struggle in prayer, and their down-to-earth ideas for bringing about a real change of heart and habit. As I made mark after mark on my copy, the passages made mark after mark on my own soul. I was being changed. "I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one who desperately needs the transforming encouragements of this book."

- J.D. Crowley, Ratanakiri, Cambodia