Praying with Paul

Hoopla is one of my favorite inventions. Since I spend a lot of time in the car or cleaning and cooking, I keep up with reading using audio books. Yes, I am a fan of multitasking—aren’t most people, especially women?

If you’re unfamiliar, Hoopla is an app available for library card holders in our town and other cities, too. Libby is a similar app but is not linked to a library. You may borrow Ebooks, Audiobooks, Movies, Music, etc. A few months back I finished my latest Hoopla read, and under the row of my recent reads I noticed some enticing books on Recommended For You. Among the titles was Praying with Paul by D. A. Carson. Since I knew of the author and am interested in praying, I borrowed the audio version.

I only remember reading one other book twice in a row. The first time was when I was sixteen years old and had just finished Gone with the Wind. Tears were streaming down my face as Scarlett and Rhett split up. No!!! And the very next day, I began reading again from page one. Surely Margaret Mitchell couldn’t have let Rhett get away! Alas, the book’s ending didn’t change by the end. I’m a perennial fan of GWTW.

All that to say that after finishing listening to Praying with Paul, I turned right around and started at the beginning. In it, Carson does a deep dive on the subject of the prayers of the Apostle Paul as recorded in the New Testament. Obviously, it changed my approach on prayer, even though I have prayed with diligence ever since my “prayer night” thirty years ago. I digress—that’s a story for another time.

I highly recommend D. A. Carson’s fine book, Praying with Paul, in whatever format works best for you. I believe it will change anyone’s prayer life for the better.