I could not get into this book, sorry. Trying to clean up my netgalley. Didn’t realize that I was forgetting to leave reviews on netgalley itself, My apologies.

In Journey in Prayer: 7 Days of Praying with Jesus author John Smed challenges readers to investigate the Lord's Prayer and to begin to use it as a pattern for prayer. Taking seven requests from the Lord's Prayer, Smed shows readers how the Lord's Prayer helps them discover God's heart and know him more deeply. The book is full of biblical teaching, practical application, and personal examples of prayers drawn from the Lord's Prayer.

While it's always nice to have the portability of an ebook, Journey in Prayer is probably best enjoyed and savored with a hard copy in hand so you can make notes, answer questions thoughtfully, highlight, and doodle. Readers who take time to savor and sit in the beauty of God's Word as they study and pray through the Lord's Prayer will likely find they are journeying into God's presence in new and exciting ways. Whether you've been a believer for a long time and wnat to refresh your prayer life, or you're a new beliver who's not quite sure how to pray, either way you'll find plenty of inspiration in Journey in Prayer.

Note: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for this honest review. The opinions expressed are my own.

Journey in prayer by John Smed is a book that helps the reader grow in prayer and faith by taking a closer look at the Lord’s Prayer. I think this book would be a great tool for any small Bible study group, Sunday school class or even for personal use.

First sentence: My journey in prayer begins in a monastery garden.

Journey in Prayer: 7 Days of Praying with Jesus is centered around the Lord's Prayer. Books about prayer abound. There are books that focus on the why, the how, the when, the where. Just about any aspect of praying--there's a book that covers that aspect exactly. Even so, I find Journey in Prayer to be hard to classify.

The Lord's Prayer is the jumping off place certainly. But it's more the spring to get you lifted up and going. It isn't grounded and rooted into learning more about The Lord's Prayer, not really. It's more like the Lord's Prayer is the stone you throw in the water, and these devotions, these studies are the ripples that follow. I wouldn't classify this one as saturated in Scripture so much as saturated in feelings, emotions, stories, illustrations, quotes.

The book has a lot of blank spaces for readers to write in. This is supposed to be an immersive, interactive journey. One can only gain by actually doing the exercises. Theoretically speaking of course.

If you are seeking out a book on prayer--in general--I'd go elsewhere. If you are seeking out a book on the Lord's Prayer specifically, I'd definitely go elsewhere. It perhaps is lacking a little in depth and substance, but has plenty of width. It's like a swimming pool that's only two feet deep. Depending on where YOU are in your faith journey, you may or may not benefit from reading it.