Simply Pray: How to Ask, Seek, and Knock for Answered Prayer

by Deb Hopper

Overview

Understand the power of ASK—Ask, Seek, Knock—as you examine your prayer life and apply this simple concept from Matthew 7:7. Deb Hopper masterfully weaves her own story from desperation and divorce to hope and healing with biblical principles and Scripture to encourage you to pray. With over 30 years of answered prayer covering everything from cars to careers to children, Deb demonstrates how every concern is worth bringing to God.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186151968
Publisher:	Our Daily Bread Publishing
Publication date:	03/20/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	272,753
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Deb Hopper felt called to ministry at age 16, and she spent the first 25 years of her professional career serving in the church and working in the corporate world. Her years as a business manager helped her provide for two young daughters as a single mother but were also the breaking point in her spiritual life and the beginning of a power-filled prayer journey. After 10 years as the women’s pastor at Seacoast Church (a 25,000-member megachurch based in South Carolina), she transitioned off staff to pursue family ministry and life coaching. Married for 27 years to Gibson Hopper, she has three daughters, two sons-in-love, and 11 grandchildren.

Editorial Reviews

[My mom, Deb Hopper] knows that prayer is a mystery, but she's going to encourage you to start to grow in simple and practical ways. She's going to tell you some of the stories that have built her faith, and certainly mine, as we've seen God do what He does over and over again.
You're not going to leave this book feeling the same about prayer. ... Because you can simply pray and see your whole world change.
Enjoy my mom and her wild wisdom—I get her back for Sunday lunch!

from the Foreword - Jess Connolly

In Simply Pray, Debbie's clarity and simplicity helped me create a fresh practice of prayer. The principles of Matthew 7:7 to ask, seek, and knock are unfolded with refreshing honesty of how messy our prayers begin, practical applications and tools to bring focus to our prayers, and rich illustrations of answered prayers. If your prayer life needs some CPR to bring back a strong heartbeat, this is a book for you.

from the Publisher - Lisa Allen

So many of us feel like absolute failures at prayer. Whether it is our season of life or our attention span that inhibits us, prayer can feel mysterious and strangely hard. Thankfully, Deb Hopper has provided a simple and accessible path forward. With both courageous vulnerability and hard-won faith, Deb is the prayer mentor you have longed for. If you feel discouraged and stuck, this book is for you!

from the Publisher - Sharon Hodde Miller

Reading Simply Pray is like sitting down with the Godly (and fun) wiser woman you've always wanted to take to coffee with your journal in hand as you rapidly take notes, looking up to say, 'But, how?' and "What if the answer is always no?'

Debbie's personal 'avalanche' led to a powerful prayer life, now resulting in words that fail with the soothing grace and beauty of a fresh, gentle snow. These are pages I didn't realize I desperately needed to read.

from the Publisher - Kelly Pelfrey

Hebrews tells us that faith does not just believe there is a God but also that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. You want to believe not just that there is power in prayer but that there is power in your prayer. I am a living testimony of this book. I watched an imperfect woman faithfully pray and see God move heaven on my behalf. If you need to know a simple path to increase your faith and, in turn, your prayer life, this is the book for you.

from the Publisher - Katie Walters