Prayer Resources for Guidance
Spiritual Warfare Prayer
Annotated Bibliography
Eckhardt, John. Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual: a Comprehensive Guide to Living Free. Lake Mary, Florida: Charisma House, 2014. Provides a detailed description of the spiritual realm and strategies for engaging it with the armor and weapons of prayer that God has provided. Additional titles by John Eckhardt include, Prayers that Rout Demons and God Still Speaks.
Lamb, Joy. The Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God. Jacksonville, FL: Lamb, 1993. A handbook of prayer using particular Biblical passages. Also, provides templates for specific types of prayers, including prayers of forgiveness, repentance, deliverance and freedom from generational curses and strongholds.
Prince, Derek. Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting. Charlotte, NC: Whitaker House, 1973. This special edition was printed to honor the IFA (Intercessors for America) 50th Anniversary in 2023. This volume seeks to empower and guide believers in praying on behalf of America as founded to be “One Nation Under God.”
- - - Spiritual Warfare Headquarters-The Heavenlies: the Battlefield-Our Minds. United States: Prince, 2013. This volume includes a biblical description of the two opposing heavenly kingdoms, as well as the use of each spiritual weapon, both offensive and defensive.
Devotional Prayer
Annotated Biliography
Garlow, James L. “The Covenant.” Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill, 1999. In order to truly comprehend the legal power of prayer through our personal relationship with God, understanding the biblical language of covenant is key. Garlow writes, “Our whole understanding of salvation, holiness, healing, worship and deliverance are all based on this platform called the covenant.”
Nee, Watchman. “Sit, Walk, Stand.” United States: Tyndale, 1957. This classic work, based on the text of Ephesians, was compiled from the spoken ministry of Mr. Watchman Nee during the period of evangelistic witness to the Chinese just prior to the Japanese war. This small volume speaks of our position in Christ, our life in the world, and our attitude to the adversary that seeks to stop us from bringing God’s message of salvation.
Spangler, Ann. “Praying the Names of God: a Daily Guide.” Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004. This devotional unlocks the power of the Hebrew Scriptures’ understanding of the indescribable God. Day by day, you will discover the depths of God’s character and His purpose in creating us for relationship. There is no valley too deep from which God cannot and will not rescue his beloved.
Tozer, AW. “The Pursuit of God: the Human Thirst for the Divine.” Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 1982. This enduring favorite, brings us face to face with an intimately knowable God that can fill our deepest longing for connection.