Evelyn ChristensonCritiques

At the end of our lives we will be the sum truth of our responses to God's answers to our prayers - for God has chosen to be limited in His next action by our response to His previous answer. The way we respond to God and then He, in turn, to us actually determines the direction our lives will take. Triggers the domino principle that affects all the rest of life. Determine our spiritual growth rate - usefulness to God. At any point, we can hinder/stop His plan for our lives by our rebellious response to Him.
My prayer: Lord, I want to respond to you in obedience. Please give me the wisdom to follow your path. IJN, Amen.

Here is a handbook for all who desire God's involvement in their family matters - from the heart of a parent who knows the power of prayer. More than ever today our families need to be surrounded and upheld by a power greater than our own. PRAYER provides that power.

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HOW TO BECOME THE CHRISTIAN YOU REALLY WANT TO BE Evelyn Christenson writes, "I have discovered through the years that surprising things happen when I pray, 'Lord, change me--don't change my husband, don't change my children, don't change my pastor, change me!, . . . More and more the fact comes into focus that they, and not I, are responsible before God for their actions. But I am responsible for the changes that need to be made in me

Refreshing and easy to read without being condescending. The author gives lots of anecdotes including her own failures at times, and shares the simple power of prayer. She demonstrates how unforgiveness or sin can close the 'channels' to God, and challenges people to pray simply and in faith. Appropriate for men as well as women!

Re-read nearly 14 years later, and appreciated just as much. Thought-provoking.

HOW TO BECOME THE CHRISTIAN YOU REALLY WANT TO BE Evelyn Christenson writes, I have discovered through the years that surprising things happen when I pray, 'Lord, change me--don't change my husband, don't change my children, don't change my pastor, change me!, . . . More and more the fact comes into focus that they, and not I, are responsible before God for their actions. But I am responsible for the changes that need to be made in me. Eveyn's fourteen-month spiritual adventure in learning how God changes people became the exciting story of this book. First published in 1977, Lord, Change Me! has surpassed one million copies in print and continues to help a new generation of Christian women--and men--experience the spiritual transformation God commands in Romans 12:2. Lord, Change Me! outlines seven methods of real, inside-out change as well as ways to check to be sure it is God who is doing the changing. And woven throughout are Evelyn's wonderfully transparent accounts of how God aught her and her loved ones these nuggets of truth.

This was a great book it taught me a lot about prayer.

Each chapter was very heavy on personal anecdotes and feelings. I prefer to base my faith and spiritual maturity on something more substantive than stories and feelings. I like the premise, rarely connected with the book and the author.

Our prayers may go unanswered because of unconfessed sin.

It is awesome to realize that at the end of our lives we will be the sum total of our responses to God's answers in our prayers, for God has chosen to be limited in His next action by our response to His previous answer. The final outcome of our lives is decided by a life-long series of responses to God's answers to our prayers. The way we respond to God and then he, in turn, to us actually determines the direction our lives will take.

What Happens When Children Pray by Evelyn Christenson. Library section 9 A: Juvenile (gr. K-5), Religion and Values. This book is about teaching children to pray, that is, learning to talk and listen to God. In the first half of the book, each double page spread shows a child who prays and why the child prays – to ask for help, to give thanks, to ask for forgiveness, for the health of others. The last section of the book is a short story about a little girl who asks God to forgive her for bad things she’s done, such as not obeying her parents, being selfish, or hurting a friend’s feelings. Her mother prompts her to pray to ask for forgiveness. Afterward the little girl knows that this can be the beginning of a special friendship with God if she keeps praying and listening for God’s answers. I preferred the first part of the book, which shows the reasons and uses of prayer. The short story is a little bit preachy, but it does carry home the idea that when we do bad things God will understand and forgive us if we are truly sorry. That is a good lesson to learn. Throughout the book are Bible verses that the text and pictures reinforce.
The watercolor illustrations are inviting.

I was prompted to read this book when I heard Mrs. Christenson on the Revive Our Hearts podcast. Prayer plays a major role in my life so I was very excited to read this book. Mrs. Christenson laid out some simple yet effective ways to approach God in prayer.

The book starts out with Mrs. Christenson being petitioned by Crusade of the Americas to observe what happens when women pray for six months. Initially, they wanted to pray for their church but God impressed on them Psalm 66:18,"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me." This was their conditioning period. God worked miraculously during that six month period! In this book we learn to pray on one accord, pray God's will, and the prayer method of the six S's. An important fact that she explains so beautifully is that we must pray the request and NOT the answer to God. Most of all I enjoyed the praise reports from the prayer requests and the establishment of telephone prayer chains.

I really enjoyed this book and Mrs. Christenson's approach to prayer. It has encouraged me to seek God the more in prayer and believe He will answer!

We know that prayer and the Word are the vehicles through which the Holy Spirit changes us...but how does God motivate us to change in the first place? By placing us in difficult situations with difficult people, in trials that try our patience and faith, and in circumstances that spin out of our control. Our first response to these things is usually to fall on our face and pray that God would change our situations, take away our trials, and remove us from difficult circumstances. In her book, "Lord Change Me", Evelyn Christiansen tells us to pray instead for God to use all these things to change US. She tells us not to ask God "Why me?", but to ask Him, "What for?" in order to discover what He is trying to do in our lives. When we focus on how God is working to transform and mold us, we will be able to rejoice in our difficulties and have peace through our trials, knowing that God is making us more like Christ.

What Happens When Women Pray is a practical and biblical book about prayer. Its teachings have been tested in hundreds of prayer seminars all over the world, as both men and women have learned to pray in more personal and believing ways.
What Happens When Women Pray will show you how to move into the dynamic that occurs when people pray. It just might change your life or the life of someone you know and love.
Since 1968, Evelyn Christenson has led prayer seminars worldwide. Millions of readers have enjoyed Evelyn's books, which include, "Lord, Change Me!" and A Journey into Prayer. Evelyn and her husband, Harold, live in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Excerpts from Evelyn Christensen's books on prayer; good for use as a devotional

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only 142 pages.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WOMEN PRAY...
is a practical and biblical book about prayer. Its teachings have been tested in hundreds of prayer seminars all over the world, as both men and women have learned to pray in more personal and believing ways.

see also "What Happens When Women Pray"

What Happens When Women Pray is a practical and biblical book about prayer. Its teachings have been tested in hundreds of prayer seminars all over the world, as both women and men have learned to pray in more personal and believing ways.