{"id":2612,"date":"2017-07-13T10:02:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T14:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2018-03-28T11:14:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:14:46","slug":"2612","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/blog\/book-reviews\/07\/13\/2612\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Pray About Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Tautges, in his short book<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pray-About-Everything-Cultivating-God-Dependency\/dp\/1633421147\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1499954467&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=pray+about+everything\"><em> Pray About Everything: Cultivating God-Dependency<\/em><\/a> seeks to call churches and pastors to create a culture of prayer in the church.<\/p>\n<p>While it is framed as an appeal to pastors, the content is accessible and beneficial for laypersons, since the bulk of the book are sermonettes designed to be given to a congregation to help instill prayer as a high value. The appendices at the end, give further ideas of how to implement pray as a central focus in a church or small groups.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I appreciate his focus on what pray should bring out in the prayer (God-dependency) as he calls the people of God to a life of prayer. His sermonettes are short but meaningful as he provides significant substance in short pieces.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure if this book will be revolutionizing the pastor\u2019s view on prayer, though there are great reminders throughout, but it\u2019s more to show the pastor how to implement a pray-focused life in the church.<\/p>\n<p>I received a free copy through Cross Focused Reviews and was not required to write a positive review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/blog\/book-reviews\/07\/13\/2612\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read More\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/logo-itunes.jpg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/feed\/podcast\/elizabeth-city-emc-podcast","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VPEkB0tUsc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/blog\/book-reviews\/07\/13\/2612\/\">Book Review: Pray About Everything<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/blog\/book-reviews\/07\/13\/2612\/embed\/#?secret=VPEkB0tUsc\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Book Review: Pray About Everything&#8221; &#8212; Elizabeth City EMC\" data-secret=\"VPEkB0tUsc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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