The Circle Maker
By Mark Batterson
- Release Date: 2011-12-20
- Genre: Christianity
Description
According to Pastor Mark Batterson in this Zondervan ebook, The Circle Maker, “Drawing prayer circles around our dreams isn’t just a mechanism whereby we accomplish great things for God. It’s a mechanism whereby God accomplishes great things in us.” Do you ever sense that there’s far more to prayer, and to God’s vision for your life, than what you’re experiencing? It’s time you learned from the legend of Honi the Circle Maker—a man bold enough to draw a circle in the sand and not budge from inside it until God answered his prayers for his people. What impossibly big dream is God calling you to draw a prayer circle around? Sharing inspiring stories from his own experiences as a circle maker, Mark Batterson will help you uncover your heart’s deepest desires and God-given dreams and unleash them through the kind of audacious prayer that God delights to answer.
Reviews
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5By AprilS1019Amazing book. Very moving!!!Life Changing Read
5By Lisa _Jo_One of the best spiritual personal development books I have read to date! Draw your line in the sand & circle it with prayerA must read
5By Don Jr. Sanchez.A prayer book that sheds light that makes you want to pray long and hard. Thank you !Life changing!
5By 5 ninerThe Circle Maker challenges you as a believer or even if you are a non-believer! The possibilities are limitless! Keep circling!Great stories
5By ShinePresident__The stories shared in this book on how others have drawn circles really help to bring out the points of dreaming big, praying hard and thinking long.Excellent
5By PenguintasticThis is not a book. It is a challenge. This book has changed my approach to prayer. Excellent job!!The Circle Maker
5By Don Furr author QuestI will never pray the same. Mark Batterson has a keen insight into the regimen of prayer. Now I pray knowing that God wants to bless His children and that nothing pleases Him more! As simple as that sounds it never really hit home until reading Circle Maker! I am now reading it through a second time, reading my highlights from the first reading which is 60% of the book! It is now a part of my daily routine. I even threw away the game apps on my phone and now read it every chance I get which is several times a day. His promises carry me through. God is so good! Thank you pastor Batterson! I hope to visit your church one day soon!Great book Highly recommended
5By Tayo OI recommend you all to read this book. It's definitely refreshing to have a better understanding on this walk and work with God. This has been a great book to read.Excellent Read
5By j_nizzleIf you struggle with prayer, this book will help you tremendously!Life Changing
5By LBosWorldA practical guide to prayer. Before I started reading this book, I felt overwhelmed by Prayer. Like I had to pray for everyone and their mom. But this book taught me how to focus my prayers and gave me practical ways to do so. I also felt, before reading this book, that asking God for the BIG things was too much. That maybe I should quietly say it and then hope God does it. But again, this book challenged me. And helped me see that God honors the prayers that scare me. And he wants me to pray those kinds of prayers. My life will never be the same after this book.Invigorating
5By JulB62This book provided enlightenment, encouragement and inspiration to my prayer life. Fantastic read, a must read for intercessors, the saints and praying folks everywhere.The Circle Maker
5By JessedegInsightful book that deals with the struggle we all experience in our prayer life. God blesses our faithfulness when we persevere through our fears and shortcomings. We need to take the first step of faith and God will use us in ways we've never imagined.This book is heretical.
1By A messenger of the LordI have little to say but this: This book is heretical. Read the BibleEdifying!!!!!
5By HarpAZoThis book encouraged me to look at prayer in a different light. The art of prayer should be mastered above all other spiritual skills. Now to apply…..Circle it!
4By GioAlmarazI am facing a sentencing before the land. I am facing a tag given by society. I am facing an unknown future. I am facing a lost career. I am facing a financial turmoil. FEAR? I think so, but I know …differently. I have no idea what the future holds, but I know HIM who holds the future. This is an amazing book that has increased my faith to Dream big. Pray hard. Think long. We circle so many things with utter confusion with no direction, lost. However, hope rings in with the Circle Maker. My miracles start with locking myself in my room, circling chalk around myself, and allow a revival to burn within me and out of me. There are many miracles that I am circling. But I have learned the value of Prayer and Work, Prayer and Time, Prayer and Tears, and Prayer and Power. My wife and I are circling our promises, our challenges, and our miracles. Not one prayer is rejected by a sovereign God who wants nothing but the best for you. What you pray today, may not be answered tomorrow, but it will ring into eternity where He will wipe away every tear from my eyes. There will be no more death or sadness. There will be no more crying or pain. Things are no longer the way they used to be. He who was sitting on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down. You can trust these words. They are true. Rev 21:4-5. I believe it! There is NOTHING God cannot do! In Gods amazing supernatural power, not only will you receive your miracle, you will reap what you have not sown. CIRCLE IT!Rejuvenates your prayer life
5By LLLLH1This book is going to be one of my constants that I both reference to others and look back on during my times of doubt! I absolutely loved all that Pastor Mark spoke on and felt immediate gratification in my faith and prayer life upon reading this book. I feel blessed to have been made aware of such empowering literature and can only hope every other Christian comes across this! God Bless!Changed my Life
5By MaltafazMark Batterson is truly fulfilling his calling. In writing this book, he has impacted my life and those of my friends. I highly recommend this bookMust read for those who struggle with prayer
5By PschwitzCircle maker has truly changed my life. I always knew that praying was important but never really believed it actually could change things. Mark Batterson shows how and why prayer is the life blood of the believer. His approach is practical and more importantly doable. My wife and I have already seen God move miraculously by praying circles. Prayer has now become an exciting adventure. God is awesome ! Thank you, Mark!Life changed to the Foundation
5By Gib with friendsEvery good relationship has one thing in common, good communication. A month into working on my communication with God, I found this book. Not only were the things God had laid on my heart as new habits given biblical and real world explanations, but I was challenged with a whole lot more. I am now walking circles, getting on my face and standing still; all while journaling, interceding and asking for intercession. Prayer life changed for the better for eternity!
