Justin's Notes

Apr. 3, 2025

Lead with Prayer focuses both on how we can improve our prayer life, and specifically take our prayer life and incorporate it in the places that we lead. Obviously not all of us, myself included, are leading large companies, churches, non-profits, etc. Yet, we all have places where we lead others in our lives, and this book gives a ton of practical ways to build reliance on prayer in those areas. I did take notes as I read this, going through the majority of the book with a couple of friends, so all of those notes will be down below if you want to take a deep dive on all the things that stood out to me.

That said, I did especially enjoy the first two-thirds or so of the book, which was more focused on prayer practices and ways to improve prayer in general. While it didn't blow my mind with anything completely new, there were a ton of good reminders and some different ways of approaching prayer that I thought were really great. Praying scripture, prioritizing prayer, engaging in different forms of prayer, praying using the Examen, to name a few. Overall, I really did find this book beneficial and a great tool towards my prayer life.

I do have to admit, I didn't really enjoy reading the book though when it came to the literal act of reading. It was not a book that I had a good time just sitting down and reading when I had a free evening. The writing felt incredibly choppy to me, with no real continuous flow between the sections within each chapter. It honestly felt to me like each author was told to write about each topic, and an editor just randomly cut them up and threw them together. Maybe that is just a side effect of multiple authors.

I still would recommend this book for those looking to improve or work on their prayer life. It really does include a ton of practical tips and tools that I have been able to apply (not always consistently) in my own life. Just, for me, reading it with others was the way to go.

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