If you’re finding that you lack a zeal for prayer and need some help to commit to a prayer life, you may want to pick up Kenneth Boa’s book titled, Handbook to Prayer: Praying Scripture Back to God.

Boa says, “Think of this handbook as a tool that combines the Word of God with prayer and guides you through the process of praying Scripture back to God.”

He models each day’s prayer session after the Lord’s Prayer. Each day he guides you through eight categories that are based on the form of the Lord’s prayer. The various verses he uses in each category address: adoration, confession, renewal, petition, intercession, affirmation, thanksgiving, and closing prayer.

In the category of adoration, Boa uses the Scripture Psalm 8:1 to have you read and pray this back to God.

            O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

            You have set Your glory above the heavens!

Then he prompts the pray-er to “pause to express your thoughts of praise and worship.”

This book is a wonderful aid to your prayer life and your relationship to the Father and Son. And as Boa says, “Spiritual growth is impossible apart from the practice of prayer.” He adds, “…so the key to a growing relationship with the personal God of heaven and earth is time invested in speaking to Him in prayer and listening to His voice in Scripture.”