The Circle Maker

Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

By: Mark Batterson

Narrated by: Mark Batterson

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

With over one million copies sold, New York Times best seller The Circle Maker is a must-listen for revolutionizing your prayer life. Get ready to experience new breakthroughs, knowing that bold prayers honor God and God honors bold prayers.

Do you ever sense that there's far more to prayer than what you're experiencing? Are you praying over your impossible dreams and greatest fears? Do you feel like something is holding you back in your prayer life?

It's time you learned from the legend of Honi the Circle Maker. When his land was drought-stricken in ancient times, Honi ha-M'agel drew a circle in the sand, stepped inside it, and wouldn't budge until God answered his petition for rain. Honi's story transformed author Mark Batterson's own experience with prayer and inspired him to document his journey to praying more powerful prayers in The Circle Maker.

Sharing inspiring stories from modern-day circle makers as well as his own experiences, Mark imparts the timeless wisdom and encouragement you need to:

• Discern God's will for your life
• Uncover your heart's hidden desires
• Pursue God-sized dreams
• Connect with God in fresh ways
• Deepen your faith and your relationship with prayer
• Draw prayer circles around your family, your community, your challenges, and your dreams

The Circle Maker includes insights about the ways that God answers prayer along with stories that add convincing proof to the reality that God is able to do exceedingly far greater than all we could ask or imagine.

Learn for yourself that drawing prayer circles around our dreams isn't just a way that we accomplish great things for God - it's a way that God accomplishes great things in us.

©2011 Mark Batterson (P)2011 Zondervan

Loved and need this book!

I appreciate the vulnerability and passion of Mark Batterson in this work. I was touched throughout various parts of the text. I love the incorporation of scripture, humor and humility. As a believer of the Word, I value how much this makes me desire to go deeper and look at how I am living God’s truth through the gifts He has given me. I look forward to reading other works from this author.

Inspiring and faithful

Deeply inspiring book about how and why to be a person of prayer. And the whole book is faithful to God’s word, not just Mark’s ideas. Well done!

Wonderful

Excellent book very inspiring! Easy to read .& follow. Supported by compelling examples and real life stories.,Very Encouraging.

Extremely helpful!!!

I absolutely loved this book it gave me a new vision and a new way of doing and thinking about how to pray

The awakening

It helped me see clearly and understand the importance of having a powerful prayer life

So impactful

This book will make you reassess and resist how you live. Well written, well told, well received!

Inspiring

If you could sum up The Circle Maker in three words, what would they be?

I read this book as my Church family was struggling over a decision about which property to buy. We went out to the properties and walked them, praying over them for Gods guidance and the very next day one of them was bought by someone else. We are still praying for guidance on what to buy, but this gave many an answer they were seeking by helping them to focus on the request. It's a great read!!!!

What did you like best about this story?

The story makes you realize that sometimes your prayers are too generic, I realized I needed to be more specific in my prayers.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I realized that sometimes we give up too soon, that "our give it to me now society" is not always the best way to live.

Great Book

What did you love best about The Circle Maker?

The author is very thought provoking. I enjoyed the book and found myself looking for more opportunities to listen. I have shared with friends how much I enjoyed this book and have encouraged them to also listen.

Incredible book!

This is the kind of book that you go through saying to yourself, I've got to read this again! This is too good to only read once! Amazing book and definitely a keeper for the personal library in hard back.

John Balcon

Divinely Inspirational

I loved this book. I bought it and the audio. This is a favorite I will read and listen to numerous times. You will feel God’s spirit guiding the words. I am glad this book was recommended to me, now I strongly recommend it to you.