In times of economic turmoil in the lives of so many, people are turning to whatever financial bailout that comes their way. These stimulus packages include reduced costs for services, rebates, two for one deals, and even prayer. The Rev. Eric A. Lambert Jr. believes prayer is the stimulus to improving people’s lives not as a gimmick but by, for one, giving them peace even though they have a bleak financial outlook.

“Through prayer we find a place that guarantees peace,” Rev. Lambert says. “God wants to solve our problems and give us peace.” In his latest book, Ingredients for Prayer: A Practical Approach for Maximizing Your Time with God, Rev. Lambert, pastor of Bethel Deliverance International Church north of Philadelphia, details what he believes is the true purpose of prayer in contrast to the ‘give me syndrome’ of prayer that so many with financial woes seem to have.

“We are often challenged by the worldly view of prayer, and we fall into the trap that makes us think that we are able to use prayer to bully the Lord into doing what we want. Yet I believe prayer is a time for intimacy and connection with God,” Rev. Lambert says. “Prayer by definition is worshipful oratory. By hyper-definition, prayer is an act of intercourse with your soul and God’s spirit. It is you connecting with God until your desires have been replaced by His heart.”

By using “The Lord’s Prayer” as a framework, he examines pieces of this prayer model to show ways to connect with God, like understanding the mind and will of God and becoming dependent upon and receiving the peace of God. Rev. Lambert says having a God-centered and not self-centered focus on prayer helps you to know that “[p]rayer is not about you. It is about the will of the Lord being done through you. To make supplication means that you should bring your request to the Lord; however, you must be sure that your request does not go against the will of the Lord.”

Rev. Eric A. Lambert Jr. responded to God’s call to Jesus Christ in 1971. From that time he was active in Christian ministry, serving in a variety of capacities at Deliverance Evangelistic Church, under the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Smith Sr. In 1987, after God’s leading, Rev. Lambert established Bethel Deliverance International Church in 1987 with seven committed believers, just north of his hometown of Philadelphia. In addition to pastoring, Rev. Lambert is fulfilling his apostolic calling, having planted a number of churches and developed pastoral relationships with both new and seasoned pastors. He remains committed to spreading the love of God to those who do not know Him while stabilizing and fortifying believers. This is evident not only in his church but in the messages of his books.  For more information, visit www.betheldeliverance.org.

BOOK REVIEW

I will not write this review as typical one would be written. No this book needs a little more than the typical “Book Reviewer” guidelines warrant. With this review I really want to come from the heart because this book really rocked my world.

I am a woman who believes in prayer and I talk to God often. After reading Ingredients For Prayer by Eric A. Lambert, I was able to see that I need to step it a bit in my prayer life.

Eric challenges the reader to go deep with God and yet too many of us are still waning on the surface of becoming intimation with God. That is what prayer does. It takes beyond the communication into the intimacy with God that is needed to truly make it in this world. Ingredients to Prayer helped me to see that I may not have been as “deep” with God as I thought I had been all these years.

Yes, I have had experiences during prayer where I felt the presence of God and other experiences, I dare not share because this is a book review.Perhaps those other experiences are the ones that pushed me back up to the surface of my prayer life.

Ingredients For Prayer convicted me and reminded me that I have to go deeper.

For the person seeking a deeper, more meaningful prayer life, this is the perfect book to read. It reminds of not only of the importance of intimacy with God during prayer; but also of the authenticity that is needed when we pray. It is ok to just be yourself when you pray. It is who God expects you to be anyway.

Ingredients For Prayer brings reality in the prayer life of a believer. It is a short read that can be referred to again and again, with a lifetime of help for every believer.
For more information about Ingredients for Prayer: Maximizing Your Time with God, visit http://ericlambertministries.com.

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