Book Review: Your 100 Day Prayer

If one is looking for an in-depth devotional that will take him well into theological concepts of prayer, this is not the book to read.  It is a light read, about 5 minutes each day.  But the prayer time put in can add to a more substantial quiet time if that is the goal to be achieved. 

Your 100 Day Prayer by John I. Snyder begins on the first page with a place for one to write down a central prayer request one would like for God to lead him through.  The person then journal’s his own thoughts.  Then, there is a general prayer to help one begin their 100 day prayer journey. 

Each devotion has a verse or two to read, a page to a page and a half of reading, a stated prayer for one to say, then space for one to write “Today’s Progress” in their own words.  The book progresses along with the reader through the 100 days of his prayer time, encouraging the reader to continue with his quest and helps him to seek answers for his prayer(s).  At the end of the book (which equals the end of 100 days of prayer) there is a place for one to write how God has answered the prayer(s).  It is kind of a culmination of all that has been read, thought and prayed to God over the past 100 days. 

I thought this was an easy read for a devotional book.  The real test was to make it substantial enough to use as a quiet time guide.  To do that, I had to add my own journaling (outside the lines of the book) thoughts that expanded to include more of my prayers and not just the initial one I wrote at the beginning of the book.