What resonates with me about this devotional is its beautiful rhythm and flow. Here's how I personally engage with it:

Begin by immersing yourself in a chapter of the Bible. Notice how certain verses are thoughtfully highlighted in a box.

Dive into a few pages of rich discussion on the text. Personally, I find myself underlining numerous passages because the insights offered are both profound and thought-provoking.

Take a moment for the provided prayer, and consider reading it aloud. This practice has a way of deepening your connection with the content.

Explore the practical application section. It's a wonderful opportunity to reflect on how you can embody the teachings in your everyday life.

Finally, engage with the thought-provoking discussion questions. There's even a dedicated page for you to jot down your answers and reflections.

This structure encourages me to think deeply, reflect earnestly, and take intentional action based on what I'm reading. It's a holistic approach that enriches my spiritual journey.

I love Phil Wickham and his heart for worship. This us certainly a best seller at my bookstore and we have loved carrying this book.

Beautifully written work from first time author Phil Wickham. His worship leading extends beyond the guitar and voice and into the mind. On Our Knees guides readers through daily devotionals and prayer prompts. It's a great daily devotionally for a season.

On Our Knees was exceptional, it made you long for a deeper prayer life and it is a 40 day journey.
It is well written and leads you to knowng who you are in Christ and you are deeply loved by Him.

If you are looking for a book to help you consider various ways to pray, this is a wonderful book to help you. Using the Bible as the text and model of how people prayed was extremely helpful. I thought it was a great idea to go through the Bible in the order in which the books (and characters) appear was a terrific way to lay out the book.

I highly recommend this book for the practicality of this prayer guide. I believe everyone would benefit from reading it. Even after you go through the book, you could begin again and learn something new to apply to your prayer time.

Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC of the book. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.

After recently being introduced to Phil Wickham’s uplifting worship music and then seeing him in concert this summer, I was drawn to reading this devotional inspired by his song, “Battle Belongs.” I had wanted to learn more about prayer and how to have conversations with God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, so I decided to go on this faith journey for 40 days. I was not ready for the powerful effect on my heart that praying for my enemies, surrendering to God’s perfect timing, and waiting in quiet expectation to hear God’s voice would have on me. There were days that I was challenged to see God’s loving patience and grace through the devotions, but at the end of the 40 days, I was ready to go back to the beginning and start all over. This book allows the reader to bring their own prayer habits to the daily exercises and encourages additional scripture reading, reflection, and finding God’s goodness in art, music, and nature to create a full prayer experience. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to pray boldly, without fear or anxiety, and believe expectations will be met by a God who knows our struggles and has already won the battle for us.

I received an eARC of this book and quickly discovered that I wanted a physical copy to be able to go through slowly. Such a deep, powerful devotional on prayer. Each day also includes journal prompts and is like a guided journal. Really looking forward to taking the tribe to sit down and savor this book. Highly recommend if you are struggling with prayer!

Wow! What an amazing devotional. I loved how each day was set up.....Story, Promise, Prayer, Practice/Reflection. These past 40 days have really changed my prayer life and relationship with Jesus. This devo helped me go deeper and find a real intimacy with Jesus. #InOurKnees #BattleBelongs #PrayerWarrior #NetGalley #Goodreads

“On Our Knees” could be the spiritual and practical glue that makes a difference in one’s personal prayer life. If you been a prayer warrior all your life or newly starting the journey of prayer, Phil Wickham’s book leads you through scripture prayers drawing your heart closer with wisdom and warmth and falling back into the arms of Jesus.

When I first heard that Phil was writing a devotional I thought, "Yes! It's going to be great because it's Phil Wickham. Everything he does is gold!" Then when I heard it was inspired by his hit song, Battle Belongs, I was even more excited being that is in my top favorite Phil 5. I never realized though that this book would change my prayer life in such big ways.
Before reading this devotional, I would describe my prayer life as good. The first thing I did every morning was pray, I would pray throughout the day when faced with anything that I had concerned with, and I always ended my day with prayer. I even hosted prayer times in a couple of groups I started on Facebook: Daily Blessings and The Chosen Prayer Warriors. I thought my prayer times were full, productive and "enough". I thought this until reading On Our Knees. This devotional, written by Phil, has opened my eyes to how much deeper, meaningful, purposeful, rich, powerful, intimate, honest, transparent, blessed and so much more my prayer life can be. There is so much that I was lacking. I hadn't even scratched the surface as Phil mentions at the end of the devotional.
I feel Phil gave three specific keys in this devotional about prayer: what prayer is, how to pray and how God responds to our prayers. Each day we were given a story from the bible that gave the lesson in action. I feel this opened my eyes to better understanding not only the scripture but how to apply it to my prayer life. It taught me how to be more intimate in my prayers, align them with God's desire, how I can pray with expectation that God will and can answer my prayers. Three of the areas that touched me the most were praying in the name of Jesus, pray with Scripture and with the Holy Spirit. I think we all have said, "In Jesus name I pray . . . " but I feel that this section on praying in Jesus' name really opened my eyes to what it truly means when we say these words. I am now more keenly aware of what it means when I say this. I had never thought much about praying with scripture but after reading that section it opened my eyes to the beauty of doing so and how it can guide you in your prayer walk and draw you closer to God. The section on praying with the Holy Spirit helped me to see how he is our guide and mentor. We often forget he is part of the God head; I think. All three of these sections and this whole book was so beautifully written.
Phil did a wonderful job of showing the reader that your prayers don't have to be perfect. Those who came before us were sinners just like us. Their prayers weren't perfect. They cried out to God in their pain. But God heard them. He heard their imperfect prayers and cries for help. He heard their whispers and their roars. He will, can and wants to hear us. This devotional can change and will change your prayer life!! It will give you peace, strengthen you, give you hope and bring you closer to God.
"Prayer is a lifelong journey. The deeper we go and the more honest we are with God, the more we realize we're only beginning to see and learn of His great love for us" - - Phil Wickham (On Our Knees)

LOVED this book! The 40 days of devotions are beautiful reminders of what my life and all lives are meant to be about. Thank you, Phil Wickham, for pouring out your life for God's purposes!

This book from Phil Wickham was a great addition to my daily quiet times. Each day was filled with scripture, practical insights, real life experiences and I really gleaned a lot from it’s pages. It helped me in my own personal prayer/communication with God and stirred up a desire to pray more. I really enjoyed it.

Loved this devotional! 40 days and 40 Bible studies on the power of prayer. You will spend about 15 minutes each day on the text and Phil Wickham’s thoughts on it. Each day has a written prayer and some thought provoking questions. Plenty of room to jot down your thoughts, ideas, and prayer requests. From Genesis to Revelation. I will be recommending this devotional to all my friends and family!

Wonderful devotional, appropriate for all walks of life and what your going thru. Meaningful.
Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free, it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

When Phil Wickham introduced his song, “Battle Belongs,” to audiences, he had no idea what a huge hit it would become. Or how the Lord would use his own song to teach him more about prayer.

In this 40 day devotional, Phil shares his personal through-the-Bible study of how the “great heroes of the faith” communed with God. Whether the prophets of the Old Testament, who literally walked with God and heard his voice; Jesus’ disciples, who were taught by God in the flesh; or the early church, who received the Holy Spirit; all had unique encounters with God that we can learn from to aid our own prayer lives.

Each of the 40 days includes the following format: a passage of Scripture to read, a lesson from those verses, a sample prayer and suggestions for prayer practice, and questions for either individual or group reflection.

There are 2 things I especially liked about this devotional. The first is that Phil Wickham does not approach it as a know-it-all guru who is going to teach us everything we need to know about prayer. He simply shares what he learned in his through-the-Bible study and encourages the reader to go deeper. The other great thing, which I have already referred to, is that day one starts in Genesis with Adam and Eve and the last day ends in Revelation. I much prefer going through the Bible as opposed to jumping around randomly. It works very well for this book and is rare to find in a devotional.

I recommend this book both for yourself and also to give as a gift.

*I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and K-LOVE Books in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Communicating Daily with God

This is a 40-Day Prayer Devotional that covers Five areas the author suggests be used in your daily prayer life, there are:
1. The Story, which includes a suggested passage of Scripture for you to read, followed by several key verses from that passage for discussion.
2. The Promise, each day has a lesson focused on the Bible verse called The Promise. It is a conversation about what we’ve learned from the Scripture as well as an invitation to join us in wrestling with what that day’s verse might have to teach us about prayer and how it applies to our faith.
3. Today’s Prayer, a prayer that can help you model the lessons we learned from Scripture about praying.
4. Prayer Practice, this practice will challenge you to grow in how you pray.
5. Prayer Reflections, these are sets of questions meant to help you explore the lesson from the Bible and hopefully go deeper in your prayer journey.

Phil Wickham has provided 40 very powerful prayers, supported by scripture covering a wide variety of topics, such as:
• Pray for the Impossible – Exodus 14:01
• Prayer as Praise and Thanksgiving – Exodus 15:01
• Pray for Physical Healing – 2 Kings 20: 1– 11 01
• Prayer Will Exceed Our Expectations – Ephesians 3 01, and many more.

The author states that we should be "Be Bold in Prayer".

I heard every creature in heaven and on earth
and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!” the four living creatures said,
“amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped
(Revelation 5:13– 14)

Thank you to K-LOVE Books and to NetGalley for an ARC of this book.

I love Phil Wickham's music. I was very excited when I saw that he had a book coming out and even more excited when I got an ARC of this book. This was a great devotional/ Prayer book. He has a lot of great insight into how to improve your prayers. I really liked this and I plan on purchasing my own copy of it when it comes out.

Phil Wickham’s enthusiasm for Scripture and prayer is infectious! Each devotion read like a letter to a friend and encouraged me to pause and seek the Lord!

Phil Wickham starts at Genesis and writes devotions based on 40 stories from God’s Word until he reaches the Revelation. He gives you a larger passage of Scripture to read on your own, then shares a zoomed-in passage that inspires the day’s reading.

The tone of this book is welcoming and uplifting. Phil Wickham is a highly accomplished musician, yet he humbly shares where he has fallen short and what he’s learned about prayer. This makes each day relatable and encouraging.

The Scripture based prayers are beautiful. Where this devotional shines above all others is through the “Prayer Practice” and “Prayer Reflections”. Phil Wickham gives readers simple, yet powerful challenges to take the next step in what they’ve learned. This often includes journalling prompts and reaching out to church family. The questions for reflection are thought provoking and inspire action.

This would be a wonderful book to read with a mentor. The daily meditations and questions would bring up life changing conversation!

The Spirit moved mightily as I read this book. As I was reading a day’s reading, a friend came to mind immediately. I connected with her and read the devotion to her; she wept and told me how much it had transformed her. God is so good!

Highly recommend this book!

This is a great devotional. This is a book I can see re-reading many times. I liked the way the book is set up. I learned more on Biblical and personal prayer.

On Our Knees
Phil Wickham
5 stars
Absolutely wonderful devotional. Phil Wickham takes 40 different stories from Genesis to Revelation and makes each one into a devotional. The set-up is excellent, as are the prayers and insights of each devotion. Each devotion includes Jesus’s teachings on prayer.
Prayer as the foundation for faith.
Finding intimacy with God.
Following God’s path for our lives.
Praying with boldness and courage, while also in humility and honesty.
Letting go of anxiety and fear.

This is most assuredly a book I will re-read on a regular basis. On Our Knees would be perfect for a small group, a Bible study or to read alone.
I highly recommend this book.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and Netgalley.