It is no wonder so many Christians are discouraged with prayer. Instead of a genuine encounter with God, prayer becomes little more than a grocery list of requests. Daniel Henderson's argument is that the problem is one of direction: we seek God's hand when we were made to seek his face. He sets out a worship-based approach in which Scripture leads, the character of God is the starting point, and petition follows from having seen who God is.

Henderson has spent nearly three decades leading prayer renewal in local churches, and the book is practical as well as theological - it includes patterns for personal prayer and for corporate prayer meetings that have been tested in congregations rather than drawn up in the abstract. Useful for individuals whose prayer life has gone flat and for pastors wanting to rebuild a church prayer meeting worth attending.