Sherry Harney - Praying with Eyes Wide Open: A Life-Changing Way to Talk with God

Everybody prays. Everybody struggles with prayers. Sherry gives wise guidance for the prayer-filled life.

John Ortberg , senior pastor of Menlo Church; author of All the Places to Go

I have known Sherry Harney for almost thirty years (we met in the church nursery!). If there is anybody who is qualified to lead us in the important subject of prayer and partnership with the Holy Spirit, it is my friend Sherry. Her spirit is so in tune with God and her pen so beautifully flows with words of inspiration. If you want to draw closer to God, put this book on the top of your list.

Randy Frazee , senior minister of Oak Hills Church; author of What Happens after You Die

Praying with Eyes Wide Open will be my new go-to book when talking to anyone about prayer. Sherry has done a marvelous job combining passionate personal experience, practical application, approachability, and biblical background. Some books excel in one; a few in two or three. I honestly dont know that Ive ever come across a book that captures all four to the degree that Sherry Harney does in this excellent book.

Gary Thomas , author of Sacred Marriage

Sherry Harney is not just an author and speaker, she is a personal friend, the first person I think of whenever I need powerful prayer in my life. Sherry has steeped every aspect of her life in prayer and communion with Christ, and I have been blessed by her prayers for my family through the heights of joy and the darkest of lifes valleys. If you want to learn to pray with fresh passion, biblical integrity, and eyes wide open to the world around you, let Sherry teach you.

Nabeel Qureshi , author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus and No God but One

When Sherry Harney talks about prayer, I listenand learn! Her new book opened my eyes to fresh ways to commune with my Father. I know youll benefit, too, from her biblical insights.

Lee Strobel , author of The Case for Christ and The Case for Faith

Praying with Eyes Wide Open is an invitation to experience the divine presence of God in a deeper, more intimate way. Read it to learn the unforced rhythms of doing life with Gods Holy Spirit.

Santiago Jimmy Mellado , president and CEO of Compassion International

Simple insights are often the most revolutionarythis book has revolutionized my prayer life, through the simple invitation to pray with eyes wide open, like Jesus did. Sherry smashes the shackles of popular misconceptions about prayer and sets us free into a breathtaking, biblical horizon, where we can pray at all times and in all places, attentive and attuned to the people and places around us, discovering our time with God is limitless.

Joshua Ryan Butler , author of The Skeletons in God s Closet and The Pursuing God ; pastor at Imago Dei Community

While there have been many books written on prayer down through the centuries, Sherry Harney has presented a fresh and encouraging way to pray. I have had the privilege of knowing Sherry for several years and she is one who truly lives out what she writes and teaches. She not only has a prayer life; she lives a life of prayer. Praying with Eyes Wide Open actually accomplishes several things. First of all, it gives us a practical example of how to live out the Scripture, to pray without ceasing. It also helps us to be alert to see what things and people God brings into our day. Most of all, however, Praying with Eyes Wide Open is a beautiful invitation to keep company with Jesus , which is the true heart of prayer.

Marilyn Hontz , author of Listening for God and Shame Lifter

I love this book because Praying with Eyes Wide Open is much more than a manual on a fresh way to pray (though it is!). It is a recovery of the ancient biblical command to be alert and always keep praying (Eph. 6:18). Sherry Harney expertly and winsomely breaks down the artificial barrier between the sacred (eyes closed) and the secular (eyes open) and shows us how to live a seamless life in which living is praying and praying is living, and Christ is all in all.

Ben Patterson , campus pastor at Westmont College

I love this book! Author Sherry Harneys book Praying with Eyes Wide Open helps the reader learn how to enjoy ongoing conversation with Godwith eyes, ears... and lives wide open to Him. As I read, I found myself wanting moremore of God and the intimate prayer life that He invites us into. Thank you, Sherry, for helping me learn to enjoy a richer prayer life.

Nancy Grisham, PhD , author of Thriving: Trusting God for Life to the Fullest

This book is a rare gift. Most authors can inform. Good ones can inspire. In Praying with Eyes Wide Open , Sherry Harney accomplishes a more challenging task: she invites . Each chapter is filled with a potent blend of profound reflection and practical wisdom. The combined effect for anyone who reads will be an enlarged spiritual appetite. Ultimately, Sherry helps us hear the Lords invitation to draw near to Him with our whole selfeyes wide open.

Adam T. Barr , coauthor of Compassion without Compromise