Max Lucado wrote Before Amen for many reasons. There is one, however, that stands out.

“I hope readers close this book convinced that God will help them pray and that prayer matters,” Lucado told Biblegateway.com last fall. “God invites us to pray, and when we pray, it affects the future. It impacts the direction of our lives. It even impacts the direction of history. And, it certainly impacts the condition of our hearts.”

Since its release in the fall of 2014, Before Amen has certainly made an impact on the Christian community. Family Christian Bookstores thinks it has, recently naming Before Amen its 2015 Book of the Year.

A New York Times best-selling author, Lucado has sold over 120 million books printed in more than 54 languages. Other books Lucado has written include: Grace, You’ll Get Through This, Grace for the Moment, Life Lessons and God’s Story Your Story.

In Before Amen, Lucado joins readers on a journey to the very heart of biblical prayer, offering hope for doubts and confidence even for prayer wimps. Distilling prayers in the Bible down to one pocket-sized prayer, Lucado reminds readers that prayer is not a privilege for the pious nor the art of a chosen few, but it is simply a heartfelt conversation between God and his child.

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