{"id":2216,"date":"2015-08-16T02:54:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T02:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anne.myupcomingsite.com\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2015-08-18T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T15:41:00","slug":"connecting-with-god-through-prayer-one-authors-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anne.myupcomingsite.com\/?p=2216","title":{"rendered":"Connecting with God through Prayer: One Author\u2019s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More than 75 percent of Americans believe in the importance and power of prayer. But, how many enjoy it, look forward to it, and feel equipped for the task?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the primary question Atlantan Tawana Lowery wants to answer with her new spiritual self-help book, Five Easy Steps to Life-Changing Prayer<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Based on her own struggles with faith and personal tragedy, the book serves as a heart-felt and engaging guide for those who want to pursue prayer practice using a proven process.\u00a0 Tawana believes people first must give their burdens to God \u2013 and in the process, they will liberate their hearts and minds.<\/p>\n

The part memoir, part spiritual coaching guide is chocked full of practical tips and inspiring stories targeted at \u201cpeople who want to pray but don\u2019t feel equipped or don\u2019t believe their prayers matter,\u201d explains Tawana.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s for anyone who is hurting, wounded, exhausted and confused and need a way to connect with their creator for answers and solutions, or who feels lost, forgotten or disconnected and simply wants to connect with someone who cares about them,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

\"prayereagles\"<\/a>Tawana frequently speaks at conferences and to groups about her book. The PR-trained entrepreneur and former single mother started her own company, Prayer Eagles<\/a>, to provide team effectiveness training, community outreach strategies and prayer skills coaching. \u00a0In early August, she was a featured author at the She Speaks women\u2019s conference in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Below she shares more detail on her tightly interwoven faith and writing journey and what she hopes readers will get out of her book.<\/p>\n

Q. What made you decide to write this book?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tawana:<\/strong> In less than 10 years, I endured two bankruptcies, the loss of all my investment property, watched two business go belly up, dealt with years of unemployment, gave up three beautiful homes, moved 8 times, was blindsided by betrayal and experienced the death of\u00a0 both parents. I like to describe it as a Financial Tornado, followed by an emotional Hurricane, followed by a personal Tsunami.<\/p>\n

During those tumultuous years I was desperate to connect to God. Being a very practical, bottomline person I didn\u2019t want to wait for someone else or hope that a minister might accidently say something remotely related to what I needed to hear. There were days when I neede to experience God in less than 10 minutes or die. I seriously thougth about killing myself on numerous occassions.<\/p>\n

Through that experience I began to notice ways I was sabotaging my prayers and what I could do to reverse it. Once I began to incorporate the principles I share in my book, dramatic changes took place in my life and my relationship with God. Soon I was able to hear God\u2019s voice with clarity, and experience his grace that enabled me to carry on. But it came about from doing what I share in my book on a consistent basis.<\/p>\n

As I began to share what I had learned, others were also experiencing dynamic changes. So much so I was asked repeatedly to write a book about it. I even had one person tell me to quit my job and write a book so other people could know how to pray.<\/p>\n

The truth is, most people want to pray. But they feel so ill equipoed they stop before they even get started.<\/p>\n

What we pray about is already difficult. So why make the act of praying equally hard? My goal for writing this book was to offer an easy-to-understand prayer-coach approach to the most important and deeply personal activity of our life. I\u2019ve tried to make it as easy and as simple as possible. I even included several plug-and-play tools that are easy to understand and easy to implement. Meaning you can apply what you learn to effectively pray about anything, any time, any place for yourself and others.<\/p>\n

Q. What does success in prayer mean to people?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tawana:<\/strong> For most people success in prayer means:<\/p>\n