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God on Mute was written out of Pete's own experience of the miraculous power of prayer alongside the pain of unanswered prayer and the common human struggle to find faith with that paradox. Just after the birth of the 24-7 Prayer Movement and of his second child Pete's wife, Samie was diagnosed with a massive brain tumor. Subsequent surgery to remove the cancer was successful but she continues to suffer terrible epilepsy and his deepest prayers for her healing did not work. Tracking Christ's own unanswered prayer through Gethsemane and Golgotha, the book leads the reader to Easter Sunday where miracles arise - often when we least expect it. Pete is passionate about the message of God on Mute because it will help many hurting people to hang onto God when they need him more than ever before. Our hope is that God on Mute will inspire people to persevere in prayer and to admit to their struggles as well as their encouragements. Pete Greig is a theology graduate, who found his spiritual home at the innovative Revelation Church in Chichester. Greig has earned a reputation as a radical thinker through his involvement with Cultural Shift. Pete is one of the founding leaders of 24-7 Prayer, which has grown since 1999 from a single prayer room in England into an international, interdenominational Christian community in 63 countries. Greig is a popular speaker and the author of Red Moon Rising. Pete Greig will be speasking at Easter People and Spring Harvest this year.
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Pete Greig is a very committed Christian, who founded a prayer movement called 24-7. 24-7 has been hugely influential, has spread across the globe and has generated literally thousands upon thousands of amazing stories of answered prayer. So when Pete's wife Samie has a terrifying fit, is diagnosed with a massive brain tumour, has brain surgery and is left with epilepsy, Pete is ideally placed to pray for her and see her illness healed and her epilepsy disappear. Isn't he?
That isn't how things work out. Pete prays all right, and so do many others, but the sickness remains. So here you have the leader of a global prayer movement, who really knows the power of prayer and sees prayers answered all the time, having to wrestle with the fact that his own prayers for something that desperately, desperately matters to him aren't being answered at all. How can he reconcile this with his faith?
The result is one of the best Christian books I've read in a long time, one of those books that you keep buying extra copies of to give away. It is written with honesty and integrity: not trying to sugar-coat the pain of what he and Samie have been through, but wrestling with it and trying to understand it. Pete has brought together a great many strands of theological thought, and has made them accessible. This should be compulsory reading for every Christian.
That isn't how things work out. Pete prays all right, and so do many others, but the sickness remains. So here you have the leader of a global prayer movement, who really knows the power of prayer and sees prayers answered all the time, having to wrestle with the fact that his own prayers for something that desperately, desperately matters to him aren't being answered at all. How can he reconcile this with his faith?
The result is one of the best Christian books I've read in a long time, one of those books that you keep buying extra copies of to give away. It is written with honesty and integrity: not trying to sugar-coat the pain of what he and Samie have been through, but wrestling with it and trying to understand it. Pete has brought together a great many strands of theological thought, and has made them accessible. This should be compulsory reading for every Christian.
37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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There's no way I can be objective about Pete Greig's writing as its impact on me over the last three years has been massive and at the heart of a whole resurgence of energy for God and the kingdom coming that is marking my life and relationships just now. But I'll try ...
God on Mute is the best grapple with the agonising question of un-answered prayer that I know. It is for real. Primarily because it springs out of Pete and Samie's story of what is so very demanding in their lives. But also for the way it connects with the experience of Jesus: facing his fear in Gethsemane; utterly alone on the cross; dead silent in the tomb; speaking into his friends' deepest fears on the day of Resurrection. I have wept with this book. And I know I will return to it for its specific teaching which is well organised and accessible, not only for individual readers but as a resource for group study and reflection.
The overall impact for me is a challenge about being more bold, specific and persistent in intercession; I realise that the main reason I don't know the real agony of un-answered prayer is that so much of my praying has been so open-ended that it would be hard to determine what was answer and what was lack-of-answer. Through Pete's writing God is inviting me to a much deeper engagement than that.
God on Mute is the best grapple with the agonising question of un-answered prayer that I know. It is for real. Primarily because it springs out of Pete and Samie's story of what is so very demanding in their lives. But also for the way it connects with the experience of Jesus: facing his fear in Gethsemane; utterly alone on the cross; dead silent in the tomb; speaking into his friends' deepest fears on the day of Resurrection. I have wept with this book. And I know I will return to it for its specific teaching which is well organised and accessible, not only for individual readers but as a resource for group study and reflection.
The overall impact for me is a challenge about being more bold, specific and persistent in intercession; I realise that the main reason I don't know the real agony of un-answered prayer is that so much of my praying has been so open-ended that it would be hard to determine what was answer and what was lack-of-answer. Through Pete's writing God is inviting me to a much deeper engagement than that.
49 of 50 people found the following review helpful
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I love Pete's outlook on life and faith and as he's an absolutely fantastic writer to boot I'd have probably read whatever he published even if it was called 'Lard On Toast'. But the fact that he's writing about prayer - specifically unanswered prayer - makes me even more hungry to hear what he's got to say. I've heard Pete speak on a few occasions about the process of coming to terms with his wife Samie's brain tumour and his honesty has always been incredibly moving and motivating. That his home life was imploding just as he was being thrust forward as the figurehead of a rampant global prayer movement (24-7 prayer) seems an irony too cruel to bear. So having said all this you might find it a bit strange that I've chosen the following portion to quote, but here goes:
"Outwardly I tried to give an impression of stoic endurance, and there were times when I felt very calm. But I was also scared that Samie might die if I didn't pray enough, or if I didn't have enough faith, or if I didn't fast enough, or if I didn't bind some disembodied principality, or if I didn't repent of some root sin, or if I didn't strap her body on a stretcher bound for Lourdes, or if I didn't agree with Benny Hinn."
When I read those lines, which come after a whole chapter fraught with heart-break, I laughed like I'd not laughed in a long time. It was like a release valve letting out the pressure of my own doubts and fears, which a book like this inevitably leaches to the surface. Here's my point, and the thing above all else that I want to applaud Pete for, laughter is a spiritual gift. To be able to write a book touching on some of the most emotional and sensitive issues people will ever face, and to do so with a gracious, contagious smile is about as close to Jesus as you can get I think.
"Outwardly I tried to give an impression of stoic endurance, and there were times when I felt very calm. But I was also scared that Samie might die if I didn't pray enough, or if I didn't have enough faith, or if I didn't fast enough, or if I didn't bind some disembodied principality, or if I didn't repent of some root sin, or if I didn't strap her body on a stretcher bound for Lourdes, or if I didn't agree with Benny Hinn."
When I read those lines, which come after a whole chapter fraught with heart-break, I laughed like I'd not laughed in a long time. It was like a release valve letting out the pressure of my own doubts and fears, which a book like this inevitably leaches to the surface. Here's my point, and the thing above all else that I want to applaud Pete for, laughter is a spiritual gift. To be able to write a book touching on some of the most emotional and sensitive issues people will ever face, and to do so with a gracious, contagious smile is about as close to Jesus as you can get I think.
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Wow! what a great book, very honest and written from the heart. The best book i've read in a long time once i started reading I coulsn't stop. Read more
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God on Mute......enlightening
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God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer, by Pete Greig
One of the best books on prayer I have ever read, and I have ready many. Don't wait until your prayers aren't being answered to read this book, you may miss an anointed revelation... Read more
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A refreshing new look on a age old topic.
'God on Mute' addresses the stumbling block that many evangelical Christians meet. Why,namely, does God not seem to answer prayer. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ali Mansell
Unanswered prayer
Every one who has ever offered a prayer up to God should read this book. Pete Greig pulls no punches about the fact that sometimes prayer seems to go unanswered and offers insights... Read more
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A great book for today.
I have come across many people who have asked the question, "where is God?" I think this book helps those who are experiencing tough trials and those who are searching for God. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Noble Knights
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Because of personal loss (the death of my adult son)and the - seemingly - unanswered prayer to 'sustain and save him please God', I have been on a search to find my faith again. Read more
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