PRAYING GOD'S WORD Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds

"Stronghold" is the term this popular Christian teacher uses to talk about bad habits, appetites, harmful attachments, and mental or emotional ruts that threaten our goodness. The slippery slope of strongholds is best helped by two God-given tools--prayers and scripture. Cynthia Holloway's reading is astute and balanced. She softens the worshipful aspect of this program and presents the material with reasonable enthusiasm. Though a giddy sort of trust in God is part of the picture, the author's main point is a practical one: Life is full of temptations that can only be countered by attention to what we think about and vigilance about the habits we let ourselves get comfortable with. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 04]