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I Told the Mountain to Move: Learning to Pray So Things Change Paperback – August 7, 2006

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Christianity Today Book of the Year Finalist.In the critically acclaimed prayer memoir from award-winning author Patricia Raybon, the Colorado essayist sets out to learn the secrets of mountain-moving prayer. But will her broken marriage, a dying husband, conflicts with an adult daughter and her determination to pray for her household lead to a healed family and a renewed faith? In the page-turning depths of I Told the Mountain to Move, Raybon wrestles with her upbringing in a strict, churchgoing family, her questioning about her childhood faith, and her determination to return fully to God in adulthood. This wonderfully written book reaches across racial, denominational, and cultural lines as Raybon discovers that prayer is a deliberate discipline that draws the prayer warrior into a life-changing relationship with a mountain-moving God.
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"The house was dark but also cold. I opened my eyes in the dimness and sat up straight, shivering. God was talking."

Award-winning writer Patricia Raybon was facing mountains that God alone could move. A strained marriage. Conflicts with two strong-willed daughters. And underneath it all, a shameful personal secret. But could this humbled Christian, far from her childhood faith, pray real prayers that led to lasting change? Patricia set out to learn the real way to pray. Pray so things healed. Pray so things stopped. Pray so things started. Pray so things changed.

The result is an inspiring account of a journey that shook Patricia's world and transformed her heart. The prayer lessons that Patricia shares will help you overcome the greatest obstacle to real, powerful prayer and draw you into deeper trust and intimacy with an inscrutable, yet loving, God.

About the Author

Patricia Raybon writes top-rated books that help believers move big mountains. An award-winning journalist and essayist, she digs deep into the intersection of Christian belief and everyday life--taking on tough topics such as family division, personal struggle, life success, cultural tension and spiritual healing. Her writing is hailed for its transparency, beauty and courage, but also for its encouragement, inspiration and hope.
Her many acclaimed books include her prayer memoir I Told the Mountain Move, her racial forgiveness memoir My First White Friend, her popular daily devotional the One Year God's Great Blessings Devotional, her interfaith-family memoir Undivided, and Bound for Glory, a tribute book honoring African American spirituals written with renowned calligrapher Timothy Botts. 
Patricia's essays on family and faith have been published in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Country Living Magazine, Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, Guideposts, In Touch Magazine of In Touch Ministries, Christianity Today, Today's Christian Woman, popular blogs including the Washington Post's Acts of Faith and Her.Meneutics (now CT Women) and aired on National Public Radio.
Her essays and articles include several first-place winners for feature writing and news reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists (Sigma Delta Chi),  National Press Women, Colorado Press Women, Colorado Association of Black Journalists, the Colorado Authors League, Evangelical Press Association and the National Mental Health Association.
Learn more about Patricia at her website, patriciaraybon.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tyndale Momentum (August 7, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0842387986
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0842387989
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.72 x 9 inches
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Patricia Raybon is a Christy Award-winning Colorado author, essayist, and novelist who writes daring and exciting novels and books at the intersection of faith and race. Her devotional writing appears in Our Daily Bread where she's a regular contributor. She also authors the Annalee Spain Mysteries, an exciting "history mystery" featuring a young Black theologian—a fan of Sherlock Holmes—who solves crime and consequence during Colorado's dangerous 1920s Klan years.

- "Readers will be hooked from the first line." Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of "Perennials" on "All That Is Secret: An Annalee Spain Mystery."

- "Brava, Patricia...It is captivating." Jerry B. Jenkins, New York Times Bestselling Author

- "Not only a good mystery, but a realistic insight into the African American experience in the 1920s in the West." Rhys Bowen, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling Author

Patricia's personal essays on faith, family and race have been published in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, the Charles Stanley Ministries In Touch Magazine and featured on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition.

For a deep dive into Patricia's compelling world of faith and fiction, connect with her daring and insightful books—and receive a free download of her "Busy Person's Guide to Hearing God"—at patriciaraybon.com

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Dance
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and inspiring
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2011
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In short - this is an amazing book. It is very well written and the author takes you on her journey through the trials of life, divorce, children, a husband near death, struggling with adult children and their choices and an aging and difficult parent, all the while trying to not only maintain her connection with God, but strengthen it. She opened her soul, let us in and she held nothing back. She manages to come through her struggles with grace (even though I am sure they did not feel like that at the time). I learned a lot from her and I thank her for written the book. It is truly inspirational and really makes us think about our lives, what it all means and where we are all headed. What really is our connection to God, what does he expect of us? and who we need to be to one another.
P.S. I read this in the kindle format and it was very well formatted for kindle.
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littlealex
5.0 out of 5 stars Praying prayers that move mountains
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Just starting to read it. So far it's very good!!
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D Sloan
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational, emotionally moving
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The power of prayer is impactful. Patricia Raybon related events in her life to to reveal how prayer can change your own way of thinking about life rather than asking and expecting change in others. Very heart rendering, her life experiences were so similar to mine. You laugh and you cry as you read about how prayer changed her life. And you learn how God can pull you through the conflicts confronting you on a daily basis, simply by the power of prayer and learning to be quiet and listen to God. Thank you, Pateicia Raybon, for sharing your life experiences in your journey of learning to pray.
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Laura De Giorgio
4.0 out of 5 stars This woman has a way with words
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In "I Told The Mountain To Move", Patricia writes about her spiritual journey. Each chapter is a lesson, and yet the book reads somewhat like a diary, where Patricia is both describing the events from her life and going over what she has learned, what she is working on, and where she's still experiencing challenge, praying for help, as well as forgiveness where she felt short.

And while describing her spiritual struggles, challenges and victories, she also quotes Richard Foster, Andrew Murray and other authors. She says that at first she read books on praying, underlined the good parts and pondered the hard parts. Then she began writing her own prayers. At first they resembled cold lists, then they were more like warm letters, then like love letters, and then they became praise letters. "You are magnificent and sovereign and wonderful and great. You can do the impossible ..."

Eventually she realized that the big part of praying was magnifying God, making Him bigger than any problem by focusing not on the problem but on Him.

She also practiced becoming still, resting in God and just listening, and was astonished to realize that God was there all along, just waiting for her to turn from the irritable chaos of her empty, weary life and to sit down long enough to hear him.

And now she was ready to soar with the great and almighty god, because finally it seemed - at long last - that she had discovered the keys to the Kingdom. Shortly after she began getting a grasp of how to pray, serious challenges appeared in her life which she was able to overcome through prayer.

"And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody." - 1 Corinthians 13:2

While sharing her lessons about praying, she goes over various conditions which help the prayers to be answered - including fasting, but most important of all - Love. "Love with everything. Love despite everything. ... Love is action. Don't talk so much about love ... Do the love things."

Patricia has a way with words and once you start reading the book, it's hard to put it down.
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M. Isom
5.0 out of 5 stars Made Me Late For Church :)
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2016
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Patricia Raybon made me late for church. It wasn't entirely her fault; in fact she didn't have a clue. But I began reading "I Told the Mountain to Move" and I simply couldn't put it down. Though Raybon and I apparently come from completely different lifestyles and backgrounds, it amazes me how directly this book spoke to my heart, and to my own struggles. Told with beautiful language, honesty and courage, her journey takes us past that moment we all eventually come to, that moment she describes like this "There are points in life, indeed, when a person feels forsaken, when nothing in one's life makes any sense." She shares, exhorts, and teaches in a powerful way and I highly recommend for anyone longing for a deeper fellowship with God through prayer.
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Kate R
5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life!
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021
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I've been struggling with several things in my life (family, work) and this book provided guidance and real-life examples of how to engage in a deeper prayer life in the middle of everyday struggles and concerns. Patricia Raybon is a wise and wonderful writer - LOVE this book and highly recommend
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Reina
3.0 out of 5 stars I liked it. But it has no conclusion that I ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2017
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Well, in general, I liked it. But it has no conclusion that I could see.
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Luanne Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Mountains of similarities
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This book was like reading about my own life .. even the authors ways, and thoughts. I totally identified from chapter to chapter. Excellent and well written. So I purchased another one of her books. Thank you Patricia Raybon this has been and is a blessing to me.
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O. A. Bandele
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Inspiring. Wasn't sure of the book at the start but I read it all and I'm glad I did. A really good way to introduc
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2017
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Surprisingly Inspiring. Wasn't sure of the book at the start but I read it all and I'm glad I did. A really good way to introduce anybody to a deeper relationship with God. I have come away with a big lesson in prayer 'God bless it or blow it up". Well done. I love it so much I made reference of the book on my dailybibledeclarations.com blog with the title Bible Declarations for Christians waiting on God in prayer. Think you'll enjoy the book too.
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Tiffany
5.0 out of 5 stars Best, most inspiring and genuine book
Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2013
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I HATE READING! but i loved this book.

for several reasons

Patricia is so truly genuine in this book, in the mistakes shes made, in her struggles and how she learns to pray through them with the help of the people around her.

Taught me very good lessons in praying through the good and the bad.

Used powerful quotes from other authors which led to Andrew Murray's book on prayer " With Christ in the school of Prayer"

Reading this book for the second time already! It's aamazzing!!
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