Come Away: How to Have a Personal Prayer Retreat - Softcover

“In a world of one-minute Bibles and instant messages, why would anyone be talking about day-long prayer retreats? The reason is, whether we realize it or not, we desperately need to spend time with God.”

Most of us know we need to spend more time in prayer, but life has a way of pulling us in a multitude of other directions. Tragically, the very thing that gets squeezed out of our schedules is what equips us to meet the urgent demands these schedules bring.

Extended time in prayer brings a fresh awareness of our dependence on God and provides balance and perspective we yearn for in our otherwise harried lives.

Shel Arensen helps believers discover the richness of prolonged prayer. He offers a workable plan for carrying out personal prayer retreats and encourages believers in the pursuit of deeper intimacy with God.

“Once we begin using the suggestions found in this book, a day or a weekend of prayer will pass quickly and will become something we value rather than dread.”

—John Watters, Executive Director
Wycliffe Bible Translators International

“Powerful! Shel Arensen takes busy Christians by the hand and . . . makes extended prayer time not only doable but greatly desirable.”

—Catherine Palmer
Christy Award winning author

Shel Arensen and his wife, Kym, are missionaries in Kenya, Africa, to the Dorobo tribe. The author of six children’s adventure books, Shel has also worked as a magazine editor for fourteen years.