Mark Batterson

The Circle Maker

The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson is built around a simple but audacious premise: most of us pray too small. Drawing on the ancient legend of Honi the circle maker — a first-century Jewish sage who, during a catastrophic drought, drew a circle in the dirt, stood inside it, and refused to move until God sent rain — Batterson argues that God honors bold, persistent, specific prayer. The book's central thesis is that "God is not honored by timid prayers." Instead, Batterson calls readers to draw "prayer circles" around their biggest dreams, their deepest needs, and their God-given impossibilities, trusting that the God who answered Honi's prayer is the same God who hears ours today.