Sign-In
Cart
Presence Before Performance: Why Intimacy with God Governs the Effectiveness of Prayer: Restoring the Divine Order Where Relationship Precedes Results
Paperback
Series: Intimacy with Jesus, Book 1
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN13: 9798253006047
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 20 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 20 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In a world where prayer is often measured by results, Presence Before Performance reveals the profound truth that intimacy with God must come first. Drawing from personal experience, Scripture, and practical insight, Goodson Mumba shows that true effectiveness in prayer flows naturally from abiding in God's presence-not from striving, lists, or performance.
Through story-driven lessons, real-life examples, and the wisdom of seasoned spiritual mentors, this book invites believers to rediscover the secret place, reorder their priorities, and live a life where prayer, action, and results align effortlessly with God's will.
Whether you feel stuck in unanswered prayers, overwhelmed by spiritual obligations, or distant from God, Presence Before Performance will guide you back to the simple, transformative rhythm of relationship-where presence governs, and results naturally follow.
Whether you feel stuck in unanswered prayers, overwhelmed by spiritual obligations, or distant from God, Presence Before Performance will guide you back to the simple, transformative rhythm of relationship-where presence governs, and results naturally follow.
Also from
Mumba, Goodson
Effective Leadership, Efficient Results: Navigating Success in the Modern Workplace
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$13.19
Digital Boardroom Revolution: Navigating Corporate Governance in the 21st Century
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$13.19
Introduction to Management by Harmony: Enhancing Personal and Organizational Performance
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$13.19
The Engagement Equation: Balancing Employee Happiness and Customer Satisfaction
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$13.19
The Wealth of Nations Reimagined: Understanding Economics in the Modern World
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$14.39
The Harmony Framework: Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations of Management by Harmony
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
The Gentle Force: Mastering the Art of Subtle Influence in Leadership and Life
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Beyond Competition: The Harmony of Differentiation and Complimentary Advantage
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Management by Harmony: The Intelligent Organization - Harnessing Cognitive Energy for Purposeful Performance
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Born Free, Believing Bound: Rediscovering Your Natural State Beyond Mental Constructs
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
The Architecture of Thought: Unlocking Intuition, Imagination, Reason, Memory, Perception, and Will
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
The Intellect of God in Man: Neshamah and the Managerial Mandate of Humanity
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Production Management: The Biblical and Managerial Foundations of Producing Value
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Challenges: Echoes of the Creator Within: When Human Struggle Mirrors Divine Expression
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Abdicated Mandate: How the Church Lost Its Managerial Calling and the World Paid the Price
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
The Church in the Market Place: Bridging Faith and Business for Kingdom Impact
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$25.19
The Kingdom Mandate Restored: A Theological Reconstruction of Genesis 1:28 Through the Kingdom Parables
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
The Kingdom Mandate Restored: A Theological Reconstruction of Genesis 1:28 Through the Kingdom Parables
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$25.19
The Eternal Managerial Mandate: The Consummation of the Edenic Commission in the New Earth
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Restoration Before Revelation: The Managerial Mandate as the End Time Gospel
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Who and What You Are for Why You Are: Discovering Identity, Function, and Purpose in the Divine Design
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Creative Thinking for Results: Enhancing Personal and Organizational Performance Through Creativity and Innovation
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$13.19
The Years I Spent in a Week: A Conversation Between a Young Minister and His Former University Professor
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$13.19
Birthright Betrayed: How Short-Term Desires Rob Individuals, Leaders, and Nations of Their Destiny
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
The Kingdom of God Within: Unlocking the Divine Blueprint for Inner Dominion and Outer Transformation
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
Unlocking Organizational Potential Through Challenge: Building High-Performing Teams in Uncertain Times
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$15.59
The Covenant Right to Financial Wealth: Unlocking God's Legal Provision Through the Finished Work of Jesus Christ
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$26.39
Christianity Is an Expression and Not Impression: A Culmination of Union, Indwelling, and Manifested Life
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$17.99
The Prayer of Completeness: Living from the Fulfilled Desire Through the Prayer of Faith
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$25.19
The Eternal Managerial Mandate: Understanding Humanity's Eternal Assignment from Creation to the New Earth
Mumba, Goodson
Paperback
$27.59
Also in
Religion General
The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World
O'Brien, Barbara
Paperback
From $14.99
The Destiny of Modern Societies: The Calvinist Predestination of a New Society
Zafirovski, Milan
Paperback
$72.50
Queer Faith: Reading Promiscuity and Race in the Secular Love Tradition
Sanchez, Melissa E.
Paperback
$56.55
The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune
Stille, Alexander
Hardcover
$12.99
You Have Stept Out of Your Place: A History of Women and Religion in America
Lindley, Susan Hill
Paperback
$55.10
Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 5
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Bloesch, Daniel W.
Kelly, Geffrey B.
Hardcover
$37.05
The Church of Saint Thomas Paine: A Religious History of American Secularism
Schmidt, Leigh Eric
Paperback
From $10.99
Render Unto Caesar: The Struggle Over Christ and Culture in the New Testament
Crossan, John Dominic
Hardcover
$27.54
The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis: Commentary on the First Three Chapters
Smith, David Chaim
Paperback
$18.95
Friendship and Society: An Introduction to Augustine's Practical Philosophy
Burt, Donald X.
Paperback
$28.49
Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion: 300 Terms Thinkers Clearly Concisely Defined
Evans, C. Stephen
Paperback
$18.04
Medieval Handbooks of Penance: A Translation of the Principal Libri Poenitentiales
McNeill, John
Gamer, Helena
Paperback
$46.00
Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
Fugelsang, John
Hardcover
From $17.99
The Jesus Discoveries: 10 Historic Finds That Bring Us Face-To-Face with Jesus
Johnston, Jeremiah J.
Paperback
$17.09
As a Man Thinketh - the Original 1902 Classic (includes the Mastery of Destiny) (Reader's Library Classics)
Allen, James
Paperback
$9.99
Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering
Nguyen, Joseph
Hardcover
$20.90
Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
Kobes Du Mez, Kristin
Hardcover
$30.39
Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith
Bessey, Sarah
Evans, Rachel Held
Hardcover
$26.99
Nothing Is Impossible with God: Eleven Heroes. One God. Endless Lessons in Overcoming.
Bream, Shannon
Hardcover
$30.40
Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging
Buchdahl, Angela
Hardcover
$28.80
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
Comer, John Mark
Hardcover
$23.75
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume
Robinson, James M.
Meyer, Marvin W.
Paperback
$37.99
The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them
Reed, Amy
Mestyanek Young, Daniella
Hardcover
$33.25
Determined to Believe?: The Sovereignty of God, Freedom, Faith, and Human Responsibility
Lennox, John C.
Paperback
$24.99
I Belong to Me: A Survivor's Guide to Recovery and Hope After Religious Trauma
Levings, Tia
Hardcover
$27.00
Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet
Watterson, Meggan
Paperback
$17.09
The Books of Enoch: The Complete and Original Edition, Also Includes the Book of Jasher and the Book of Jubilees
Charles, R. H.
Paperback
$28.50
A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts
Tolstoy, Leo
Hardcover
$29.44
Los Destinado al ��xito: C��mo alcanzar tus mejores sue��os
Gebel, Dante
Paperback
$14.24
Consagracion a San Jose: Las Maravillas de Nuestro Padre Espiritual
Calloway, Donald H., MIC
Paperback
$16.10
Pray Like a Champion Today: Sacred Stories from the Sidelines of Notre Dame Football
Wills, Nate, CSC
Paperback
$17.50
Mythology (75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition): Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Hamilton, Edith
Hardcover
From $12.99
The Official Study Guide to I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
Jimenez, Jason
Geisler, Norman L.
Paperback
$21.86
40 días de viaje en silencio hoy: Una guía para escuchar a Dios en el silencio
Zambrano, S.
Paperback
$17.00
Spiritual Hygiene: A Practical Path for Clean Living, Inner Authority, and Divine Freedom
Vanzant, Iyanla
Hardcover
$27.55
Every Moment Holy: New Liturgies for Daily Life: (Pocket Edition) (Over 100 Prayers and Illustrations for Practicing Mindfulness of the Presence of Go
McKelvey, Douglas Kaine
Hardcover
$27.54
Tactics, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
Koukl, Gregory
Paperback
$21.84
The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby: Inside a Billionaire Family's Quest to Craft a Christian Nation
Blanding, Michael
Hardcover
$30.40
Pagan Threat: Confronting America's Godless Uprising with a Foreword by Charlie Kirk
Miles, Lucas
Hardcover
$26.59
From Genesis to Junia: An Honest Search for What the Bible Really Says about Women in Leadership
Sprinkle, Preston
Paperback
$18.99
Did America Have a Christian Founding?: Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth
Hall, Mark David
Paperback
$19.99
Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe
Meyer, Stephen C.
Paperback
$23.74
Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and the Fight Over Free Speech in Modern America
Loeffler, James
Hardcover
$26.99
Bless & Release: The physics of letting go-and wanting what's meant for you.
Laporte, Danielle
Paperback
$17.10
A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God's Gift of Sexual Intimacy
Rosenau, Douglas E.
Paperback
From $9.99
Unoffendable Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better
Hansen, Brant
Paperback
$20.89
Through a Season of Grief: 365 Devotions for Your Journey from Mourning to Joy
Dunn, Bill
Leonard, Kathy
Paperback
$21.99
The Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods and Goddesses
Illes, Judika
Hardcover
$42.75
It Works: The Famous Little Red Book That Makes Your Dreams Come True!
Jarrett, Roy Herbert
Jarrett, Rh
Paperback
$3.80
The Hardest Sermons You'll Ever Have to Preach: Help from Trusted Preachers for Tragic Times
Zondervan Publishing
Paperback
$26.99
Beyond Wellness: How Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices Can Heal Us
Bucar, Liz
Hardcover
$28.50
David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God: A Spiritual Meditation on His Music and Creativity
Ormerod, Peter
Hardcover
$26.60
The 10: 10 Challenge: 10 Weeks, 10 Ways to a Jesus-Led Life
Jackson, Andrea
Lesperance, André
Paperback
$23.69
Cuando No Sabes Qué Orar: 100 Oraciones Esenciales Para Sobrellevar Las Tormentas de la Vida
Stanley, Charles F.
Paperback
From $9.99
The Genesis 6 Conspiracy Part II: How Understanding Prehistory and Giants Helps Define End-Time Prophecy
Wayne, Gary
Paperback
$33.24
A Catechism of the Strange: Stigmata, Relics, and the Miracles That Shape the Soul
Allen, W. Tyler
Paperback
$18.99
The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History
Throckmorton, Warren
Hardcover
$31.34
The Way of Orisa: Empowering Your Life Through the Ancient African Religion of Ifa
Neimark, Philip J.
Paperback
$18.04
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
Barr, Beth Allison
Paperback
From $12.99
Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Leo XIV, Pope
Paperback
$18.69