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Prayer is a major biblical topic. The Bible teaches readers the nature, purposes, intentions, and practical applications of prayer in diverse circumstances and situations. The Bible presents different expressions of prayer, major examples of prayers, presuppositions of prayer, various types of prayer, God's diverse answers to different prayers in different circumstances, and nonverbal gestures about prayer. This book attempts to deal with difficult issues such as imprecation or curse prayers, address controversial biblical passages and concepts such as Ps 51 or Rom 8:26-27, and emphasize important similar connections between different biblical texts such as 1 Sam 2:1-10; Ps 113:5-9; Luke 1:46-55; 2 Sam 7:18-29; or 1 Chr 17:16-27.

What does it mean for rigorous thought about God to be guided by prayer? What do Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises teach us about discernment? How can that discernment become a spiritual discipline which guides our choices throughout life? How can that discipline guide the theological choices we all make, including those of academic theologians? This book moves beyond the abstract notion that theology should be prayerful to bring theology together with a particular spiritual practice. It argues that the Spiritual Exercises are a system of prayerful discernment which already provide for reason to be used alongside an openness to all experience and all the ways that we can be guided by the Holy Spirit. This book provides a constructive interpretation of the Exercises as a path of prayerful discernment which can be used throughout life. It sees, in the Exercises, a way of active receptivity to all experience, treating all experience as worthy of attention but also approaching that experience with humility and caution. This book sees theology practiced in this way--as a discerning spiritual discipline--as more resistant to the challenges of modernity than theology which has been sundered from our spiritual life.

Pursuing an Expansive Life of Prayer In wondrous contrast to silent idols, the one true God speaks. He addresses his people in love, and it's their great privilege to answer him in prayer. At its root, prayer isn't mere self-expression or a prod to get a silent God to speak, but it is a learned skill to answer God's initiating word in Christ. Through this thoughtful book, author and pastor Daniel J. Brendsel explains how responding to God can nurture prayerful engagement with Scripture, shape healthy rhythms among God's praying people, and spur excitement for communion with God. For those disappointed by their current life of prayer, Answering Speech invites readers to enter into an expansive and exuberant life of response to the Father through the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit. - Offers a Unique Perspective: Explores how Christians are not initiators of prayer but responders to what God has already done - Appeals to Pastors and Thoughtful Laypersons: Focuses on important issues that should be taught within the local church - Theological yet Accessible: Deeply rooted in theology, this book offers encouragement and practical rhythms for prayer

This collection of prayers by noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann can be used in both public worship and private devotion. These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year to special moments in the lives of worshiping communities to events playing out on the world stage. In all cases, the prayers show us how God accompanies us through all the moments and stages of our life, while simultaneously calling us to do the same for all those whom God has placed alongside us in the journey.

Cuando vemos las noticias, nuestros corazones se rompen por un mundo necesitado. Pero los cristianos no son impotentes para ayudar: podemos orar. De hecho, eso es exactamente lo que Dios nos dice que hagamos:'las peticiones, las oraciones, la intercesión y la acción de gracias [deben] hacerse por todas las personas'(1 Timoteo 2 v 1-2). Si nos tomamos en serio alcanzar a nuestra comunidad local con el evangelio, lo primero que haremos es orar. El problema es que la mayoría de nosotros no sabemos por dónde empezar. ¿Cómo oramos significativamente por las personas que no conocemos y que probablemente nunca conoceremos? En el fondo, los problemas parecen demasiado grandes, demasiado desconectados emocionalmente, y no estamos seguros de que nuestras oraciones realmente hagan una diferencia. Ahí es donde este pequeño libro está diseñado para ayudar. Te equipará para orar oraciones poderosas por el mundo que te rodea; oraciones que realmente cambian las cosas, porque se basan en la palabra de Dios. Cada propagación toma un pasaje de las Escrituras y sugiere 5 razones para orar por un problema local, nacional o internacional. Porque cuando oramos de acuerdo con las prioridades de Dios que se encuentran en su palabra, nuestras oraciones son poderosas y efectivas (Santiago 5 v 16), y esa es una perspectiva verdaderamente emocionante. Utilice este libro para: Guía tus oraciones durante tus momentos personales de silencio Equipar a los miembros de la iglesia para orar significativamente por su comunidad y nación local Ayudarle a preparar intercesiones públicas expresivas para la iglesia Alimenta tu reunión de oración de la iglesia Ayudarle a saber cómo orar a raíz de los principales acontecimientos mundiales Use este libro de muchas maneras: trabaje a través de él como parte de su tiempo de silencio diario, o recójalo cada vez que surja una situación que necesite oración en particular. When we watch the news, our hearts break for a world in need. But Christians are not powerless to help: we can pray. In fact, that's exactly what God tells us to do:'petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving [should] be made for all people'(1 Timothy 2 v 1-2). If we're serious about reaching our local community with the gospel, the first thing we'll do is pray. Trouble is, most of us don't know where to start. How do we pray meaningfully for people who we don't know and will probably never meet? Deep down, the issues seem too big, too emotionally disconnected, and we're not sure our prayers will really make a difference. That's where this little book is designed to help. It will equip you to pray powerful prayers for the world around you; prayers that really change things, because they're based on God's word. Each spread takes a passage of Scripture and suggests 5 things to pray for a local, national, or international issue. Because when we pray in line with God's priorities as found in his word, our prayers are powerful and effective (James 5 v 16)—and that's a truly thrilling prospect. Use this book to: Guide your prayers during your personal quiet times Equip church members to pray meaningfully for your local community and nation Help you prepare expressive public intercessions for church Fuel your church prayer meeting Help you know how to pray in the wake of major world events Use this book in any number of ways: work through it as part of your daily quiet time, or pick it up whenever a situation arises that is in particular need of prayer.

Anhelamos que Dios esté trabajando en nuestra comunión con la iglesia, y sabemos que estamos destinados a orar por ella. Pero a menudo, cuando se trata de eso, no sabemos muy bien qué pedir. O sentimos que nuestras peticiones a Dios son superficiales, repetitivas y atrapadas en una rutina. Ahí es donde este pequeño libro está diseñado para ayudar. Te equipará para orar oraciones poderosas por las oraciones familiares de tu iglesia que realmente cambian las cosas, porque se basan en la palabra de Dios. Cada extensión toma un pasaje de las Escrituras y sugiere 5 razones para orar por un aspecto de la vida de la iglesia. Porque cuando oramos de acuerdo con las prioridades de Dios que se encuentran en su palabra, nuestras oraciones son poderosas y efectivas (Santiago 5:16) y esa es una perspectiva verdaderamente emocionante. Use este libro de muchas maneras: trabaje a través de él como parte de su tiempo de silencio diario, o recójalo cada vez que alguien que conozca necesite oración en particular.We long for God to be working in our church fellowship, and we know we're meant to be praying for our church. But often when it comes to it, we don't quite know what to ask for. Or we feel our requests to God are shallow, repetitive and stuck in a rut. That's where this little book is designed to help. It will equip you to pray powerful prayers for your church family prayers that really change things, because they're based on God's word. Each spread takes a passage of Scripture and suggests 5 things to pray for an aspect of church life. Because when we pray in line with God's priorities as found in his word, our prayers are powerful and effective (James 5:16) and that's a truly thrilling prospect. Use this book in any number of ways: work through it as part of your daily quiet time, or pick it up whenever someone you know is in particular need of prayer.

Cuando escuchamos que un amigo está luchando, puede ser fácil decir: « Estoy orando por ti », pero más difícil es saber por qué orar realmente. A través de cuarenta pasajes de las Escrituras cuidadosamente escogidos, Nancy Guthrie abre la riqueza de las Escrituras para enseñarnos cómo orar por aquellos que están sufriendo. Ella nos muestra cómo la Biblia nos proporciona un vocabulario para la oración que nos permite pedirle a Dios que logre lo que pretende en y a través del sufrimiento. Nancy nos muestra cómo los propósitos de Dios se revelan incluso en nuestros días más oscuros y nos anima a orar para que Su voluntad se haga en situaciones difíciles. Cada capítulo incluye: Un pasaje Una breve explicación Una oración por tu amigo When we hear that a friend is struggling, it can be easy to say, «I'm praying for you», but harder to know what to actually pray. Through forty carefully chosen Scripture passages, Nancy Guthrie opens up the wealth of scripture to teach us how to pray for those who are hurting. She shows us how the Bible provides us with a vocabulary for prayer that enables us to ask God to achieve what he intends in and through suffering. Nancy shows us how God's purposes are revealed even in our darkest days and encourages us to pray for his will to be done in difficult situations. Each chapter includes: A passage A short explanation A prayer for your friend

We in mainline churches are uneasy, maybe even scared. Why are our voices not heard? After all, we are the reasonable Christians, the updated Christians, the respectable ones who have dominated the cultural landscape since colonial times. This book presumes that trying to reverse the loss of our traditional status in society is both futile and beside the point. What's called for when we find ourselves in a state of crisis is to rediscover the big picture, the Christian hope projected on a large screen. This requires the courage to revisit the sources from which all Christian hope springs, rediscovering their life-giving power. That power rises from the counterintuitive affirmations of the gospel represented in Christ's incarnation; his healing the afflicted; his raising the dead; his vulnerability; his cross, resurrection, and'universal restoration'(Acts 3:21). Preaching and worship that embodies and lifts up the hard parts, the life-giving parts, is neither fundamentalist nor an exercise in nostalgia. It is rather evidence of confidence in the triune God who makes the unknowable known. The Good Shepherd promised:'My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me'(John 10:27). And when they do, they will.

Prayer 101 is both an introduction and a complete course on reaching out to God for His mercy or strength. Teresa A. Jones addresses seemingly simple questions like What is Prayer? but delves deeply into why and how we seek intercession from heaven for love and guidance.Using real life examples, Jones applies the lessons of the Bible and dissects the intricacies of prayers we sometimes repeat from rote memorization. With a complete vocabulary of the elements of prayer, and reflections following each chapter, readers will find themselves drawn into more spiritual communications.In the Scriptures, God repeatedly called his people to pray and He continues to call us today. This connection with God can take many different forms; seeking, talking, listening, meditating, crying out, interceding, and more. Not only are there several forms for prayer, there are many ways of understanding these very words and of putting them into practice.

Revival starts when people pray together.Christians often dream about the possibility of revival. But revival doesn't come because we wish or plan for it. Revival occurs when groups of people pray together. However, praying together effectively doesn't come easily, and we're often left wondering how to best engage in the work of intercession.Carolyn Carney offers a practical guide for those who want something more than'just another prayer meeting.'Drawing from decades of ministry experience, The Power of Group Prayer includes stories and practices for corporate prayer, reflection questions, and supplemental resources to help build powerful intercession groups. Pastors, small group leaders, and campus ministry leaders—or anyone who wants a deeper prayer life—will be equipped to lead others in the kind of prayer that is necessary for effective, resilient ministry.Praying together has the power to transform you and the world around you. Come to a place of deep intimacy with God as you learn ways to pray in community.

Where do you go when life overwhelms you? Before the Throne.God's people know they can turn to Him when times get tough. Instead of trying to fix things on our own, we can enter God's throne room in prayer. The access granted to us by Jesus our High Priest is our comfort when the world is turned upside down. In Before the Throne, Crickett Keeth, author of On Bended Knee, offers a follow-up study of eight prayer warriors from Scripture who turned to God when times became difficult. You'll learn to pray with:Moses in times of disappointmentThe Psalmists in times of needJonah in times of disobedienceHezekiah in times of battleHabakkuk in times of questioningJesus in a time of intercessionPaul in times of hardshipRevelation saints in times of worshipCrickett's studies are known for taking you deep—then even deeper!—into God's Word. As you study these prayers, you'll be strengthened as you see how these godly Bible characters poured out their hearts to God and how He responded to them. You'll learn how to pray with the same power when you feel weak, helpless, stressed, or afraid. As you turn your focus toward God's character through prayer, He will supply the strength you need to face whatever is before you. Because that's the privilege you have when you come Before the Throne.“Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16

Do you feel too busy to pray? Then you're invited to find REST in God's loving presence.Let's face it: we all know we should be praying more. And we genuinely try to make it happen! But before we know it, the day's worries and demands often distract us from conversation with God, and we're left wondering why we don't hear from Him. It happens to all of us.In Prayers of REST: Daily Prompts to Hear God's Voice, Asheritah Ciuciu offers you a respite from your spiritual to-do list. She provides guided prayers that will focus your mind and heart on Scripture. Using a memorable acronym and daily Bible verses, this prayer devotional will guide you through worship, confession, stillness, and surrender. You'll learn to:Recite God's GoodnessExpress Your NeedinessSeek His StillnessTrust His FaithfulnessDon't let distractions pull you away from God. When the duties of life begin to weigh on your mind... that's exactly when you need to REST in the Lord.“We learn how to pray not by reading a book or sitting in a lecture, but by actually praying.” – Asheritah Ciuciu

Las ideas de C. S. Lewis sobre el cristianismo y sus reflexiones sobre la vida cristiana continúan guiándonos aún más de cincuenta años después de su muerte. Cómo orar muestra la sabiduría perdurable de Lewis sobre la oración y su lugar en nuestra vida diaria. Cultivado a partir de sus numerosos ensayos, artículos y cartas, así como de sus obras clásicas, Cómo orar, proporciona sabiduría práctica e instrucción para ayudar a los lectores a nutrir sus creencias espirituales y abrazar la oración en todas sus formas. Si bien a muchas personas les gustaría hablar con Dios, a menudo no saben cómo empezar. Lewis las guía a través de la práctica, iluminando el significado de la oración y por qué es fundamental para la fe.How to PrayThe revered teacher and bestselling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis here offers wisdom and lessons that illuminate our private dialogue with God—prayer—in this collection drawn from the breadth of his writings.Cultivated from his many essays, articles, and letters, as well as his classic works, How to Pray provides practical wisdom and instruction to help readers nurture their spiritual beliefs and embrace prayer in all its forms. While many people would like to speak to God, they often don't know how to begin. Lewis guides them through the practice, illuminating the significance of prayer and why it is central to faith.

What if you could unlock God's ancient secret of blessing with a prayer? This book will help you understand the full meaning of this ancient prayer and unlock its supernatural power of blessing in your life. Learn to unlock God's blessing and favor on your life in thirty days by praying this'Divine Prayer of the Blessing'over yourself and others in the way God intended so you too can receive the'full supernatural impartation'in the same manner that the children of Israel did! In Praying the Priestly Prayer, Warren Marcus explains the deeper meaning of the prayer through his'Amplified Hebrew to English translation'of this ancient scripture and coaches you on how to make this blessing a part of your daily life! God wants to be proclaimed over you every day to bring: Supernatural favorProsperityAbundanceHealingProtectionAnd so much more!

Everyone wants to know how to talk to God and get answers to their prayers. Yet most people are skeptical of prayer, or convinced they're doing it wrong. Is there a secret to talking with God? God is more concerned about the condition of our hearts than the words we use. He cares more about the posture of our hearts than the posture of our bodies. And what is the right heart posture? Humility. The Secret to Prayer will take readers on a 31-day journey, examining the heart and actions of biblical characters whose prayers were answered. On the other side of the journey, readers will have a more vibrant prayer life, and a more intimate relationship with the God to whom we pray.

Praying like Jesus doesn't just change your prayer life; it changes your entire life. There are many books on prayer, and books on Jesus, but there is a need for a book about the prayer life of Jesus since His prayer life alone was the perfect prayer life. How did Jesus pray? Why did Jesus pray? Where did Jesus pray? These questions and more will be examined as we look at what Jesus taught about prayer, as well as what Jesus modeled in prayer. This book will be biblical, practical, and easy to read so that it is accessible to a broad audience. Many people, Christian and non-Christian alike, statistically value prayer and try to have some sort of prayer life. But most people struggle to build any momentum in their prayer lives when they fall into a rut. In Pray Like Jesus, Mark and Ashley want to help people build momentum in their prayer lives by experiencing the presence of God in an ever-deepening, life-giving, burden-relieving, and hope-lifting relationship with Jesus Christ.

Where you go starts with your recognition of who you are in Christ. This book will inspire you to know who you am in Christ. It will motivate you to reach higher levels of success and satisfaction in life, family, and business. Our salvation in Christ ensures that every one of our needs or godly desires has been provided for by God. Yet many in the body of Christ are suffering and going without. Revelation is the key to developing the faith to receive the inheritance Jesus died to provide for us. One man said, “You are not suffering because there is a great devil, but because of your great ignorance.” Ignorance of our identity in Christ is one reason many Christians are not possessing their divine inheritance. As someone once said, “Your vast inheritance [in Christ] comes only in proportion to your new identity.” Our identity will influence what we become, how rich or poor we will be, how high we will climb, even how long we will live. The more revelation a person has of his new identity in Christ, the more of God's vast promises he will be able to receive and manifest in his life and circumstances. In Revelation of Royalty, you will discover: You cannot rise any higher than your confession and revelation of royaltyYou are a speaking spirit and have authority over the devil and all his works

Making prayer a delight, not a duty.

In Today Everything Is Different Dirk Lange does not fail to deliver the'unexpected'in helping readers gain both a greater understanding of Christian spirituality and a path to it. On this adventure, an adventure of both the mind and heart, the reader will explore the foundational underpinnings of baptism, the impact of prayer in many forms--especially in community--and the insights of giants like Luther and Bonhoeffer. The great beauty of the book, however, is found in the incredibly moving stories Lange shares, including personal stories of the prayer groups and underground church in East Germany prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall. In these, we see firsthand evidence of the spiritual power to be discovered as we simply, faithfully, and prayerfully embrace the gift given in baptism; live faithfully in our everyday lives; and respond to God's call as a community to walk arm in arm into the world alongside and for our neighbor.

How should we pray? Do we believe God answers our prayers? Is it acceptable to complain to God? Should we bargain with him to receive the response we desire? Why do we praise God? Does our praise make him any more'God'? John Calvin argued basically that the purpose of prayer is to realign the petitioner's feelings and beliefs with God's. Many today seem to have adopted this idea. One says,'Why pray at all. God knows everything so my prayers cannot change his mind. I must pray to discover God's will for my life. I must realign my will with God's will for my life.'In contrast, the psalmists assumed a reciprocal process. They believed they could bring pressures on God to answer their requests. They would bargain with God and promise him certain things if he would only grant their petitions. Indeed, this was part of the process. They would obligate themselves to praise God if he would grant their desires. Such bargaining was the foundation of their prayers. Comparisons of Calvin's views with the psalmists'allows the reader to investigate the nature of his or her prayer life and make improvements where necessary.

Prayer is an important spiritual discipline, yet for many, it can be either confusing, intimidating, or not well understood. On a popular level, prayer is commonly seen as a means to an end--asking and receiving from God. But is there much more to prayer? In Touching God: Discovering Prayer that Moves the Heart of God, you will discover a new dimension of prayer--one that will deepen not only this important spiritual discipline in your life, but also your relationship to God. This book will help you transform your prayer life from spiritual duty, to one that will touch the very heart of God, and when we touch the master's heart, we experience the power of prayer in unimaginable ways.

God, do you hear me? If we're honest, that's a sentiment we've all shared. Prayer can be challenging and confusing. Often we feel abandoned, betrayed, and anxious. We don't know what to pray for, we don't know the words to say, and sometimes it just feels like there's no one on the other side. Through the pages of this book, pastor and bestselling author Derwin Gray will journey with you, in learning and living the prayer that God always answers. This prayer is commonly called the Lord's Prayer (Matt 6:9-13). The Lord's Prayer is the firm foundation God uses to build our lives on the Rock. It will help you break through to a completely new and refreshing prayer life. Along this journey, you'll learn several things about prayer: Prayer is the secret place where we find God waiting for us. Prayer is the door we enter to discover God's heart of unending grace. Prayer is the home we have always wanted, where we can crawl into our Father's lap and find our purpose.Prayer is not about getting God to give us stuff. It is about becoming who we were made to be: a reflection of Jesus in the world.

Discover the never-before-published prayers of A. W. Tozer as he opens his sermons.Is there a holier moment than when a preacher steps into the pulpit and opens the Scriptures before the people of the Lord? A. W. Tozer certainly understood the gravity and sanctity of that moment. His pulpit prayers reflect the holy awe that he experienced as he stood before God and the gathered congregation.Although Tozer fans are familiar with his writings and sermons, now for the first time, Approaching the Almighty collects the prayers that Tozer offered as he stepped into the pulpit to preach. Phil Shappard, a Moody Radio manager whose job was to remaster the audiotapes of Tozer's sermons, has collected and transcribed almost two hundred prayers that reveal the great preacher's intimate walk with God.The path to a rich prayer life is to pray alongside others whose faith is deep. Let Tozer's pulpit prayers guide your own heart in its steadfast pursuit of God.

A Powerful Companion to the 3-Million-Copy BestsellerKnow Your Bible Here's a book that should accompany every copy of God's Word! It's small but packed with helpful information on prayer—our communication with God—promising insight for believers and seekers of any age or background. For each of 66 key prayer passages in scripture, this book provides asummary “In Ten Words or Less”more detailed explanationlisting of related versesthought-provoking quotation“So What?” applicationGet to know prayer better...deepen your relationship with the heavenly Father!

Experience God through a Crisis—And through PrayerToday we are living through one of the most remarkable human crises in history. The COVID-19 pandemic has halted life as we know it and left us unable to imagine what life ahead may be like. In a time of such uncertainty, we must turn to the Lord for peace—we must turn to the Lord in prayer.How to Pray in a Crisis outlines how God can use a crisis to draw His people near to Him. This four-step guide will help you understand the nature of prayer and how it can lead to spiritual renewal in your life. Learn to pray with conviction, competency, community, and in a way that inspires others. Experience the power of God through life-transforming prayer that incites supernatural gospel impact on our world.

Step across the threshold and enter different spiritual worlds! Discover riches from the treasury of Jerusalem's religious traditions. Meet ordinary people of the holy city becoming extraordinary as they explore pathways to the Divine: practitioners of Kabbalah and Sufi traditions, Armenian and Syriac prayer, Franciscan and Orthodox spiritualities. Listen to those who actually live on the Via Dolorosa, the Way of the Cross--their hopes and heartaches. Experience for yourself the transformative and life-changing potential of their spiritualities in a way that will enrich and empower you in your own situation and equip you for a greater engagement with spiritual traditions. This is the invitation of this book and the lure of the gateways of Jerusalem. This resource embraces a kaleidoscope and mosaic of nationalities and ethnicities and spiritual traditions. Chapters include a short extract from classic spiritual writers of each tradition so we can engage firsthand with their spiritual riches. Suggested prayer exercises encourage us to make this an experiential reading, while questions in each chapter trigger reflection in individual readers or in groups using this as a course. Two concluding chapters identify commonalities and shared threads amongst the tapestry of religious traditions, and help us to relate the experience of this book to our own everyday environment.

A Practical Way to Use Your Time Wisely for Greater Results in Prayer Bestselling author Stormie Omartian provides you with simple but effective areas of prayer focus intended to ignite your prayer life. Each can take only a minute, or it can be the subject of a longer, more in-depth time of communication with God. Your life, and the people and situations around you, need as much prayer as you can give. In Keys to Powerful Prayer, Stormie will help you pray more effectively. She answers the question “How can I maximize the time I have in prayer in order to see greater results?” Start small and let these powerful insights on prayer have a life-changing impact on all of your prayer times.

Learn the meaning of prayer and discover a deeper relationship with Christ.Do you want a deeper and more meaningful relationship with God? In The Gift of Prayer, Dr. Charles Stanley explores how prayer deepens our relationship with God and reminds us of His presence, while we learn to follow His guidance in our lives. Dr. Stanley teaches you that prayer ushers you into the throne room of God, where you find a personal, loving, and holy God eager to share Himself with you.Through The Gift of Prayer you will:Learn how to communicate on a heart-to-heart level with the Lord of the universeExplore questions such as'What are the benefits of prayer?','What should I pray for?', and'Why are some prayers never answered?'Whether you're buying this for yourself or as a gift, inside you'll find:Gorgeous photography coupled with Scripture and encouraging words from Dr. Charles Stanley that will inspire you to a deeper prayer lifeA great gift for new believers to help guide them in their walk with God The Gift of Prayer will help you discover a more intimate relationship with Christ.Readers of Charles Stanley will also enjoy these other encouraging books:The Gift of HeavenThe Gift of JesusThe Gift of the CrossTrusting God with TodayGod's Purpose for Your LifeJesus, Our Perfect HopeEvery Day in His PresenceChristmas: A Gift for Every HeartFinding God's Blessings in BrokennessGod is in Control

The world around us teems with chaos and noise. We can change this turmoil by first changing the turmoil within us. That's what Quiet Prayer is all about. In Quiet Prayer, bestselling author Marie Chapian introduces readers to the ancient Christian tradition of solitude and meditation—a way of being in the presence of God based on silence and stillness. She answers questions Christians may have, such as:Is it Christian to meditate?What is Quiet Prayer meditation?What are the benefits of Quiet Prayer?Through learning about the history of Christian meditation and practicing with Marie's step-by-step guided meditations in the book, you can lean deeper into the Lord's call to “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).

This is a book about prayer, about Christian prayer, about Christian contemplative or meditative prayer as a way of simply being in the loving presence of God. It begins with prayer as that natural sense of the divine, what has been known for centuries as the sensus divinitatis, that consciousness of the mystery of God that is in each of us from the time of our birth. There are many ways of praying, and they all tend toward contemplation or'mysticism.'That is, toward heightening our conscious connection to God, our awareness of the love of God, our wakefulness to the presence of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in us, through us, and around us. By tracing the origins of contemplative prayer, its practice through the Old and New Testament Scriptures, then across the centuries of the Christian era to the contemporary world, it is hoped that the reader will develop a keener appreciation for the depth, beauty, and richness of the Christian spiritual tradition.

So many Christians pray the Lord's Prayer. It is almost'second nature.'This book is meant to help these people pray it more deeply and lovingly. Ecumenical and even striving to be global in nature, this book explores what the Scriptures teach us about this prayer, how the Christian tradition has approached this prayer in its long history, and how many of our contemporary concerns challenge the way we can pray this prayer, and also how the prayer can provide insights for those same concerns. People of all persuasions, believers and nonbelievers,'nones,'and followers of the world's great religions will also find many of their concerns given serious consideration in this book. If you think nothing new can be said about the'Our Father,'this book may surprise you.

Compelled by the belief that a large number of Christians want to come to God with others'needs, John Pritchard has created this follow-up to his hugely successful volumes, The Intercessions Handbook and The Second Intercessions Handbook. In a gentle, accessible, style he offers ‘starter'ideas and introductory material to help those who lead intercessions in public worship and small groups, and aims to open the reader's imagination to enrich their own style of praying. Everyday language, images and experiences are used in each of the three main sections. The first, looking at intercessions in mainstream worship, offers prayers for each of the 12 monthsfor major festivals and their seasonsfor special days like Mothering Sunday on themes such as light, storms and fear The second section provides intercessions for use in informal worship and small groups, while the third, focusing on personal payers, includes a section for extroverts. Praise for The Intercessions Handbook: ‘A wake-up call to all those who... need to find encouragement, freshness, balance and perseverance in this work of grace.'Methodist Recorder

Find security and hope in a broken world through the unshakable promises of God.Join New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado as he leads you through 30 life-changing promises from God in Praying the Promises. You'll experience a more intimate and effective prayer life and a deeper faith in the God who keeps every promise.Join Max as he invites you to:Discover a deeper understanding of the peace and security God offers His peopleLearn from the stories of God's faithfulness and identify tangible ways to implement faith into your own prayer lifeDevelop a deeper appreciation for the biblical people of faith, reflections, and prayers so you can see a clearer picture of how God is the rock you can build your life upon Praying the Promises is a great gift for birthdays, clergy appreciation, holiday gift giving, or to give to someone needing encouragement. Inside you'll discover:30 sections grouped by Scripture driven promises from GodThoughtful teachings from Max which can be read collectively or as a 30-day devotionalScripture that reinforces each promisePrayers to help you pray God's promises Whether you are a lifelong believer or if faith is a brand-new adventure, Praying the Promises helps you connect with the God who has kept His promises since the beginning of time and will continue to do so for eternity.

Adrian Roger's last written manuscript before his passing in 2005, has been edited and brought together by his son Steve, as a final joint work. When We Say Father takes the Lord's Prayer and breaks it down to its most basic components for readers to easily learn how to pray from the ultimate source, Jesus himself.

2019 International Book Awards, Finalist: Christianity 2018 Catholic Press Association Book Awards, Third Place: Prayer, Books about Prayer 2018 Association of Catholic Publishers'“Excellence in Publishing Awards,” First Place: Inspiration 2018 Association of Catholic Publishers'“Excellence in Publishing Awards,” BOOK OF THE YEAR When life has driven you to your knees, the only thing that works is prayer. Desperation has many faces: the addict who has hit bottom; the laid-off worker struggling to make the next house payment; the person who seems to have it all together but is wracked with fear, guilt, anger, or shame. We know we need help, but we are afraid to let anyone—especially God—see how broken we truly are. In Holy Desperation, Heather King demonstrates that, when we're desperate, it's precisely the right time to cry out to God. King, a survivor of addiction and other forms of desperation, begins with the basics of how to pray when you're uncertain that God exists or when you feel that you're beyond God's reach. She challenges the assumptions that only the saintly can pray and that prayer ought to be tidy and nice. She reveals how prayer leads us beyond ourselves and into a life of purpose, lived for the good of others. Ultimately, Holy Desperation is an invitation to engage in bold, come-exactly-as-you-are prayer, offering a way forward, upward, and outward for anyone desperate enough to cry out for God's help and presence. You are not alone.

“I'm sorry, Mr. Butts, but you have lymphoma and you are already in stage four.” Those words would rattle anyone. Those are the words Dave and Kim Butts heard just 10 days into Dave's beginning to write this book on prayer and peace. God literally put Dave into a situation where Dave would have to live out what he was planning to teach others in his book. As believers, we know that we are supposed to walk in Christ's peace day by day. But when the trials, struggles, and stresses of life come upon us, many of us do not appropriate or experience that peace. Instead, we look at our circumstances and worry. In the pages of this 30-day devotional, you will find the shalom—the peace—of Jesus! Each day you will be encouraged by a verse on peace, gently be taught how to live that verse out, and then be guided in praying that peace into your life. This book is for every believer who wants to experience and walk in the peace of Christ, no matter what life throws at him or her.

The Impossible reveals prayer's immediate and powerful impact through the true account of a family whose son died and was miraculously resurrected.Through the years and the struggles, when life seemed more about hurt and loss than hope and mercy, God was positioning the Smiths for something extraordinary-the death and resurrection of their son.When Joyce Smith's fourteen-year-old son John fell through an icy Missouri lake one winter morning, she and her family had seemingly lost everything. At the hospital, John lay lifeless for more than sixty minutes. But Joyce was not ready to give up on her son. She mustered all her faith and strength into one force and cried out to God in a loud voice to save him.Miraculously, her son's heart immediately started beating again.In the coming days, John would defy every expert, every case history, and every scientific prediction. Sixteen days after falling through the ice and being clinically dead for an hour, he walked out of the hospital under his own power, completely healed.The Impossible is about a profound truth: prayer really does work. God uses it to remind us that He is always with us, and when we combine it with unshakable faith, nothing is impossible.

There Are Many Reasons to Have Fear, But God Can Conquer Them All Find the peace you long for amid the things that frighten you with the help of this collection of prayers from Stormie Omartian. Each prayer is paired with a Scripture verse so you can steady your heart and mind on the truth of God's Word as you call upon the Lord to drown out all anxiety-inducing thoughts. Whether you're facing fear of loss, fear of evil, fear of rejection, fear of pain, or fear of the future, this little book gives you the inspiration you need to pray powerfully to God and be liberated from all that. Imagine the peace you'll feel when you experience... The Power of Praying®Through Fear

Prayer Doesn't Have to Be Intimidating Do you find yourself saying the same things to God over and over again? Does a thriving prayer life feel completely out of reach? Maybe all it takes to open up to God is five little words. Each entry in this forty-day devotional will provide you with a simple five-word prayer, a corresponding Bible verse, and thoughts to encourage you in your communications with your heavenly Father. The short prayers in this book include...I need You desperately today.Set my burdened heart free.Help me to forgive myself.The strength of your prayers lies in your heart intent, not your word count. Discover a new joy in your conversations with God!

A daily guide to prayer in our everyday lives.In Say it to God Luigi Gioia provides a welcome encouragement to all those who feel the need to freshen their practice of prayer. For Gioia, prayer is not about methods or techniques, but trusting that God is truly interested in everything that happens to us and wants to hear about it. The book leads the reader into the theological aspects of prayer and how it relates to Christ, to the Holy Spirit and to the Church. This is done without using complex theological concepts but simply through scriptural quotations. Chapters are kept brief intentionally to make the book suitable for daily reading over the Lenten period.With a foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Say it to God demonstrates that the everyday, even the most mundane of tasks and situations, can be applied in deepening our practice of prayer.

'Power Through Prayer'has been called'one of the truly great masterpieces on the theme of prayer.'The term classic can appropriately be applied to this outstanding book. In twenty provocative and inspiring chapters, each prefaced with quotations from spiritual giants, Edward M. Bounds stresses the imperative of vital prayer in the life of a pastor. He says,'... every preacher who does not make prayer a mighty factor in his own life and ministry is weak as a factor in God's work and is powerless to project God's cause in this world.'

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book on the topic, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. Guyon believed that one should pray all the time, and that in whatever one does, one should be spending time with God.

The seventeenth-century French philosopher Nicolas Malebranche thought that philosophy could learn a valuable lesson from prayer, which teaches us how to attend, wait, and be open for what might happen next. Death Be Not Proud explores the precedents of Malebranche's advice by reading John Donne's poetic prayers in the context of what David Marno calls the “art of holy attention.” If, in Malebranche's view, attention is a hidden bond between religion and philosophy, devotional poetry is the area where this bond becomes visible. Marno shows that in works like “Death be not proud,” Donne's most triumphant poem about the resurrection, the goal is to allow the poem's speaker to experience a given doctrine as his own thought, as an idea occurring to him. But while the thought must feel like an unexpected event for the speaker, the poem itself is a careful preparation for it. And the key to this preparation is attention, the only state in which the speaker can perceive the doctrine as a cognitive gift. Along the way, Marno illuminates why attention is required in Christian devotion in the first place and uncovers a tradition of battling distraction that spans from ascetic thinkers and Church Fathers to Catholic spiritual exercises and Protestant prayer manuals.

You have an enemy... and he's dead set on destroying all you hold dear and keeping you from experiencing abundant life in Christ. What's more, his approach to disrupting your life and discrediting your faith isn't general or generic, not a one-size-fits-all. It's specific. Personalized. Targeted. So this book is your chance to strike back. With prayer. With a weapon that really works. Each chapter will guide you in crafting prayer strategies that hit the enemy where it hurts, letting him know you're on to him and that you won't back down. Because with every new strategy you build, you're turning the fiercest battles of life into precise strikes against him and his handiwork, each one infused with the power of God's Spirit. New York Times bestselling author Priscilla Shirer, widely known for her international speaking, teaching, and writing ministries, brings her new role from the 2015 film War Room into the real lives of today's women, addressing the topics that affect them most: renewing their passion, refocusing their identity, negotiating family strife, dealing with relentless regrets, navigating impossible schedules, succeeding against temptation, weathering their worst fears, uprooting bitterness, and more. Each chapter exposes the enemy's cruel, crafty intentions in all kinds of these areas, then equips and encourages you to write out your own personalized prayer strategies on tear-out sheets you can post and pray over yourself and your loved ones on a regular basis. Fervent is a hands-on, knees-down, don't-give-up action guide to practical, purposeful praying.

The Bible is clear: This world is a spiritual battle zone, which every day puts us and those we love in harm's way from enemy attacks. Satan is relentless, and human defenses are no match for his dark devices. What can you do to protect yourself and your family?Pastor Rick Stedman proposes the solution: You need to put on the armor of God through prayer. As you follow his easy-to-remember method, you will learn tofocus on a specific piece of armor for each day of the weekspend quality time with God as you pray biblically and effectivelybecome empowered to face each day's battles and to protect those you love'Praying on the armor of God has never been so practical. Rick Stedman has provided for us a simple way to bring God's protective power into the lives of the people we love.'—David Butts, chairman, America's National Prayer Committee'The hardest thing about the Christian life is that it is so daily. As a seasoned pastor, faithful disciple, and outstanding communicator, Rick Stedman has written this practical and relevant guide for daily victory. Christ's sufficient provision of spiritual armor is available to every believer. This book makes it readily applicable to your heart and your home, seven days a week.'—Daniel Henderson, president, Strategic Renewal

Following the example of St. Ignatius, we believe that praying the Examen will lead to a better life. The 500-year-old daily practice of honest self-assessment and reflection is a founding principle of Ignatian spirituality. What we don't know is if St. Ignatius ever felt like changing it up a bit. Jesuit speaker and author Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, is confident that St. Ignatius wouldn't mind a little flexibility in his prayer. Join Thibodeaux as he guides you through new and unique versions of the Examen, totally flexible and adaptable to your life. In ten minutes, you can tailor your daily prayer practice to fit your personal and situational needs, further enhancing and deepening your meditation. Reimagining the Ignatian Examen—the only book of its kind—will lead you through a fresh and stimulating reflection on your past day, your present state of being, and your spiritual desires and needs for tomorrow.

In The Art of Healing Prayer, Charles Ringma and Mary Dickau invite us to enter the realm of God's curative love to aid those seeking the wholeness of Christ. Implicit in this invitation is the understanding that we have opened up our own lives to God's healing grace. For this is a costly ministry, in which precious time and resources will be required of us as we pray biblically, imaginatively and sensitively for someone who may be on a very difficult journey to restoration. Although often carried out behind the scenes of much of the Church's activity, the healing ministry is one of joy and transformation. A person released from long-standing inner woundedness – from the prison of reaction, bitterness, self-pity, self-protection and fear – is one who can grow to inhabit new wide spaces of love and forgiveness. In turn, they may become a source of goodness and healing, as the ‘magic'of God's grace results in eddies of life-giving love for others.

A Call to Prayer is one manual on prayer, its importance and necessity in the Christian life. A book that will bring growth and knowledge about prayer and invite him to live with greater intimacy with God. Written by J.C. Ryle, important preacher Christian.

The question of how, and whether, God answers prayer has been intellectually shaped by the rise of science, the problem of evil and the nature of the biblical records. Scientist and theologian David Wilkinson shares his own struggles with the question of how God answers prayer. Science does not rule out God acting in the universe in surprising ways; the Bible shows a God who acts in the world in response to people's prayers. Yet there is always a mystery about the nature and outcome of prayer, not least in the experience of unanswered prayer. The author shares his struggles with praying in the midst of his wife's long-term illness. What we believe affects how we pray. God is neither a slot machine, nor an indulgent parent, nor a divine dictator, nor a ruler in absentia. Questions covered include: How does God work in a world of science? Why doesn't He answer more often? Has God acted in history? How did Jesus pray? How, in a world governed by law and grace, should we pray?

There are no good'pray-ers,'but there is one great pray-er—Jesus Christ. Tim Chester shows us how, through Christ, we can become great pray-ers when we know three key truths about God: • God the Father loves to hear us pray • God the Son makes every prayer pleasing to God • God the Holy Spirit helps us as we pray When these truths are in place, we discover why prayer is easy, why prayer is difficult, and the arguments and priorities of prayer. Prayer is a child's asking her father for help—and that's not beyond any of us. Each chapter closes with a sample prayer based on a biblical text.