Download or read book Learning Conversational Prayer written by Rosalind Rinker and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very idea of praying personal petitions aloud in front of others makes many people uncomfortable. Yet, those who have overcome their fears and tried this form of prayer are quick to express how rewarding they find it. Rosalind Rinker has refined this form of shared-prayer, having practiced, lectured, and written about it for more than twenty-five years. She explains what it is and how, with the help of the Holy Spirit, it can lead to a new and more meaningful prayer life within a group, within your family, or in your own private devotion.
Download or read book Learning to Pray written by James Martin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A smart, wise, often side-splittingly funny master class in seeking God. Any spiritual seeker—from atheist to professional religious—will cherish this bravura tome from one of our great spiritual guides, in the lineage of C. S. Lewis, Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, Gandhi, and Mother Teresa. Hallelujah & amen!”—Mary Karr, author of Lit and The Liar’s Club One of America’s most beloved spiritual leaders and the New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage teaches anyone to converse with God in this comprehensive guide to prayer. In The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, Father James Martin included a chapter on communicating with God. Now, he expands those thoughts in this profound and practical handbook. Learning to Pray explains what prayer is, what to expect from praying, how to do it, and how it can transform us when we make it a regular practice in our lives. A trusted guide walking beside us as we navigate our unique spiritual paths, Martin lays out the different styles and traditions of prayer throughout Christian history and invites us to experiment and discover which works best to feed our soul and build intimacy with our Creator. Father Martin makes clear there is not one secret formula for praying. But like any relationship, each person can discover the best style for building an intimate relationship with God, regardless of religion or denomination. Prayer, he teaches us, is open and accessible to anyone willing to open their heart.
Download or read book Simple Prayer written by Charlie Dawes and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we making prayer more complicated than it needs to be? Helping us pare down our words to their most elemental level, Charlie Dawes has identified simple—yet far from simplistic—prayers that unlock the mystery of conversing with God. By focusing our prayers, we can find new a way of connecting with God at a heart level that cannot be mastered with words alone.
Download or read book Prayer The Ultimate Conversation written by Charles F. Stanley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to communicate with God in order to deal with difficult times in life, find joy and peace, and obtain answers to religious questions.
Download or read book Prayer written by Timothy Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned pastor and New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller explores the power of prayer. Christians are taught in their churches and schools that prayer is the most powerful way to experience God. But few receive instruction or guidance in how to make prayer genuinely meaningful. In Prayer, renowned pastor Timothy Keller delves into the many facets of this everyday act. With his trademark insights and energy, Keller offers biblical guidance as well as specific prayers for certain situations, such as dealing with grief, loss, love, and forgiveness. He discusses ways to make prayers more personal and powerful, and how to establish a practice of prayer that works for each reader. Dr. Keller’s previous books have sold more than one million copies. His Redeemer Presbyterian Church is not only a major presence in his home base of New York, it has also helped to launch more than two hundred fifty other churches in forty-eight cities around the world. His teachings have already helped millions, the majority of whom pray regularly. And with Prayer, he’ll show them how to find a deeper connection with God.
Download or read book Deepening Your Conversation with God written by Ben Patterson and published by Bethany House Publishers. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to Love to Pray If you long to call your prayer time "sweet," but usally find it flat or without taste... If you thirst to know God through prayer, but too often fail to find the time for prayer... If you desire conversation wtih God, but tend toward a monologue instead... Ben Patterson, with "I've been there too" reassurance, will encourage and inspire you to turn your prayers from a spiritual discipline to a much-anticipated delight. In this want-to-pray guide, he describes prayer as the work of the Christian, explaining why God covets your prayer and how it gets God's work done on earth.
Download or read book The 28 Day Prayer Journey written by Chrystal Evans Hurst and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who longs for a consistent prayer life yet struggles with distractions, doubts, or knowing where to start, bestselling writer and beloved speaker Chrystal Evans Hurst offers a simple and heartfelt method for having meaningful conversations with God, one day at a time. The kind of intentional, fervent prayer life we'd like to experience often seems intimidating or just out of reach. Chrystal knows how that feels and shares her own relatable journey through the challenges and joys of deepening her prayer life. Showing up to pray just one day at a time, Chrystal found a simple yet powerful practice that made consistent prayer amazingly doable. A warm and encouraging writer, Chrystal shares the same supportive help she found for talking with God specifically and intentionally throughout the day. With relatable stories and timeless Scripture, The 28-Day Prayer Journey offers three prompts each day to guide you through an easy yet intimate prayer experience. From giving thanks, hearing God, and making requests to simply knowing what to say, Chrystal gives practical explanations and easy steps for the core tenets of prayer, including: Praise and Thanksgiving--offering gratitude to God Repentance--seeking forgiveness from God Asking--presenting your requests to God Yielding--surrendering to God The 28-Day Prayer Journey will strengthen your faith and transform your life with the profound experience of communicating with a loving God. Whether you are new to prayer or well-versed in communication with God, this hopeful and supportive guide will help you experience God's presence in ways you never have before through the practice of meaningful prayer.
Download or read book Make Your Voice Heard in Heaven written by Barry C. Black and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the keynote message that so moved government leaders at the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast, U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black’s Make Your Voice Heard in Heaven shows us how to pray prayers that God will hear. Now more than ever, we are fighting for our voices to be heard on earth. We march, we tweet, we advocate on behalf of the voiceless, calling those in power to listen and come alongside us. Sometimes it feels as if we’re never going to be heard and nothing will ever change. Known for his powerful prayers, Chaplain Black challenges us, individually and collectively, to make ourselves heard in a way that really changes things—by calling upon the one who holds ultimate power. Through personal story and practical insight, Make Your Voice Heard in Heaven helps us learn to pray in a way that releases God’s power and unleashes His blessing.
Download or read book Learning the Language of Prayer written by Joyce Huggett and published by Crossroad. This book was released on 1997 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for beginners in prayer and also for people who have been praying all their life and long to deepen their prayer life and go deeper into God. Joyce Huggett explores every aspect of prayer and reflects on the nature of the God to whom we pray. Here are chapters on 'The ABC of prayer', 'Learning some basic vocabulary', 'Finding a tutor', 'Listening to the expert', 'The one to whom we pray' and 'Prayer when things are tough'. Charcoal line drawings and color photographs beautifully enhance the text and illustrate its meaning.
Download or read book How to Pray written by Pete Greig and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pete Greig is a worldwide authority and the face of a generation when it comes to prayer. One of the founders of the 24-7 prayer movement, he has seen, experienced, and chronicled amazing works of God in the world. While you might imagine him to be puffed up, Pete Greig is entirely the opposite. He is enchanting, down-to-earth, friendly, and most of all, very normal–and yet he tells preposterous tales about prayer (and they’re true). He is basically a regular dude who loves to talk with God. How to Pray is written to evoke a passion for prayer in everyone—the committed follower of Jesus as well as the skeptic and the scared. The enormous blessing of How to Pray is that it is accessible, full of surprising stories of answered prayer, and tremendously engaging. The basic idea is that prayer is a conversation between you and God. Pete Greig demystifies and reenchants prayer, helping you to find prayer achievable and enjoyable, and ultimately life-giving and life-changing. How to Pray is designed to be used together with The Prayer Course (a free video curriculum associated with the Alpha course), making it useful for personal and group or church-wide reading.
Download or read book Listening Prayer written by Leanne Payne and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows readers how they can experience a fuller, more meaningful prayer life by learning how to listen to God.
Download or read book Prayer written by Rosalind Rinker and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1986-10-26 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fresh and inspiring guide to the joys of talking with God and making prayer life more effective.
Download or read book Learning to Pray written by Ben Campbell Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prayer written by Jeanette L. Groth and published by . This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this simple, loving book, author Jeanette L. Groth tells your child, 'You can talk to Him about anything--anywhere--anytime.'The book emphasizes the importance of prayer, explains different kinds of prayer, and gives short sample prayers of praise and thanksgiving--for forgiveness, help, guidance, things we need (but not necessarily everything we want), and others' needs.
Download or read book Prayer written by Rosalind Rinker and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic study guide on conversational prayer that has revolutionized the prayer lives of millions. "Prayer is a dialogue between two persons who love each other." With this profound insight, writer and missionary Rosalind Rinker gives the key to a simple yet powerfully effective method of increasing the joy and meaning of your prayers. This classic and inspiring guide was named #1 in Christianity Today’s "Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals," putting Rinker in close ranks with classic writers such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, C.S. Lewis, and Elizabeth Elliot. As nearly one million readers have discovered, Prayer: How to Have a Conversation with God offers a fresh take on the eternal promise: "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them" (Matthew 18:20).
Download or read book 7 Ways to Pray written by Amy Boucher Pye and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Christians, prayer is the main way we communicate with God - but what can we do when we struggle with the question of how to pray or feel our prayer lives are lacking? Seven Ways to Pray explores how by looking to ancient prayer practices of Christianity, we can find fresh ways to relate to God today. Discovering these tried and tested tools will not only strengthen our relationship with him but will bring us joy, contentment, growth and transformation. With warmth and encouragement, Amy Boucher Pye takes us through seven ways to pray to God: praying with the Bible, receiving and extending forgiveness, practicing God's presence, listening prayer, the prayer of lament, praying with the gospels imaginatively and the prayer of examen. Guiding us through their history, she shows us how easily we can make these prayer practices part of our lives and use them to grow closer to God. Along with prayer exercises to help us engage directly with God, there are questions for individual reflection or small-group discussion, making Seven Ways to Pray perfect to use as a family, in churches or with friends. This is a book for anyone who has ever wondered how to pray or is looking for ways to revitalise their prayer lives. It will give you an understanding of some of the oldest prayer practices of Christianity, and equip you with the tools you need to renew and refresh your relationship with God. Come along, and discover Seven Ways to Pray.
Download or read book Learning to Pray in Agreement written by Tyrone Flanagan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here at last is an up to date guide in the timeless art of praying together with others. This book provides the intercessory prayer group with everything that it needs to begin and nurture the life of prayer group. Included in the book is a daily prayer journal with relevant scripture meditations. No intercessory prayer group should be without this informative guide as a resource.
