Download or read book Thoughtful Prayers for Serious Believers written by Harold L. Bussell and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one who knows the struggles with prayer and even teaches others how to pray, Thoughtful Prayers gives more insight into how to pray than most other methods or how-to books. As much as you can teach others how to pray, they will never know how to pray until they experience praying for themselves. But, reading someone elses prayers are even a greater tool than you know. By reading each of Harold Bussells prayers, you gain insight into a mans daily struggles with God about life, the church and with his own spiritual life. Harold opens up courageously as he pours out his heart and soul to God. This kind of courage gives the reader encouragement that its alright to pray to a sovereign God and ask for guidance for the struggles we face daily. In taking us through The Lords Prayer and breaking it down into 6 weeks of personal prayers, you can see that one mans prayers are struggles we can all relate to. We can adopt these prayers and over time transform them to fit our prayer life. We can be courageous, yet reverent to our Holy God, bold, and yet humble to a loving, gracious God that cares for us. What is interesting to me personally is how these prayers become deeper and deeper as the weeks progress. By day 31 I am humbled by how much I am missing in my prayer life, maybe thinking too much of myself or not bearing my soul as much as Harold Bussell has in his prayers. It really creates in me a wanting to do better even in my prayer life. Not to emulate Harolds but just noticing where I might fall short in not being humble or reverent enough in my prayers. Harolds prayers are truly a guide to help you reflect on where you are in your own personal prayer life with God. And then maybe adopt some of his prayers to move you to a closer friendship with Jesus. Steve Wiersum

Download or read book 10 Questions about Prayer Every Christian Must Answer written by Elmer L. Towns and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is God even listening? If God is sovereign and in control, why should I bother praying? Can my will override His will? Public interest in spiritual things is at an all-time high, and one of the most often discussed topics is prayer. Yet there are vexing questions related to our communication with God, and much misinformation is circulated about prayer—even among Christians. Many struggle with hard questions. In fact, there seem to be as many negative attitudes and questions about prayer as there are positive things said about it. 10 Questions About Prayer Every Christian Must Answer does what other books do not: explore the link between Christian apologetics and prayer. Elmer Towns and Alex McFarland— each with extensive pastoral and academic experience—respond to common objections and questions about prayer, offering biblically informed, well-reasoned answers. This resource will encourage Christian readers in their faith and provide them with help when encountering Christianity’s critics. To those who are skeptical about prayer, it offers respectful and carefully reasoned rebuttals to their assumptions.

Download or read book On Earth as It Is in Heaven written by Warren W. Wiersbe and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as babies slowly learn to communicate in more and more complex ways, so the new believer should move from simply crying out to God to a developed prayer life. The basic elements of prayer found in the Lord's Prayer are a helpful guide to Christians hoping to enrich their prayers. In On Earth as It Is in Heaven, beloved teacher and writer Warren W. Wiersbe explains and applies the elements of the Lord's Prayer to everyday prayer so readers get excited about maturing in their personal prayer ministries. Any reader wanting to experience a more satisfying and effective prayer life will cherish this thoughtful book.

Download or read book A Call to Spiritual Reformation written by D. A. Carson and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 1992-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carson calls believers to revolt against superficiality and find again the deeper knowledge of God at Paul's school of prayer. Strong expositional study.

Download or read book Everyday Prayers and More written by Kathryn Kurth Scudder and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyday Prayers and More" was written and published in 2014. It contains simple and thoughtful prayers for many holidays, various needs and special occasions. Titles of some of the concluding chapters discuss prayer, Christian living, discipleship and faith. In the concluding chapter, Kathryn expresses her views on these and other subjects. Her goal is to offer prayers that are easy to understand and yet are meaningful.

Download or read book Praying with the Early Christians written by Eugene H. Peterson and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1994 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using stories from Luke and Acts, this new title in the Praying with the Bible series examines what it meant to be a Christian in the turbulent days following the ministry of Christ and what it means today. Part of a unique and contemporary series offering 365 thoughtful prayers and reflections.

Download or read book A Short Method of Prayer Other Writings written by Madame Guyon and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prayer is the application of the heart to God, and the internal exercise of love." --from A Short Method of Prayer Despite a difficult childhood, a loveless marriage, an early widowhood, and life-long persecution, French mystic Jeanne Guyon produced works of extraordinary spiritual power. Admired by Christians for 300 years--including John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, Hudson Taylor, and A.W. Tozer--her writings offer penetrating insight into cultivating unfettered communion with God. Hendrickson Christian Classics is planned to include all the timeless books that generations of believers have treasured. Each volume in the series is freshly retypeset, while thoughtful new prefaces explore their spiritual and historical contexts. For contemporary readers, here is an essential library of Christian wisdom through the ages.

Download or read book What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer written by Skye Jethani and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good things come to those who believe . . . right? People like to say, “Prayer works.” But what does that mean? Prayer works for what? Getting the answers from God that we want so much? While God certainly cares for your deepest needs, Skye Jethani wants you to know that prayer is so much more than a two-way transaction with a heavenly vending machine. Jesus didn’t pray like that. And with a pastor’s heart, Skye wants to take you deeper into what Jesus, the lover of your soul, had to say about talking with God. In What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?, you’ll benefit not only from Skye’s words of wisdom but his doodles that help the visual learner connect with spiritual truth. Prayer isn’t about getting answers, but getting God. We need more prayer in our lives—not because God can give us what we crave, but because He offers himself to us in love.

Download or read book Fervent and Effective Prayers written by Rev. Dr. Kwame O. Lartey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, "Frevent And Effective Prayers For Every Day In The Week, From Sunday To Saturday," was inspired by the Holy Spirit to transform and renew lives, change attitudes, redirect wrong motives, empower believers to develop blameless and guiltless consciences and wholesome and effective spiritual life styles, through a serious and sincere daily examination of the bleievers conscience, attitudes, motives and lifestyles. This model is based on Psalm 139:23&24, where David prays:"Search me O God and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life." (NLT). It is a book that will help us not to live to ourselves, nor pursue our own desires, nor to please ourselves to the detrement of others, but to live to the will and pleasure of God. It is a book that will help us "be crucified unto the world and the world curcified unto to us," be resurrected with Christ to reign and rule with Him, seated at the Right Hand of God in Heaven. It is a book that will help us all believers who use it daily experience the truth: "Christ is in you, the hope of glory" (Gal.2:19&20; 6:14&15 Col. 1:27) I believe it is a book meant for the times in which we live. A time of turbalence, violence, frustration, dispair and hopelessness, for both the young and the old. The person who prays these prayers daily and consistently will experience calmness in the face of fear, empowerment and victory over the problems of this world.

Download or read book Doctrine of Faith and Prayer written by and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Testament Prayer for Everyone written by Tom Wright and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This helpful and collection of Tom Wright's insights into the meaning and practice of prayer, gives you all the accessible wisdom of the various New Testament prayers explored in his individual 'For Everyone' commentaries. This convenient yet compact collection of explorations includes his own thoughtful translations and meditations on all the major prayers of the New Testament. Reasons to add 'New Testament Prayers for Everyone' to your collection: - Get Tom Wrights reliable, readable insights - Benefit from his own translation from the original manuscripts - Understand the key teachings of New Testament writers - Find how the hopes and fears of the early Church compare to today's - Make yourself an expert in the earliest written Christian prayers - Find the through line from the apostles to your prayers today Tom Wright on 'The Lord's Prayer': "References to Jesus' own practice of private prayer are scattered throughout the Gospels and clearly reflect an awareness on the part of his first followers that this kind of private prayer - not simply formulaic petitions, but wrestling with God over real issues and questions - formed the undercurrent of his life and public work. The prayer that Jesus gave his followers embodies his own prayer life and his wider kingdom ministry in every clause." There are many books about prayer, but this is the first by Tom Wright to cover all the key teachings and examples to be found in the New Testament.

Download or read book How to Pray When You re Pissed at God written by Ian Punnett and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When things really go wrong, what do you do with the feeling that God is to blame? A popular Coast to Coast radio host (and Episcopal clergy) provides some answers. In a first of its kind book, Ian Punnett provides a spiritual path for expressing your rawest emotions through prayer and how to rebuild a relationship with one's higher power--or anybody else in your life. In this important and practical book, Ian Punnett provides insight on feeling anger and resentment toward God and offers advice on how to deal with the pain and blame that accompanies these emotions. In a book that is edgy, timely, funny and compassionate, Punnett presents real help in everyday language for transforming the negativity of anger into a positive and useful force that will ultimately help us pray more effectively, bring us closer to God, enhance our spiritual relationship, and change the way we live and love others. After a divorce, a broken friendship, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job or even the accumulation of all the tiny cracks in our spirit from life's disappointments, it’s easy to feel pissed at God. When anger is left unchecked, it is harmful to our minds, bodies and souls. “How to Pray When You’re Pissed at God is not “the last word” on angry prayer,” Punnett writes, “but it might be the first words you have ever heard on the topic. By the end of the book, it is my hope that you’ll understand the role of anger in our lives, the benefit of honest prayer, and the need for honest, angry prayer in the lives of the faithful and faithless.”

Download or read book 21 Prayers of Thanksgiving written by Rachel Larkin and published by Rachel Lakrin. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanksgiving prayers are powerful! This book will transform your prayer life through using the everyday spiritual tool of thanksgiving. Using the 21 prayers will open your eyes to the unseen, draw you into God's presence, unlock conversations with God, keep you hopeful, banish fear and doubt, bring clarity and experience miracles. "This book incorporates thoughtful scripture and points to help enhance your faith and understanding of God's word. It is a must read!" - Amazon customer

Download or read book Praying to Change Lives written by Jody Brolsma and published by Our Daily Bread Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praying to Change Lives will inspire you to enjoy intimate fellowship and conversation with God. This formative non-fiction title will increase your understanding of intercession and equip you to pray from the Scriptures effectively. You’ll understand the impact you really have when you engage in authentic, fervent prayer.

Download or read book The Necessary Habits and Virtues Practiced by All True Christians written by RS Trifulescu and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-10-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the characteristics and habits that true Christians exhibit? What behaviors separate the nominal "Christian" from one who has experienced salvation? If you are seeking assurance of possessing eternal life, this book will help you take inventory of spiritual necessities that will expose the state of your soul. Each chapter will be devoted to expanding on essential elements of the redeemed lifestyle that are necessary for the working out of your salvation. Though we all might feel convicted for not meeting the biblical standards highlighted in this work, you will be repeatedly reminded that you're doing these things only by the grace of God. So when you do fall short, you take advantage of the remedy we have in Christ and His perfection. 140

Download or read book Early Christian Discourses on Jesus Prayer at Gethsemane written by Karl Olav Sandnes and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From early on, Christians passed down the account of Jesus’s agony at the prospect of his own death and his prayer that the cup should pass from him (Gethsemane). Yet, this is a troublesome aspect of Christian tradition. Jesus was committed to his death, but as it approached, he prayed for his escape, even as he submitted himself to God’s will. Ancient critics mocked Jesus and his followers for the events at Gethsemane. The ‘hero’ failed to meet the cultural standards for noble death and masculinity. As such, this story calls for further reflection and interpretation. The present book unfolds discourses from the earliest centuries of Christianity to determine what strategies were developed to come to terms with Gethsemane.

Download or read book Prayers of Faith written by Faith Annette Sand and published by Hope Publishing House. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A powerful prayer life is available to everyone, "claims author, mother of ten (eight adopted) children. "At age 24 1 suddenly found myself deep in the jungles of Brazil, the mother of eight children (whose ages ranged from not-quite-two up to nine). But the really hard part was being married to an abusive, unfaithful missionary husband," explains Ms. Sand when describing what made her turn to prayer. "None of my academic training or experience in the church prepared me to face the rigors of jungle living under these adverse circumstances. We had no electricity for eleven of the 15 years I lived in Brazil raising my family. The missionary community was either in denial about what was happening or implied that I deserved the abuse." Discovering that God was willing to answer prayers began Ms. Sand on a wonderful odyssey of learning to trust God for the smallest details of her life in bringing up her family. In her book, Prayers of Faith: On Learning to Trust God, she points out the basic principles of prayer that anyone can use to develop a bold relationship with the Creator of the Universe.