In this simple, beautifully written book Rowan Williams explores four essential components of the Christian life: baptism, Bible, Eucharist, and prayer. Despite huge differences in Christian thinking and practice both today and in past centuries, he says, these four basic elements have remained constant and indispensable for the majority of those who call th… Read more…
In the spirit of the Book of Common Prayer, Art Nelson provides a new collection of public and private prayers to help us meet the uncertainties of life with the dignity of prayer.
Often when situations of very specific pain or joy arise (pregnancy at risk, marriage crisis, addiction, psychosis, incarceration, rape, celebrating wedding or anniversar… Read more…
Most Christians want to experience spiritual transformation. But many are frustrated by the limited progress of our spiritual self-improvement efforts. We find our praying burdened by a sense of obligation and failure.
But prayer is not merely something we do; prayer is what God does in us. Prayer is not just communication with God; it is communion… Read more…
Discover an ancient way of prayer that leads us to new union with God.
'Long ago,' Calvin Miller writes, 'when the Celts built their own rustic kingdom of God in what would later be the British Isles, their fervor in prayer washed their world in a vital revival.' In uncertain and dangerous days of high infant-mortality rates, leprosy… Read more…
'At the very heart of God is the passionate disposition to be in loving fellowship with you. . . . From the human side of this equation it is meditative prayer that ushers us into this divine-human fellowship.'
Richard Foster, bestselling author and founder of Renovaré, writes these words as one who has experienced what they describe. And i… Read more…
For decades, Operation World has been the world's leading resource for people who want to impact the nations for Christ through prayer. Its twofold purpose has been to inform for prayer and to mobilize for mission. Now the research team of Operation World offers this abridged version of the 7th edition called Pray for the World as an accessible resource … Read more…
Do you long for deeper communion with God? Spiritual director Jennie Isbell and Quaker minister Brent Bill know how easy it is to lapse into repetitious refrains of prayer:
'Our hearts told us that we had lapsed into easy God speak. We weren't reaching deep into our spirits and drawing out living words of praise, confession, concern, interce… Read more…
When we first become believers, we still have a natural tendency to be self-centered, especially in how we pray. As a result, many Christians prayers that are more of a laundry list of 'all about me' requests. Because God doesn't answer these kinds of prayer, we tend to give up on praying believing that God doesn't answer prayer. As a result,… Read more…
'Lord, teach us to pray,' every small group, from Jesus' to yours, has asked. Prayer is intimidating—what do you say to the God of the universe? How do you listen to Someone you can't see? Add other voices to the mix and prayer becomes downright scary—one more opportunity to feel like an idiot in front of your small group, or one more opp… Read more…
'Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do.' —from the Introduction
Activists Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove show how prayer and action must go together. Their exposition of key Bible passages provides concrete examples of how a l… Read more…
Believers in general will be enriched by this volume because the public prayers of Charles Spurgeon were full of doctrine and encouragement from Scripture. But this book should especially appeal to the pastor whose pulpit prayers might become stale, repetitious, or run-of-the-mill. Reading the prayers of great giants of the faith like Spurgeon aid in sharpen… Read more…
"Oh what encouragement we have to pray to such a prayer-hearing God, who so far exceeds the requests of His children."
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was profoundly convinced of the importance and power of prayer. Much of his influence in his own time and down to the present can surely be traced to the priority of prayer in his … Read more…
