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Explains what prayer is, what to expect from praying, how to do it, and how it can transform lives when it becomes a regular practice, discussing different styles and traditions of prayer throughout Christian history and encouraging readers to experiment and discover which works best for them.
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We all pray . . . some. We pray to stay sober, centered, or solvent. When the lump is deemed malignant. When the money runs out before the month does. When the marriage is falling apart. We pray. But wouldn't we like to pray more? Better? Stronger? With more fire, faith, and fervency? Yet we have kids to feed, bills to pay, deadlines to meet. The calendar pounces on our good intentions like a tiger on a rabbit. And what about our checkered history...
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First published in 1885 by South African religious leader and writer Andrew Murray, "With Christ in the School of Prayer" contains 31 powerful and inspiring lessons on prayer in daily life. While born in South Africa in 1828, as Murray's father was a Dutch Reformed Church missionary sent from Scotland, Murray grew up educated in Scotland and later the Netherlands. He returned to South Africa in 1848 after his ordination, pastored several churches...
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It s a timeless prayer that produces timely results! Bruce Wilkinson takes readers to 1 Chronicles 4:10 to discover how they can release God s miraculous power and experience the blessings God longs to give each of us. The life of Jabez, one of the Bible s most overlooked heroes of the faith, bursts from unbroken pages of genealogies in an audacious, fourpart prayer that brings him an extraordinary measure of divine favor, anointing, and protection....
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It must never be forgotten that Almighty God rules this world. He is not an absentee God. His hand is ever on the throttle of human affairs. He is everywhere present in the concerns of time. "His eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men." He rules the world just as He rules the Church by prayer. This lesson needs to be emphasized, iterated and reiterated in the ears of men of modern times and brought to bear with cumulative force on the consciences...
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The Hour That Changes the World, first published by Baker in 1978, is a classic book on prayer that offers practical suggestions on how readers can revitalize their prayer lives. Dick Eastman challenges Christians to spend one hour each day in prayer, and he outlines a twelve-step prayer program to help them accomplish the task. By dividing one hour into twelve five-minute "points of focus," such as praise, waiting, confession, and Scripture praying,...
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Written in the 16th century by a reform-minded Carmelite monk, Dark Night of the Soul is a treatise focusing on the metaphor of a dark night to represent a lonely phase in one's personal spiritual life. Saint John was a Roman Catholic mystic and a Spanish poet, and this work reflects his mystical stages toward union with God. Written on a scroll smuggled to him by one of his guards, his songs are the ultimate expression of the spiritual seeker's journey...
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Old Testament history is, filled with accounts of praying saints. The leaders of Israel in those early days were, noted for their praying habits. Prayer is the one thing, which stands out prominently in their lives. In this book, E. M. Bounds chronicles the prayer lives of famous biblical men.
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Power Through Prayer is one of EM Bounds many classic works on prayer. He is practical yet spiritual, challenging us to seek God in passionate and unrelenting prayer.
Christ did not come for the righteous but for the sinner and He calls us to pray like he did to the Father in a continual basis. Bounds in this work outlines what kind of heaven and earth shattering effects prayer can have from the individual person to the very ministry that someone...
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This new edition includes an expanded chapter on using the practical "prayer cards"-a hallmark of the teaching found in A Praying Life-and a chapter on the need and use of prayers of lament. Prayer is so hard that unless circumstances demand it-an illness, or saying grace at a meal-most of us simply do not pray. We prize accomplishments and productivity over time in prayer. Even Christians experience this prayerlessness-a kind of practical unbelief...
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As we search for meaning in our world of shallow online relationships and glamorized selfies, many are returning to traditional and liturgical churches. The repeated words, benedictions, and historic hymns connect us to saints who have gone before, giving us a sense of belonging, richness, and transcendence. Written prayers, once cast off as archaic, are now welcomed as guides to tune our hearts to the heart of God.
In My Heart, Ever His Barbara...
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When you're serious about following Christ, you long to become more like Him. You also know that the Bible contains the life-changing truths that will help you reach that goal. Face to Face: Praying the Scriptures for Spiritual Growth helps you turn your devotional times into a daily experience of transformation. Adapting and personalizing select Bible passages, Dr. Kenneth Boa offers you a refreshing and encouraging way to "renew your mind" as you...
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In This Supercharged Atmosphere...
Do you struggle to love those whose opinions differ from yours? Whether it's the coworker talking politics, the opinionated uncle at the other end of the holiday table, or the fellow believer sitting in your pew, it can be hard to grit your teeth and get along-much less show love! And you're not the only one struggling. Our nation, our churches, and even our families are all experiencing disastrous separation and...
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Learn the revolutionary way to talk with God! Like millions of Christians, Dr. Larry Crabb has always considered his prayer life a weakness – "dull, intense only in crisis, occasionally meaningful and passionate but mostly lifelessly routine." But for everyone who struggles to pray in a way that matters, who is bored with prayer and doesn't know where else to turn, this groundbreaking book whispers of hope for change. Something new and real and...
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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 your clarity and help you to experience miracles.Each prayer focuses on a different area of your life or an aspect of God's character- family, teenagers,...
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This revolutionary book will explain what God wants for and from us when we petition Him for his will to manifest "on Earth as it is in Heaven," and how to understand the difference. Do you ever feel as if, despite your spirituality and faith, something significant is missing? Most teenagers and college students, as well as tens of millions of adults, are still striving to figure out the purpose and meaning of their lives. The natural struggle for...
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HOW vast are the possibilities of prayer! How wide is its reach! What great things are accomplished by this divinely appointed means of grace!
It lays its hand on Almighty God and moves Him to do what He would not otherwise do if prayer was not offered. It brings things to pass which would never otherwise occur. The story of prayer is the story of great achievements.
Prayer is a wonderful power placed by Almighty God in the hands of His saints,...
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Purpose in Prayer is, a message of meditation, based on the Bible and written by Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835-August 24, 1913) prominently known as E.M. Bounds, was an American author, attorney, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy.
He is, known for writing 11 books, nine of which focused on the subject of prayer. Only two of Bounds' books were, published before he died. After his death, Rev. Claudius (Claude) Lysias...
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