Prayers for a Privileged People

Author: Prof. Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1426713703
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
In Prayers for a Privileged People, this much-published author sculpts—as carefully as if with chisel—prayers on behalf of those who are people of privilege and entitlement—the haves—at an urgent moment in our society. The privileged face, on the one hand, the seduction of denial or, on the other, the temptation of despair. These prayers of wisdom and prophetic power remind us that when things go wrong , when we are afraid , and when we feel prodded by those who lack voice, there is a conversation we can have—a conversation situated amid the promises and commands of God.

Short Prayers to Change Your Life

Author: Harvest House Publishers
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736979247
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
“Everything starts with prayer. Without asking God for love, we cannot possess love, and still less are we able to give it to others.” - Mother Teresa Prayers have the power to transform our lives, uplift our spirits, and most important, glorify God. This inspiring collection will draw you closer to a loving Savior who wants to hear from you. Selected from Scripture and the writings of some of history’s most influential and eloquent believers, including Charles Spurgeon, Martin Luther, and Saint Augustine, these pint-sized petitions will prepare your heart for sweet fellowship with the Lord as you seek, praise, bless, and thank Him. Perfect for devotional time or as a gift for someone special, let Short Prayers to Change Your Life give you the words to express what your soul longs to say to God.

Newlywed Book of Prayers

Author: Doreen Wennberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999590515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
The benefit of selected scriptures and sample written prayers help us to learn or emulate prayer conversationally. Prayer is not a formula, but a conversation between us and our Heavenly Father. In writing Newlywed Book of Prayers, Praying for Your New Spouse, The Husband's Version, Doreen Wennberg draws from her years of leading and participating in prayer groups. Every married couple knows that a fulfilling marriage doesn't just happen. If that is your desire as a couple, prayer will be the key. Praying for your new wife will inevitably draw you both closer to God and to each other. This book is designed to help you to form a foundation of prayer for your marriage. Covering twelve topics a man can pray for his wife as she takes on her new role. Loaded with scripture, and concise, practical prayers for today's busy man.

Praying Your Prodigal Home

Author: Richard A. Burr
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 1600669980
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 103

Book Description
Praying Your Prodigal Home - A moving testimony to God's power and faithfulness. Franklin Graham writes, "Praying Your Prodigal Home is a book of hope and encouragement." This gripping book gives you sound biblical principles on how to pray effectively for your lost friend or loved one. It includes focused prayers that can be used as models in praying for unbelievers. Richard has been a prodigal and "has experienced the pain of loving and pursuing a prodigal." In this book, Burr reveals how the God of all mercies listens to the cries of hurting parents and intercessors. Unleash God s power to set your loved ones free!

How to Pray

Author: Pete Greig
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1641581905
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
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.

Painted Prayers

Author: Roger S. Wieck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
This book features 107 of the finest examples of illuminated pages from medieval and Renaissance Books of Hours. Roger Wieck's comprehensive text introduces the Book of Hours -- a "bestseller" for three hundred years -- to the general reader, discussing its iconography, the artists who illuminated this genre, and its role as a religious text in the lives of its owners. As a collection of both stirring words and inspiring images, the Book of Hours thus comprised a series of "painted prayers".

Extreme Prayer

Author: Greg Pruett
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414390661
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
What do you do when your whole spiritual life falls apart? It is in these heart-hungry moments—when we feel overwhelmed or alone, struggle with unanswered prayers, aren’t sure what to do, or are crying out for God’s help—that we are surprisingly poised to pray the most effective kinds of prayers possible. Extreme Prayer taps into that longing for connection with God when we need it most by teaching us to pray the kinds of prayers Jesus promised to answer with unlimited power. It’s not about how to pray more . . . it’s about praying differently, and intentionally tapping into all of Jesus’s open-ended promises in a way that achieves maximum Kingdom impact. In Extreme Prayer, Greg Pruett searches the Scriptures to discover the kinds of prayers that God has promised to answer, challenging you to access their power and see His immeasurable glory unleashed in your prayer life.

In the Land of the Living

Author: Kenneth L. Sehested
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725249553
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
"If required to summarize my deepest conviction in a single sentence, it would be something like this: I believe that God is more taken with the agony of the earth than with the ecstasy of heaven." So begins the preface to In the Land of the Living: Prayers Personal and Public by Kenneth L. Sehested. What follows from that conviction is a collection of prayers and poems, most of which are "inspired by" one or more particular biblical texts and many of which were originally written for use in Sehested's own congregation. Sehested's lifelong work as a justice and peace organizer informs his "poetic eloquence," which, in the words of one reviewer, produces reflections on Scripture that create "a flash of insight, a bolt of courage, a stretch of imagination, a surprising peek into the heart of God" and "cries out against second-hand convictions." In the Land of the Living (Ps 27:13) represents a significant addition to that tradition of spirituality which takes seriously both the pain of the world and the claim of a God at work disarming both the heart and the nations. Indeed, "These prayers are jumper cables from the pew to the world."

The Efficacy of Prayer

Author: Clive Staples Lewis
Publisher: Forward Movement
ISBN:
Category : Prayer
Languages : en
Pages : 12

Book Description

Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth

Author: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780800634605
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A collection of startlingly fresh and meaningful prayers from Walter Brueggemann, the leading Christian thinker and scholar.