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Author: Samuel Wells Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing ISBN: 1467440671 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
This book offers a model of profound and accessible congregational prayer. At once inspirational and practical, it will empower and equip laypeople and clergy alike to offer heartfelt, informed, and appropriate prayers on behalf of the people of God. As Samuel Wells and Abigail Kocher say, "Interceding in public worship is a duty. This book is intended to make it a joy." Shaping the Prayers of the People begins by considering what public prayer is and offering practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls. It explores prayer as an integral part of worship and discusses the language we need (and don't need) to address God. Significantly, the book also provides an array of example prayers along with commentary.
Author: Samuel Wells Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing ISBN: 1467440671 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
This book offers a model of profound and accessible congregational prayer. At once inspirational and practical, it will empower and equip laypeople and clergy alike to offer heartfelt, informed, and appropriate prayers on behalf of the people of God. As Samuel Wells and Abigail Kocher say, "Interceding in public worship is a duty. This book is intended to make it a joy." Shaping the Prayers of the People begins by considering what public prayer is and offering practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls. It explores prayer as an integral part of worship and discusses the language we need (and don't need) to address God. Significantly, the book also provides an array of example prayers along with commentary.
Author: Samuel Wells Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing ISBN: 080287097X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
This book offers a model of profound and accessible congregational prayer. At once inspirational and practical, it will empower and equip laypeople and clergy alike to offer heartfelt, informed, and appropriate prayers on behalf of the people of God. As Samuel Wells and Abigail Kocher say, "Interceding in public worship is a duty. This book is intended to make it a joy." Shaping the Prayers of the People begins by considering what public prayer is and offering practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls. It explores prayer as an integral part of worship and discusses the language we need (and don't need) to address God. Significantly, the book also provides an array of example prayers along with commentary.
Author: Derek Prince Publisher: Whitaker House ISBN: 1603747559 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 196
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Become a World-Shaper. The times we are living in are scary, to say the least. The world is unstable. Global politics are volatile. The rate of change we now experience is spiraling out of control. We’re uncertain about what will happen tomorrow, and we feel helpless to do anything about it. Yet what we are facing isn’t new. In the past, there have been many wars. There have been threats and acts of terrorism. History is spotted with violent episodes of unimaginable carnage and horror. And what did people do about them? The only thing they could do: they prayed! Discover with Derek Prince how your prayers and fasting can change the world. Using experiences from his own life, he illustrates how you can make a difference. You don’t have to fight. You don’t have to hold high political position. You don’t have to be a certain age. You don’t even have to have power, money, or influence on earth. What is important is your influence in heaven. Learn to touch the heart of God through prayer—prayer that will change the world!
Author: Lisa Patterson Publisher: ISBN: Category : Gratitude Languages : en Pages : 153
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The question guiding the research was as follows: What impact does a disciplined, thoughtful practice of thanksgiving and intercessory prayer, done over time, have on the group practicing the discipline, and how does it change the participants' view of life or view of the ones for whom they pray? What I attempted to measure in this project was the impact on the ones who were praying intentionally and systematically the liturgical prayer of thanksgiving and intercession. The project focused on observing and participating in the practice of shaping the believer through a consistent, structured, ritual practice of the prayers of the people that takes its shape from the ordo of the ancient church, which is still used today. My hope for the project was to discover that praying deeply and broadly might open a small group of participants to the possibilities of difference and the opportunities to bridge the deep chasms existing between so many groups in the world. The project was designed to employ the methodology Gordon Lathrop outlines in Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology: "discern the pattern, practice the pattern, and renew the pattern," which carries with it the hope for renewal of the ancient for a new day. Hoping that the project would move people beyond just talking about prayer, I designed it so that the group would participate in prayer, reflect on the prayers, and reflect on their experience of the juxtaposition of participating in the classic liturgical prayer in the assembly and its use in daily prayer, producing critique and new meaning out of the old. In this project, the participants had the opportunity to explore prayers of thanksgiving and lament, with Christ at the seam. The first ministry action taken was a six-week class offered during the season of Lent (March 6-April 24, 2019). This class was designed to provide instruction and practice for the participants on the classic liturgical prayer of thanksgiving and intercession used in the Christian tradition and grounded in the biblical text as witness to it. The second ministry action also took place during Lent. Participants were asked to pray daily intercessory prayers, using the classic liturgical prayer of thanksgiving and intercession from Sunday's assembly. The third ministry action was administering short questionnaires to gather the data needed to address research question fully. All group members were then invited to participate in a final interview with me following the six-week class. Finally, the recap meeting provided the opportunity to share with the co-researchers the tallied responses from each of the questionnaires and the interviews. The summary of the questionnaires, interviews, and final recap meeting pointed to the same result--an intentional practice of praying thanksgiving and intercessory prayer using the classic liturgical model changed the participants' view of life and their view of the ones for whom they prayed. -
Author: Michelle Henrichs Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781719260787 Category : Languages : en Pages : 58
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Prayers for the People is a collection of prayers for worship. These prayers offer the worshipping community fresh perspectives for praying the words of Scripture, using current language and references. Cross-referenced to the Revised Common Lectionary, pastors seeking to lead their people in prayer have found a relevant and beautiful source for worship planning.
Author: Richard Einerson Publisher: ISBN: 9781425925987 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 176
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Irene Bell was a confused young lady, who was desperate to save her marriage. She fired the housekeeper whose her husband had hired to take care of her, and then she put her plan into action, to steal him back from her. She believed that her husband still love her, inspite of the fact he wants out of their marriage. If only they could spend a month together. She knew she could win him back. She was praying for that, if no she'd have to goes on without him. She wouldn't have no choice. That would be the hardest thing she had to do, walk away.
Author: Jan Johnson Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 0830873317 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 261
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Dallas Willard Center Book Award Finalist Jesus is speaking to us here and now. Lectio divina is a practice of Scripture reading that treats the Bible not only as a text to be examined, but also as the living Word of God spoken anew to us. Experienced Bible teacher Jan Johnson gives us forty Scripture meditations, organized topically, giving us the tools we need to practice lectio divina on our own. Each meditation can be used both individually and in group settings, and includes an introductory space of quiet along with an optional preparatory exercise; the full text of a passage from Scripture with explanations of unusual or important words, and with cultural and historical background as needed; cues to help us enter the text; space to contemplate the passage, respond to God in prayer and rest in his presence; and an exercise to "try on" one of the main ideas of the passage in our daily lives. Meeting God in Scripture moves us beyond merely understanding what the text meant in its original context to a direct spiritual encounter with Christ.
Author: Richard Leonard, SJ Publisher: Paulist Press ISBN: 1587682273 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 188
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Written by the best selling author of Where the Hell Is God?, this accessible volume is for everyone who wonders how to pray, everyone who wonders what happens when you pray, and everyone who wonders if God hears our prayers.
Author: Dutch Sheets Publisher: Baker Books ISBN: 144126714X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 189
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In History Makers, Dutch Sheets and William Ford III reveal how God wants us to connect with the powerful and timeless things He has done in the past so that we can become empowered for the future. We must look to our Christian forefathers and pray for the renewal of the covenants God made with them, building on God's past work to move closer to His ultimate goals for us as a nation and a planet. Now is our chance to connect with the past, shaping the outcome of the future, and turning it back in God's direction!
Author: John Koessler Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310864216 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 227
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Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith
Author: Samuel Wells
Author: Samuel Wells
Author: Samuel Wells
Author: Derek Prince
Author: Lisa Patterson
Author: Michelle Henrichs
Author: Richard Einerson
Author: Jan Johnson
Author: Richard Leonard, SJ
Author: Dutch Sheets
Author: John Koessler