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Author
Publisher
IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Pastors face demands and pressures on every side, but you can make a difference. Eddie Byun offers a handy, practical guide to praying for pastors, with stories of how congregational intercession changes things. When we pray for our leaders, their ministry is strengthened, the kingdom is advanced and lives and communities are transformed.
Author
Publisher
Dutton, published by the Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Christians are taught in their churches and schools that prayer is the most powerful way to experience God. But few receive instruction or guidance in how to make prayer genuinely meaningful. Keller offers biblical guidance as well as specific prayers for certain situations, such as dealing with grief, loss, love, and forgiveness. He discusses ways to make prayers more personal and powerful, and how to establish a practice of prayer that works for...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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{u2019}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...
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"We all want more peace in our lives, but how do we get there? Mindfulness and positive thinking only get us so far. In this refreshing book, Chad Veach explores a passionate, personal approach to prayer that removes the pressure to "pray right" and replaces it with the calm assurance that God always hears us-no matter when, where, why, or how we pray"--
Author
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"You should pray in the morning. You should write out your prayers. You should make prayer lists and pray through them every day. You should pray with others or out loud. We've all heard the "you shoulds" of prayer from pulpits, presenters, and well-meaning friends. But when none of these ways to pray feel natural, what's next? Janet Holm McHenry has studied prayer extensively, and the one thing she knows for sure is that there's no one-size-fits-all...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, Tyler Staton--author, pastor, and director of the 24-7 Prayer movement in the United States--uses biblical teaching, powerful storytelling, and historic Christian practices to offer both inspiring vision and practical instruction for how to encounter the wondrous, mysterious, living God through prayer"--
"An invitation to an ordinary yet radical way of life, using historic Christian practices as both inspiring...
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