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Commemorating 75 years of Christian Aid, this is a prayer book like
no other. Full of defiance and determination, it is an invitation
to join Christian Aid and followers of Jesus around the world in a
united chorus of Rage and Hope. Bringing together voices from
different contexts and cultures around the world, this is a
collection of prayers of lament for the injustices of the world,
and prayers of hope for the world we want to see. Featuring
contributions from Rowan Williams, Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Rhidian
Brook, Robert Beckford, John Bell, Rachel Treweek, Walter
Brueggemann and many more, Rage and Hope offers defiant, inspiring
Christian prayers for a better world. The world is broken, full of
injustice and inequality, but despite everything, we hope. Rage and
Hope is a prayer book to enable us as the people of God cry out in
lament. With prayers for the poor, the sick, broken and the
oppressed, you will find words for raging at the darkness and
struggles in the world. And with prayers for healing and renewal,
you will find words to kindle hope as we look towards a kingdom in
which all things will be made new.
Even the most committed pray-ers can get stuck in a rut. Loved and
familiar ways of praying can become dry and stale and it can be
difficult to rekindle the spark, especially if you've only ever
known a handful of ways to pray. But help is at hand in this
wide-ranging and exciting new collection from the Community of
Aidan and Hilda. Edited by David Cole, with contributions from 30
members of the dispersed community, Celtic Prayer - Caught Up in
Love explores 20 different ways of praying from the Celtic
Christian tradition. Accessible and inspiring, it will refresh your
spirit and draw you deeper into knowing God. 'This book is the
antidote to desiccated prayer. A book of fresh and new ways to
commune with the Divine when your prayer life might have become dry
and lifeless.' Nicolette Rodden, Equality, Diversity, and
Inclusivity Coordinator for the Community of Aidan and Hilda
A revived faith starts with a revived prayer life.
This book will help you develop the faith and prayer life that God
desires for you.
What if your communication with God became as vibrant as the
interaction between
you and your best friend? What if God literally responded to your
praise, your
worship, and your requests? This is absolutely God’s will for your
prayer life!
For many, prayer is only a matter of blessing their food, asking for
help during a
crisis, or whispering a need when they feel they are at the end of
their rope.
Unfortunately, this barely scratches the surface of the prayer life God
wants to share
with us.
In Prayer That Changes Everything, Mary Colbert unpacks five principles
to
revolutionize readers’ faith and help them experience the full
dimension of the
relationship they can have with God through prayer. She challenges
readers to:
- Recognize that faith is alive and must be in action
- Live with a faith that excites God
- Realize that faith is the substance of all things
- See the thing they want God to do as done and begin to
praise Him for it; and
- know that love is the fuel
Whether a new believer or a longtime Christian, each reader will find
accessible, fresh insights into prayer and practical wisdom that will
revitalize his or her prayer life and
transform his or her relationship with God.
Have you ever felt that your devotional life falls short of the
ideal? Have you ever wondered how you can have an intimate,
meaningful relationship with God when the demands of modern life
make it all but impossible? Do you feel trapped and frustrated by a
pattern of daily devotions which you find unfulfilling? The Nearest
sets out to tackle these questions by challenging many of the
preconceptions which have become entangled with the popular
understanding of spirituality in western Christianity. By looking
at prayer and devotion from a different perspective, Tim Ross shows
how a fulfilling relationship with God is both realistic and
achievable within the confines of your life right now.
When we grieve, we all long for light in the dark places. We need a light to warm our hearts when they are chilled by grief. For Those Who Grieve includes 22 brief devotions and prayers, drawing on the saints, Scripture, and modern reflections to encourage readers to turn to God each day and find the light of hope, healing, and wholeness
You live a busy life, juggling work, family, chores, and more. Into
this busy life come challenges--difficult relationships, health
concerns, deferred dreams, loss--and blessings--a new job, a new
baby, new friends, new hobbies. And all of it is something you can
pray about. But maybe you're not sure how. Beautifully designed and
perfect for gift-giving, 100 Days of Prayer for Women is a
collection of go-to prayers for when you want to say something to
God but you're not sure just what words to use. Covering the
challenging, the joyful, and even the mundane aspects of life,
these prayers help you express yearning, praise, lament, and
gratitude to the One who made you, sustains you, and loves you
through it all. If you need encouragement and inspiration each day,
look no further!
Paul E. Miller, bestselling author of A Praying Life, has written A
Praying Church to cast a vision and provide direction for a return
to the simple yet life-changing practice of praying together.
What do you pray when times get tough? When you're stressed or
depressed, when life is overwhelming or disappointing, when you
feel like giving up? In these challenging times you need to pray
with wild hope, says Jackie M. Johnson. With encouraging stories,
Scriptures, and prayers, Johnson shows readers how to pray for
focus, wisdom, confidence, courage, grace, strength, meaning, and
much more. Conveniently structured so that readers can go directly
to the chapter that addresses their particular situation, this book
will be a lifeline to peace for those who need God's touch.
Do you long for a closer, deeper walk with God? Would you like to
know more about what the Bible says about spiritual intimacy? We
say we know about God's love in our heads, but has it really
percolated through to our hearts? The Bible employs the metaphor of
Christ, the Lover, and believers, his beloved. Yet this rich
relationship potential is relatively unexplored in modern popular
books, and we are the poorer for it. Using Song of Songs and other
Bible sources, the author explores the dynamics of our
relationship. We come to understand more fully what it is for
Christ to love us and for us to love him. Contents Desire - You're
the one I want Show me your face Jesus is not my boyfriend, but...
Is the Song of Songs really about me and Jesus? Insecurity Delight
Springtime Belonging Distance Christ finds us beautiful Christ gets
crazy for love Finally, consummation Distant again Spiritual
intimacy betrayed and lost through porn Porn-spoiled lives restored
Reconciled Still beautiful to him Spirals of longing and love
Conclusion: the power of spiritual marriage in the storms This
portrayal of the living dynamics of a believer's relationship with
Christ cannot fail to transform our devotional life profoundly.
Art, Truth, and Time is a book which endeavours to show that
artistic creation depends as much upon the body, as it does the
soul, and the soul's intelligent use of the body's way of
understanding. When there occurs a complete disjunction between the
two, as occurs in much of contemporary art, art is stripped of its
inherent beauty, its wholeness. In this book the author considers
the nature of art from its earliest manifestations to the present
day, endeavouring to show that its truth transcends time and place
through the unity of soul and body and man's awareness of this
unity, not a barren unity, but a unity which is profoundly
creative.
Beloved and bestselling author Bob Goff provides you with a year's worth of inspiring, unexpected, thought-provoking teaching that will prepare you for the day ahead.
Bob Goff’s first two books, Love Does and Everybody, Always, spent dozens of weeks each as New York Times bestsellers with their unique combination of entertaining, witty storytelling, and challenging, surprising perspectives. Now Bob is back with a year-long devotional made up of his distinctive, entertaining, deceptively profound reflections on what it means to live every day in light of the grace of God.
Built on Bob's trademark storytelling and unique way of helping us to see things in a new way, Live in Grace, Walk in Love takes us through an entire calendar year of meditations on how we can step out in love and confidence in every aspect of our lives. More than a tweet, less than a blog post, these devotional readings--accompanied by Scripture--will inspire and galvanize you live a more liberated, love- and life-giving existence than you ever thought possible.
Outreach 2022 Recommended Resource (Spiritual Growth) All fruitful
doing must begin with being. For many Christians, it's easy to be
swept up into the fast pace of modern life, desiring to do much for
God. But we struggle to slow down and be with God. According to
pastor, Enneagram teacher, and author AJ Sherrill, being with God
is what empowers doing for God. Sherrill shares his own journey
from "busy" Christianity to the ancient paths of contemplative
practices. He equips readers to integrate rhythms of stillness,
silence, and solitude, offering step-by-step guidance and examples
of finding solitude both personally and on retreats. Sherrill warns
that making these changes appears absurd in a society where time is
money, productivity is central, and hurry is a way of life. He
guides readers gently through the beginning and often confusing
stages of contemplative practice. Citing timely insights from the
world of neurology and mental health, he shows that solitude is
crucial not only for Christian growth but also for holistic
flourishing. Foreword by Rich Villodas. Readers will emerge,
centered in Christ, well on their way to this goal: slow down, pay
attention, be still, and be loved.
From Tom Wright's meditation on Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on
the Mount: 'Prayer is one of life's great mysteries. Most people
pray at least sometimes; some people, in many very different
religious traditions, pray a great deal. At its lowest, prayer is
shouting into a void on the off-chance there may be someone out
there listening. At its highest, prayer merges into love, as the
presence of God becomes so real that we pass beyond words and into
a sense of his reality, generosity, delight and grace. For most
Christians, most of the time, it takes place somewhere in between
those two extremes. To be frank, for many people it is not just a
mystery but a puzzle. They know they ought to do it but they aren't
quite sure how'.
Growing into the daily use of these meditative prayers makes us
conscious of how we stand in great world rhythms. We learn to
follow the alternation of waking and sleeping, the ordering of the
seven days of the week, and the course of the seasons, as gifts of
heavenly powers gradually become known to us. This is a small,
elegant guide to aid meditation.
What might happen if we live out of loving encounter with God and
build in response to what he reveals? How can we make space to hear
God and say yes to him? What if being a leader is all about being a
follower? Is it really that simple? These are the questions that
have led Jill Weber on the adventure of saying yes to the more of
God - the invitation to really live. This honest, warm and
compelling book speaks directly to those who long to encounter more
of Jesus, to know how tune into the small movements of the heart,
and to have trust in every moment of their lives. With wisdom and
wit Jill explores prayer, discernment, vocation and leadership
through her story of building and becoming a House of Prayer,
offering encouragement that gives readers the confidence to say yes
to what God is already doing. Jill's story will build faith in
readers and help them to discover the freedom that lies beyond that
yes - of giving it all for Jesus. Even the Sparrow is both an
invitation and a challenge - to walk step by step as God leads
might lead us on paths that are at turns messy, complicated and
inconvenient, but as we follow him the path can also be unexpected
and breathtaking beauty.
Over seven million people have purchased Bruce Wilkinson's The Prayer of Jabez. As a result, the book has reached the number one spot on the New York Times and USA Today's Best-seller Lists in addition to the CBA Best-seller List. The Prayer of Jabez highlights the remarkable prayer of a little-known Bible character and has, in effect, impacted millions of people across the world for Christ.
Now author Hank Hanegraaff hopes to take these newly energized praying people to the next level in understanding the mystery of prayer. By delving into the prayers of Jesus Christ-the cornerstone of the Christian faith-readers will learn Jesus' seven-fold secret of prayer. In just one hour, readers will embark upon a truly exhilarating expedition that could radically change their prayer lives forever.
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