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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian worship > Christian prayer
'We are the Beloved. We are intimately loved long before our
parents, teachers, spouses, children and friends loved or wounded
us. That's the truth of our lives. That's the truth I want you to
claim for yourself. That's the truth spoken by the voice that says,
"You are my Beloved."' - Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved Henri
Nouwen, priest, professor and writer, devoted much of his later
ministry to emphasising the singular concept of our identity as the
Beloved of God. In an interview, he said that he believed the
central moment in Jesus' public ministry to be his baptism in the
Jordan, when Jesus heard the affirmation, 'You are my beloved son
on whom my favour rests.' 'That is the core experience of Jesus,'
Nouwen writes. 'He is reminded in a deep, deep way of who he is ...
I think his whole life is continually claiming that identity in the
midst of everything.' You Are Beloved is a daily devotional created
from the very best of Nouwen's writings, paired with daily
Scripture readings, that reveals our identity as children of God,
and which encourages us to live out that truth in our daily lives.
Nouwen is at once refreshingly accessible, unafraid to wrestle with
challenging questions, and above all an encouraging and sympathetic
voice along the way.
Are you trying to do it all yourself? Muyskens reminds us that what
God seeks is relationship with us, a two-way communication. What
relationship with God requires is very similar to what our earthly
relationships require: openness, listening, focused time. One way
to practice the skills needed for this relationship is centering
prayer, a simple but deeply powerful prayer practice. In beautiful
and accessible language, Muyskens invites us to spend time daily
focusing our hearts on God, to find the power to be still and be
reoriented to "the One who is the Center of all." Exercises in
prayer and scripture reading are provided for the 40 days.
"Cats help me pray," says Herbert Brokering. This collection of
whimsical, insightful psalms, or prayers, is based on Brokering's
observations of cats he has known through his life - farm cats,
house cats, alley cats. Each psalm expresses an observation about a
cat's nature, written in the "voice" of the cat, followed by a
prayer in which the human spirit speaks of its cat-like nature to
God. Cat Psalms is for those who wish to pray more deeply, with
more imagination and understanding, and offers fresh ways to see
ourselves and new ways to pray.
For anyone who longs for a consistent prayer life yet struggles
with distractions, doubts, or knowing where to start, bestselling
writer and beloved speaker Chrystal Evans Hurst offers a simple and
heartfelt method for having meaningful conversations with God, one
day at a time. The kind of intentional, fervent prayer life we'd
like to experience often seems intimidating or just out of reach.
Chrystal knows how that feels and shares her own relatable journey
through the challenges and joys of deepening her prayer life.
Showing up to pray just one day at a time, Chrystal found a simple
yet powerful practice that made consistent prayer amazingly doable.
A warm and encouraging writer, Chrystal shares the same supportive
help she found for talking with God specifically and intentionally
throughout the day. With relatable stories and timeless Scripture,
The 28-Day Prayer Journey offers three prompts each day to guide
you through an easy yet intimate prayer experience. From giving
thanks, hearing God, and making requests to simply knowing what to
say, Chrystal gives practical explanations and easy steps for the
core tenets of prayer, including: Praise and Thanksgiving--offering
gratitude to God Repentance--seeking forgiveness from God
Asking--presenting your requests to God Yielding--surrendering to
God The 28-Day Prayer Journey will strengthen your faith and
transform your life with the profound experience of communicating
with a loving God. Whether you are new to prayer or well-versed in
communication with God, this hopeful and supportive guide will help
you experience God's presence in ways you never have before through
the practice of meaningful prayer.
The customizable Pour Out Your Heart Prayer Journal includes sample
prayers, hymns, sections to record prayers, and more. Designed to
use over many years, it guides women toward a joyful, consistent
prayer life.
An inspirational, hands-on how-to guide for making and praying with
beads, for people of all faiths and traditions. In stories and
pictures, this book shows how people of all faith traditions use
prayer beads as a spiritual tool and a means of expressing their
creativity. Every major world religion has a tradition of praying
with beads and all are explored here, including the history and use
of beads and specific prayers. Describes in detail and with
diagrams how to make sets of prayer beads for personal use.
In this book, you will find encouragement and a stirring deep in
your spirit that will help you press deep into prayer until prayer
becomes a part of your daily life. In this book believers will
learn the many ways of approaching the throne of Grace and
obtaining mercy in all areas of their lives. God gave us the power
of prayer; He wants us to use prayer as a daily part of our lives.
We must call on Him and communicate with Him in everything we are
going through; He is waiting to hear from us. He is our Heavenly
Father; no one has ever loved or cared for us like Him. This
step-by-step guide will encourage and teach you to make prayer a
part of your very existence. It will empower you to call upon your
Heavenly Father in the precious name of Jesus with regards to your
every need. This book will provide you with the tools to live a
victorious life through prayer and answered prayer.
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.
"I know dogs in my life the way I know people and cats and trees
and landscapes. Dogs help me shape my thoughts, feelings, and
prayer life. Dogs have taught me attributes I feel in myself when
reflecting and praying. "Dogs have shown me the spirit of being
loyal, glad, overwhelmed, protective, committed, vigilant, patient,
kind, energetic, discerning, forgiving. Unfolding these attributes
of dog life opens my own spiritual being. My relationship with dog
mirrors my relationship with God." In Dog Psalms the reader can use
a dog's attributes to speak to God.
This approachable Lent course invites us to view sin as something
to be understood, rather than condemned. It argues that our darker
traits must be coaxed into the light in order to manage them and
work towards healing and renewal. An intriguing choice for both
personal and group reflection.
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