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Books > Christianity > Christian Worship > Christian prayer
This ESV Prayer Journal will guide you in a study on humility over
6 weeks, creating space for writing and praying about how to
develop a heart and mind free of pride and self-importance.
Samuel Rees Howells, A Life of Intercession: The Legacy of Prayer
and Spiritual Warfare of an Intercessor by Richard A. Maton, Paul
Backholer and Mathew Backholer. Hardback and paperback edtions have
39 black and white photos interspersed throughout the book.
Rees Howells, a powerful intercessor, taught his son Samuel the
principles of intercession and commissioned him some weeks before
his death, stating, "Whatever you do, stand and maintain these
intercessions." For the next fifty-four years, Samuel Rees Howells
exercised a powerful intercessory ministry as he focused prayer on
gospel liberty, in order for the good news of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to be given to every creature.
With the mantle of intercession weighing heavily upon him, Samuel
spent decades participating with others in their own countries, in
profound spiritual struggles that shook world events and shaped
history for God's glory Discover how Samuel was led by the Holy
Spirit to exercise authority over the principalities and powers,
and to 'pray through' until God's purposes were fulfilled in many
lethal world conflicts. Learn how God still intervenes in world
history, from the Korean War to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and from
the Six-Day War to the fall of the Soviet Union
Beginning in the days of Rees Howells, this book continues this
powerful story of intercession and traces its effectual legacy into
the twenty-first century. Filled with principles of intercession,
faith and spiritual warfare, this book provides a fascinating
insight into what is possible when the Holy Spirit finds an
individual, who will stand in the gap and become a channel for His
intercession. Ezekiel 22:30, Romans 8:26-27, Ephesians 6:12.
Richard A. Maton worked under Samuel's ministry for forty-seven
years and provides us with an eyewitness account of Samuel's life
of intercession. Richard is married to Kristine who joined Rees
Howells' Bible College in 1936 and prayed alongside him. Together
Richard and Kristine spent more than 120 years at the College
"Lord, teach us to pray," every small group, from Jesus' to yours,
has asked. Prayer is intimidating--what do you say to the God of
the universe? How do you listen to Someone you can't see? Add other
voices to the mix and prayer becomes downright scary--one more
opportunity to feel like an idiot in front of your small group, or
one more opportunity to highlight the differences between you. And
yet prayer is a gift from God to all of us, and group prayer binds
us to one another in ways that no other activity can. InTogether in
Prayer Andrew R. Wheeler lays the groundwork for establishing a
responsible, meaningful prayer ministry in your small group. Here
you'll find guidelines for praying in groups, common pitfalls of
communal prayer and suggestions for spurring your group onward.
Comprehensive in its scope, thoughtful in its approach and
practical in its insights, Together in Prayer serves as an
authoritative guide for your group to embrace and enhance prayer
together.
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.
"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.
At key moments in his life on earth, Jesus Christ, the very Son of
God, turned to the Psalms for words to express his deepest thoughts
and emotions. It is not hard to imagine Jesus, his mind and heart
saturated with the words and thoughts of the Psalms as they were
prayed aloud in the Temple, going off early in the morning to pray.
How much must he have mouthed the words of the Psalms and given
them a fulfillment? They became his answering speech to his
heavenly Father. In these pages you will discover how the psalms
that relate closely to the mission of Jesus can also become our
answering speech. We will begin our journey into the mind of Christ
by immersing ourselves in several psalms which Jesus himself refers
to and fulfills. And then in the second half of the book, we will
immerse ourselves in psalms that Jesus would have meditated on
during his time on earth, focusing on the heart and mind of Jesus
as he prayed the psalms. Structural analysis of each psalm will
help us grow our ability to read the Psalms. The guided personal
prayer liturgy with each chapter will help us go deeper in the
experience of praying the Psalms. Through these psalms we will
discover more of the human life of our Lord and Savior. And in the
process we will discover more of who we are as we come before our
holy God. Also included: a group discussion and prayer experience
to accompany each chapter.
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