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Books > Christianity > Christian Worship > Christian prayer
These minute meditations for every day of the year contain a
Scripture reading, a reflection from the writings of the Saints,
and a prayer.
Find hope that lasts beyond earthly pain and spiritual
encouragement to lead you into a deep relationship with the Healer
himself. Our hearts, our bodies, and our world are desperate for
healing. Whether we are experiencing physical, emotional, or
financial brokenness, we rightfully look to Jesus to perform a
masterful restoration. But how does healing fit into God's will,
especially when God doesn't heal? And how do we catch ourselves
from slipping into the trap of seeking God for what he can do for
us, and not for who he really is? Author, pastor, and frequently
sought speaker Costi Hinn provides clarity through thoughtful
answers and biblical truths about Jesus and his healing ministry.
Growing up immersed in one of the world's leading faith-healing
dynasties, Costi witnessed the tragedy of people chasing after
healing more than the Healer. And now he shares with others the
true power and hope that comes from a genuine relationship with
God. With captivating stories--beginning with the vivid memory of
the night he discovered his son's cancer diagnosis--Costi
empathetically unpacks the layered feelings and questions we have
about God and his healing power and provides practical principles
for growing close to Jesus. With gentle clarity and biblical
wisdom, Costi explains how to pray for healing while submitting to
God's sovereignty, navigate tough conversations about the topic,
and hold on to faith even in the most painful trials. More than
chasing after the Jesus we want, this hopeful and encouraging book
will guide us to discovering the Jesus we truly need.
"That prayer is most likely to pierce heaven which first pierces
one's own heart." For the Puritans, prayer was neither casual nor
dull. Their prayers were passionate affairs, from earnestly
pleading for mercy to joyful praise. These rich expressions of deep
Christian faith are a shining example of holy living. The Puritan
combination of warm piety and careful intellect have fueled a
renaissance of interest in their movement. This combination is on
display in Piercing Heaven, a collection of carefully selected
prayers from leading Puritans. The language in these prayers has
been slightly updated for a modern audience while still retaining
the elevated tone of the Puritans. With prayers from Richard
Baxter, Thomas Brooks, John Owen, and many more, each prayer
reminds us that heartfelt prayer is central to the Christian life.
Children will experience a deeper relationship with Jesus as they
read 365 daily devotions written as if Jesus is speaking directly
to their hearts. Adapted from Sarah Young's bestselling adult book,
this inspiring year-long devotional?has scripture and personal
reflections that share Jesus' message of peace, for today and every
day. Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions?for Kids?focuses on the biblical
promise of peace, which can be experienced at any time and in all
circumstances. With peace-filled reminders from the Word of God,
these devotions will intimately and gently connect your children
with Jesus, the One who meets them where they are. Written as if
Jesus Himself is speaking directly to the reader,?this
devotional?will engage your children and tweens and help them find
lifelong encouragement in Him. In Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions?for
Kids,?your 6- to 12-year-old child will Feel comforted by words of
hope and encouragement Be reassured of Jesus' unending love for
them Receive gentle guidance based on Scripture Read scripture
verses that strengthen their faith Connect with Jesus further as
they reflect and meditate on God's Word With versions of Jesus
Calling for adults and kids, families can explore God's Word
together as they discuss what they've read during their devotional
times. With these much-loved devotions, children will spend time in
the presence of the Savior and calm their minds and hearts with His
love. Sarah Young has sold more than 40 million books worldwide.
Some of her other children's books include?? Jesus Calling My First
Bible Storybook?? Jesus Calling: The Story of Easter?? Jesus
Calling: The Story of Christmas??
Foreword by Bear GryllsFollowing on from the success of Red Moon
Rising, which tells the story of the first five years of the 24-7
prayer movement, Dirty Glory describes stories of transformation,
from a walled city of prostitution in Mexico to the nightclubs of
Ibiza, and invites people to experience the presence of God through
prayer. An autobiographical adventure story spanning four
continents, describing one of the most exciting movements of the
Holy Spirit in our time, Dirty Glory will inspire and equip those
dissatisfied with the status quo and passionate about the
possibilities for spiritual and social transformation in our time.
Daily Inspirational Prayers and Meditations for Self-Reflection and
Gratitude New Beginnings is a spiritual guidebook for changing your
life featuring meditations, affirmations, prayers, and blessings
for each day of the year. Pray every day. In her latest gem,
bestselling author Becca Anderson offers inspirational words for
each day of the year to those exploring new horizons or rebooting
their directions in life. New Beginnings is a must-have for those
seeking both guidance and companionship as they move in new,
positive directions. Find a new spiritual way. Having the ability
to draw inward and speculate is a fundamental skill if one wishes
to grow and achieve an unlimited number of goals. If you are
looking for a change in your life or seeking a new path with a
vision of starting afresh, New Beginnings just might be the perfect
book for you. Join Becca Anderson, a woman's studies scholar, and
the author of the bestselling The Book of Awesome Women, as she
shares daily meditations, affirmations, prayers, and blessings.
Anderson draws from a diverse pool of religions, practices, and
spiritualties to bring you the perfect message for each day of the
year. Use New Beginnings as a powerful instrument for
self-reflection and gratitude: Gain clarity into your purpose in
life Maintain hope about the future Develop a better sense of self
Build mental energy and momentum Improve your attitude and mindset
If you enjoyed spiritual guidebooks like Live in Grace, Walk in
Love, Unshakeable, or Prayers for Difficult Times Women's Edition,
then New Beginnings will help bring a greater sense of peace, inner
peace, and peace of mind.
You are the fountain of life, light, and all grace and truth "Use
this book as a daily guide in your walk with God and it will enrich
you in a multitude of ways." --Michael A G Haykin The hearts of the
first Christians beat with praise for Christ. The strength of their
devotion is remarkable, considering the times of uncertainty and
persecution in which they lived. Despite all of this, the early
church flourished, sustained by the God to whom they prayed.
Christians today have a lot to learn from the devotional life of
the early church. In Fount of Heaven, a collection of carefully
selected prayers from the first six centuries of the church, we can
pray with our spiritual forefathers. Prayers from luminaries such
as Clement of Rome, Irenaeus, and Augustine are arranged by theme
to reveal the right prayer for the moment. The prayers have been
slightly updated to read more easily, but they retain their joy and
mystery. As we turn to the prayers of the first Christians, we can
return to the foundations of our own faith.
This little book is a treasure trove of reflections and
contemplations on images from nature, each one connected to a
gospel reading. Based on thirty years of sermons, Skaller explores
the essence of sensory images such as flowers, shells, clouds and
landscapes, going deeper to help us understand them as divine
manifestations in our everyday world. They in turn enable us to
come to insights, feelings and intuitions about the purpose of the
world, and of ourselves. Presented in a beautiful gift hardback
edition, this is a book of reverence and wonder, in which we can
glimpse the reality of the divine.
Be still. For some, these two simple words a welcome invitation to
slow down. For others, they feel impossible, out of reach in our
increasingly noisy world, or simply just too hard to maintain.
There is another way. In fact, there are many. In this practical,
easy-to-read guide, Brian Heasley explores the multitude of rhythms
of Christian prayer and devotion available to every believer. From
memorising scripture and prayer running to noticing beauty
everywhere, he demonstrates how we don't need to be static for our
hearts to be still, and how even in the midst of a full, busy life,
we can spend quiet time with God. Be Still is a prayer book for
anyone looking for ways to revitalise the way they pray or who is
struggling to make space for devotional time with God. Packed full
of ideas for different ways to pray and tips and advice for how to
build prayer practices into everyday life, Brian's book will change
the way you think about prayer and devotion and equip you with all
the tools you need to deepen your relationship with God. You can
use the book individually or in small groups, or read it alongside
24-7 Prayer's new Be Still prayer course. It also makes a great
resource for youth leaders looking to help teenagers cultivate
daily rhythms of prayer and spend more quiet time with God, or as a
gift for people starting out on their faith journey or those
returning to faith after a while. Join Brian Heasley, and discover
the different ways in which we can all Be Still.
"The Prayer-Saturated Church" provides step-by-step, practical help
for mobilizing, organizing, and motivating believers to make their
church a house of prayer. Written by a veteran prayer leader with
hands-on experience in local church prayer, "The Prayer-Saturated
Church" will enable any church to take prayer to the next level.The
print version comes with a CD that contains printable
forms--publicity templates, sign-up applications, prayer guides,
and more--to promote, encourage, and energize your congregation
toward more prayer.
This book is intended as a supplement to Common Worship Pastoral
Services which provides liturgies for use in ministry to the sick -
distribution of communion, emergency baptism, laying on of hands
and anointing. Many hospital chaplains find their services are
needed in other acute situations and often by people who have no
church connection or knowledge of religious language. Here
chaplains need to improvise. This practical volume draws on the
experience of numerous clergy and chaplains and provides tried and
tested liturgies in accessible language for a wider range of
occasions. Prayers are included for - occasions surrounding birth:
thanksgiving, baby blessing and naming, emergency baptism, prayers
for a stillborn child - healing rites: communion, anointing, laying
on of hands, confession and reconciliation - marriage in hospital,
blessing of a civil union, affirmation of a relationship - prayers
for every stage of a hospital stay - on receiving a diagnosis,
before an operation, when life support is withdrawn - occasions
surrounding the death of infants, children and adults
We need some Christians who are as crazy as the Lord. Crazy enough
to love like Jesus, to give like Jesus, to forgive like Jesus, to
do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God like Jesus. Crazy
enough to dare to change the world from the nightmare it often is
into something close to the dream that God dreams for it. And for
those who would follow him, those who would be his disciples, those
who would live as and be the people of the Way. It might come as a
shock, but they are called to craziness. From Bishop Curry's "Crazy
Christians" address to the 2012 General Convention of the Episcopal
Church in Indianapolis.
What if there was a key that made every prayer more
effective--something that would bring all prayers into agreement
with the heart of God every single time? This type of praying does
exist, says bestselling author and prophetic leader James W. Goll,
and it's called prophetic intercession. It is the humble act of
holding the needs of people before God while leaning into God's
heart for them. There is nothing mystical or elite about this kind
of praying, and it's for the new Christian and the most seasoned
prayer warrior. All you need is to learn to lean into your heavenly
Father and pray what you see and hear in alignment with his heart,
empowered by the Holy Spirit. God wants you to align your heart
with his. He wants you to pray more effectively in these turbulent
times, and he wants you to help usher in the fullness of his
purposes on the earth. Are you ready?
This one-year daily devotional is an invitation--an invitation to
come on a fresh and exciting adventure into the Word of God. It is
an invitation to enter into a deeper, more intimate relationship
with your Heavenly Father--the One who made you, and wants you, and
loves you like no other. It is an invitation to enter into the
peace, and joy, and protection, and provision, and purpose of an
abundant life that can only be found by having a right relationship
with the Father through Christ--a covenant relationship of
surrender, trust and obedience. It is a call to live in Truth, and
to allow that Truth to set you free to be everything that God has
called you to be. God's Word has an answer to every situation and
circumstance of your life, and this devotional explores many of
those answers, as it moves you from fear to faith, from doubt to
belief, from despair to hope, from darkness to light, from the lies
of the enemy to the truth of God's unrelenting, unending,
unfailing, and passionate love for you! Each day's devotion focuses
on a particular passage from the Bible, and uses the truth found in
the passage to offer a prayer for God's help in correctly
understanding and rightly applying that truth to your life. As you
move through the year, each new day will bring new insights into
who God is and all that He has done for you. It will also reveal
who you are in Christ--so you can courageously and confidently do
all things that that He asks of you, knowing your strength is found
in Him alone. This devotional will change your life--because you
cannot come to knowledge of the Truth of the Word of God and not be
changed. The way that you allow it to change your life will depend
largely on the choices that you make when confronted with the
Truth. Use this devotional to help you choose wisely God's very
best path for you--and know that He always has your best interests
at heart.
Jesus knew the Bible better than anyone, yet he claimed that he had
to hear his Father's voice in order to fulfill God's purposes for
his life. His enemies, the religious elite, had supreme confidence
in their knowledge of Scripture, yet Jesus said that none of them
had ever heard the voice of the Father. When Jack Deere turned
seventeen, he did not know God or a single verse of Scripture.
Then, one night a friend quoted John 10:28 to him, and he believed
in Jesus. At twenty-seven, he became a professor of Old Testament
Exegesis and Semitic Languages at Dallas Theological Seminary where
he taught his students to avoid the trap of believing that God
still spoke outside the pages of the Bible. He believed it was all
real--just as the authors of the Old and New Testaments had said it
happened--but it no longer happened today. People who believed God
had spoken to them personally were emotionally unstable or too lazy
to read the Bible. After a trusted friend shared he believed God
still spoke today, Jack began a thorough study of every instance of
God speaking supernaturally to someone in the New Testament. He saw
how they didn't just hear the voice of God; they were dependent on
the voice of God to fulfill the highest purpose for their lives.
Jack became convinced that we should expect God to speak outside
the Scriptures, but he didn't have a clue how to hear his voice.
This is the story of how Jack Deere learned to hear the voice of
God and, in doing so, became a friend of Jesus. Now a modern
classic, Jack wrote Surprised by the Voice of God over twenty-five
years ago. Based on that first book, Why I Am Still Surprised by
the Voice of God has been entirely rewritten and includes
additional thoughts and insights from a lifetime of hearing God
speak. Deere guides you through the Bible to discover the variety
of creative, deeply personal ways God still communicates with us
today. You'll learn how God speaks with people apart from the
Bible, though never in contradiction to it. Deere first describes
the ways God revealed his thoughts to the men and women of the
Bible, and then shares why God continues to speak to us today using
the same methods. He provides counsel and guidance for knowing how
to accurately hear God speak through prophecies, dreams, visions,
and other forms of divine communication. With candor, sensitivity,
and a profound understanding of Scripture, Deere identifies our
hindrances to hearing the voice of God and calls us to a more
intimate relationship with God. Filled with fascinating stories and
personal accounts, Why I Am Still Surprised by the Voice of God is
for all who want to walk in friendship with God.
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