An invitation to an ordinary yet radical way of life, using historic Christian practices as both inspiring vision and practical instruction for how to encounter the wondrous, mysterious, living God through prayer. Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious promises, and yet, most people--even most Bible-believing Christians--find prayer to be boring, obligatory, disappointing, confusing, or, most often, all of the above. If you've ever felt this way, Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools is your invitation to trade your conceptions and misconceptions about prayer for prayer in its purest form: a vital, sustaining, powerful connection with God that is more real and alive than you could have ever imagined. In these pages, Tyler Staton--author, pastor, and national director of the 24/7 Prayer movement--addresses common roadblocks to prayer and gives you the confidence to come to God just as you are. Through biblical teaching, powerful storytelling, and insights on historic Christian practices, Staton helps you . . . Express your doubts and disappointments about prayer Discover and practice multiple postures of prayer, including silence, persistence, confession, and more Understand and embrace the wonder and mystery of prayer in everyday life Realize that prayer is a powerful invitation to partner with God in the redemption of a fallen world And, ultimately, open or reopen the line of communication with your Creator and experience afresh his divine power on earth

Wat is gebed? Watter waarde vind ons daarin? Hoe bid 'n mens?

Die uitnodiging van hierdie boek is: Kom ons ontdek wat dit behels om tyd in die teenwoordigheid van ons Skepper deur te bring tot die punt waar ons weet dat ons ’n bewussyn ontwikkel van sy karakter, sy liefde en sy sorg vir ons as sy kinders.

In hierdie boek probeer Esté Geldenhuys die wêreld van gebed oopbreek deur:

• God se karakter te ontgin
• Die DNS van gebed te ondersoek
• Verskeie getuienisse te plaas oor die grootheid en almag van die lewende God

Mag die inhoud van hierdie boek vir elkeen wat dit lees ’n nuwe verstaan bewerk van die karakter van ons Vader, die offer wat ons Verlosser gebring het en die wonderbare kontak en kommunikasie wat die Gees van Christus vir ons bied.