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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > Prayer
Most Christians have experienced the "laundry list" phase of
spiritual life, in which praying means giving God an agenda of
needs to handle. But how do you move to having real conversation
with God? How do you hear what God is saying back to you? How can
you make your experience of God's presence part of everyday life?
In this six-session LifeGuide(R) Bible Study, Jan Johnson covers
the disciplines of prayer and of practicing God's presence. Going
deeper in these areas will help you to draw closer to God in
everything you do. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies
have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking
questions--making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for
individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old
and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.
Links film history with church history over the past century,
illuminating America's broader relationship with religious currents
over time Moments of prayer have been represented in Hollywood
movies since the silent era, appearing unexpectedly in films as
diverse as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Frankenstein, Amistad, Easy
Rider, Talladega Nights, and Alien 3, as well as in religiously
inspired classics such as Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments. Here,
Terry Lindvall examines how films have reflected, and sometimes
sought to prescribe, ideas about how one ought to pray. He surveys
the landscape of those films that employ prayer in their
narratives, beginning with the silent era and moving through the
uplifting and inspirational movies of the Great Depression and
World War II, the cynical, anti-establishment films of the 60s and
70s, and the sci-fi and fantasy blockbusters of today. Lindvall
considers how the presentation of cinematic prayer varies across
race, age, and gender, and places the use of prayer in film in
historical context, shedding light on the religious currents at
play during those time periods. God on the Big Screen demonstrates
that the way prayer is presented in film during each historical
period tells us a great deal about America's broader relationship
with religion.
If prayer has ever felt frustrating, complicated, laborious or
even useless to you, this book has the potential to give you a
fresh perspective on the heart of prayer. The author shares her
experience of crying out, "Lord, teach me to pray " and the Holy
Spirit's response to her cries. Included are six lessons about the
principles of prayer and the author's gained insight into why
prayer is a necessity; the very heartbeat of a believer. These
insights can move you into a place of simplicity and rest in prayer
and reveal that prayer is not something you do, but rather someone
you become; a pray-er.
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