'This is a sacred treasury, a spiritual notebook which is very special to me, and which has touched and inspired me at different times over the years.' In To Live from the Heart: Mindful Paths to the Sacred, Sister Stan reveals how prayer can play an important part in all our lives, lifting our spirits and offering us hope and support in good times and bad. This comforting treasury of mindful meditations, prayers, proverbs and essays has helped to sustain Sister Stan through the years. In sharing them with us, she hopes they will nourish our souls, bring us peace on our journey through life, and inspire us to live from the heart.

Originally titled: 'With Christ In the School of Prayer: Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession, ' to Include: Lord, Teach Us to Pray - In Spirit & Truth - Pray To Thy Father, Which Is In Secret - After This Manner Pray - Ask, & It Shall be Given You - How Much More? - How Much More the Holy Spirit - Because of His Importunity - Pray the Lord of the Harvest - What Wilt Thou? - Believe That Ye Have Received - Have Faith in God - Prayer & Fasting - When Ye Stand Praying, Forgive - If Two Agree - Speedily, Though Bearing Long - I Know That Thou Hearest Me Always - Whose Is This Image? - I Go Unto The Father - That The Father May Be Glorified - If Ye Abide In Me - My Words in You - Bear Fruit, That the Father May Give What Ye Ask - In My Name - At That Day - I Have Prayed For Thee - Father, I Will - Father Not What I Will - According to His Will - An Holy Priesthood - Pray Without Ceasing - George Muller and the Secret of His Power in Praye

Christians who have been blessed by stories of prayer warriors such as George Mueller, Andrew Murray, Charles Finney will be refreshed and inspired by the moving story of John Hyde. There is no better book to enlist new intercessors than "The Praying Hyde." There is also no better example of how to pray effectively than that found in this classic book. John Hyde knew what it was to go to the "prayer closet," to weep for souls, to fast and pray with tears coursing down his cheeks for the salvation of lost souls. Any Christian who has a heart or burden for prayer will be entirely blessed and inspired by this book. When it came to prayer, John Hyde was a man among men and one with few peers. "The Praying Hyde" is more than a huge motivator, it is a rich book, sure to lead the reader into deep-but rewarding-spiritual waters.

God does not want you to be sick. Health and healing continue to be areas of great need for people everywhere. People across the globe have been healed through modern medicine, doctors, and surgery, yet thousands still suffer with incurable diseases to the point of death.

God's Word has specific promises for believers regarding healing. In this life-transforming message, How to Live and Not Die, Norvel Hayes reveals just how important it is to the heavenly Father that His children walk in divine health.

Finding Your Hidden Treasure by Benignus O'Rourke is a contemplative path inwards, to the depths of your own being. Through silent prayer and meditation, and by discovering this ancient way of finding God, O'Rourke provides insight and guidance for your spiritual journey. He then outlines a practical approach, moving from silence to action, and explains how to take God's love to others in everyday life.

When sickness strikes, people around the world pray for healing. Many of the faithful claim that prayer has cured them of blindness, deafness, and metastasized cancers, and some believe they have been resurrected from the dead. Can, and should, science test such claims? A number of scientists say no, concerned that empirical studies of prayer will be misused to advance religious agendas. And some religious practitioners agree with this restraint, worrying that scientific testing could undermine faith. In Candy Gunther Brown's view, science cannot prove prayer's healing power, but what scientists can and should do is study prayer's measurable effects on health. If prayer produces benefits, even indirectly (and findings suggest that it does), then more careful attention to prayer practices could impact global health, particularly in places without access to conventional medicine. Drawing on data from Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians, Brown reverses a number of stereotypes about believers in faith-healing. Among them is the idea that poorer, less educated people are more likely to believe in the healing power of prayer and therefore less likely to see doctors. Brown finds instead that people across socioeconomic backgrounds use prayer alongside conventional medicine rather than as a substitute. Dissecting medical records from before and after prayer, surveys of prayer recipients, prospective clinical trials, and multiyear follow-up observations and interviews, she shows that the widespread perception of prayer's healing power has demonstrable social effects, and that in some cases those effects produce improvements in health that can be scientifically verified.