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In our current culture, the church and prayer are often dismissed as irrelevant. But when believers gather and pray together, powerful things happen: the Spirit equips the saints for ministry, the helpless are met with help, and believers experience the joy of being led by the Spirit of Jesus. In this audiobook, Paul E. Miller, bestselling author of A Praying Life, casts a vision for a return to the simple yet life-changing practice of praying together. Through personal stories and biblical examples, Miller teaches the why, what, and how of praying together.

Is praying a duty or a delight? J. I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom say that it's both; an essential, expected practice as a follower of Christ, but also a privilege and joy. As we start out learning to pray properly, however, the delight often seems to be missing. Here is practical help for active, honest praying that involves all of who we are - heart, hands and head - and moves us to deeper obedience, joy and intimacy with our Father.

Paul E. Miller and podcast partners Liz Voboril and Jon Hori talk with pastors and church leaders about what resonated with them in Paul's book A Praying Church. Hear stories of how pastors and leaders are rethinking ministry and working to apply ideas from the book. Paul, Jon and Liz also create the Seeing Jesus with Paul Miller podcast. Learn more about Paul Miller, this book and the wider ministry of seeJesus at seejesus.net.

'What if, until now, you've never really prayed. Not like Jesus designed it, anyway.' Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus' most audacious promises, and yet, most people - even most Bible-believing Christians - find prayer to be boring, obligatory...

A Praying Life is an honest look at the difficulties of prayer, unanswered prayers, and successes in prayer. Readers will appreciate Paul Miller's down-to-earth approach and practical nature. Parents will find his family-life experiences especially helpful.

With Praying Girls Devotional, best-selling author Sheila Walsh offers girls ages 11 to 14 the tools to begin a life of prayer. She helps them learn to talk to God in a simple and honest way, how to pray when they don't know what to say, that God is listening and that no problem is too big and no prayer too small, that prayer is a powerful weapon for every girl, and so much more. 

Read by the author Matthew West What's your impossible? Your "I need a miracle"? As Christians, we need to embrace more often the central truth of our faith—that prayer actually changes the world, that our conversations with God have eternal impact. In this hope-filled and spiritually...

'I have been reading Christian books for fifty years, but this one revolutionised my prayer life before I had even finished reading it.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Pete Greig is a gift to the world. This book uses the revolutionary prayer of Jesus as a grounded guide to ignite our spirits to...

Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body—but it often doesn't come quite as naturally. In fact, prayer in the church often gets subtly pushed to the side in favor of pragmatic practices that promise tangible results. This book focuses on the necessity of regular prayer as a central practice in the local church—awakening us to the need and blessing of corporate prayer by examining what Jesus taught about prayer, how the first Christians approached prayer, and how to prioritize prayer in our congregations.

As a street chaplain, activist, and cofounder of Open Table Nashville, Lindsey Krinks takes us on an unforgettable spiritual journey to tent cities, alleys, slums, and the front lines of movements for justice. Praying with Our Feet challenges preconceptions about people who live on the streets, calling us to move from charity to justice and to get our hands dirty in the struggle for a better world.

What your marriage will become is determined by how you pray. This book empowers you to dream big, pray hard, and think long--together. Marriage is your most sacred relationship on this earth, and prayer is the single most powerful way to transform it. It's time to learn the relational truths in...

Prayer is far more powerful than most of us realize or experience. Join pastor and author Tyler Staton in this audio Bible study as he delves deeply into what prayer is and how to experience prayer as Jesus promised it. Prayer is an incredible gift, and it has incredible power. But for most of...

Experience spiritual encouragement from the Queen of Country Music with this collection of devotionals and uplifting lyrics. It’s been over sixty years since the late Loretta Lynn first rose to stardom, transforming from a coal miner’s daughter to the Queen of Country Music. Loretta knew she...