Showing titles in Prayer

If you are a Christian, then you know that prayer is important. Like eating your vegetables, you know it’s good to do — but what about times when you simply don’t want to pray? John Onwuchekwa encourages Christians to talk with their heavenly Father even when it’s hard. This short treatment on prayer will help you understand the basics of why, what, and how to pray as you worship and serve in the local church body.

As believers, we often struggle to let go of the things that keep us from reaching out to God. We ask ourselves, why don’t I have this figured out by now? Why do I struggle to take my prayer life seriously? Why do I feel so weighed down by prayer? Why is it so difficult to pray without getting distracted? But there’s good news! In Pray Confidently and Consistently, Valerie Woerner, popular author and creator of purposeful journals designed to transform your prayer life, teaches that we don’t have to limp through our prayer lives.

Authority in Prayer will show you how to take hold of God's promises and pray with the authority he wants you to have. You can reign in life and be the overcomer God intends you to be, taking charge of your personal world and changing the world around you. Don't allow sin, Satan, or the circumstances of life to weigh you down.

Pages are turning on God's prophetic calendar, approaching that glorious day when his son will step once again into the world of time and space. What is the key to this timetable? The answer is Israel. And the controversy over her destiny affects every nation on Earth. In an urgent plea for prophetic watchmen, James W. Goll calls you to join the global prayer movement to remind God of his promises toward his ancient covenant people, according to a targeted biblical plan.

7 Ways to Pray explores ancient prayer practices to help you encounter God and avoid an over-intellectualization of your faith. Each chapter shares real-life examples, is rooted in the Bible, and includes prayer exercises for individuals or groups. This is a sourcebook for prayer, not a simple to-do list. Amy is a storyteller that brings these proven practices to life so you can make them immediately actionable. This is a great resource for your retreat, prayer group, or book club.

This major new poetry collection from best-selling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than 70 new and previously unpublished works. It includes a sequence of 27 sonnets written in response to George Herbert’s exquisite sonnet "Prayer", as well as 45 more widely ranging new poems.

Spiritual formation experts Kyle Strobel and John Coe want to show you what you've been missing when it comes to prayer. In this down-to-earth book, they show you how to fearlessly draw near to a holy God, pray without ceasing (and without posturing), and delight in the experience of being fully known and fully loved. Each chapter ends with prayer projects or practices to help you see a difference in your prayer life, starting now.

Prayer is vital to your ability to deepen your faith. God gave you this incredible tool not just so you can ask him to meet your needs, but so you can more fully recognize his role in your life as father, provider, and friend. In Prayers for Knowing God, pastor and author Dr. Tony Evans is here to guide you through the dynamic use of biblically based prayer to better understand your Creator.

A collection of timely, stirring, and witty prayers that give language to the full breadth of our everyday experiences—from joy to sorrow, and everything in between “This is the prayer book I need right now, full of humor and beauty, candor and holy longing.”—Jeff Chu, co-curator of...

In this repackaged classic, best-selling author Dutch Sheets issues a call for watchmen who, through strategic prayer and the Holy Spirit's leading, pray a perimeter of protection around their loved ones, their cities, and their churches - while at the same time, unraveling the schemes of the devil. God's call still goes out for watchmen. Can you hear it? Join your fellow believers in fervent prayer!

The ordinary moments of life can be sacred, if we simply take a moment to notice. This collection of prayers, poems, and meditations offers a brief respite from the hectic, harried pace of our days. Listen to this book when the spirit moves you or when the spirit feels distant - the words will be here to inspire, calm, and encourage you either way. From gifted poet and empathetic pastor Meta Herrick Carlson, Ordinary Blessings collects blessings for loving yourself, enduring hard things, authenticity, living with others, and the rhythms of each day.

Andrew Murray was a 19th-century writer whose words still inspire today. The wisdom in these books will encourage and equip you to live a life of humility, surrender, and prayer, bringing you closer to the one who created you and longs to be with you.

Spiritual director and psychologist David Benner invites us to discover openness to God as the essence of prayer, spirituality, and the Christian life. Prayer is far more than saying words to God; all of life can be prayer when offered to God in faith and with openness. Using the four movements of lectio divina, Benner explores prayer as attending, pondering, responding, and being. Along the way he opens us to a world of possibilities for communion with God: praying with our senses, with imagination, with music and creativity, in contemplation, in service, and much more.

150 Psalme: Liebe zu Gott, Staunen, Zweifel. Vom Bekenntnis, Flehen und Lobpreis bis hin zur Lehre, Geschichte und Prophetie. Die Psalme wurden für eines geschrieben: Um Gott zu loben. Anbetung geschieht, wenn der Mensch sein Herz vor Gott öffnet und staunt vor seiner Majestät.

150 Psalme: Liebe zu Gott, Staunen, Zweifel. Vom Bekenntnis, Flehen und Lobpreis bis hin zur Lehre, Geschichte und Prophetie. Die Psalme wurden für eines geschrieben: Um Gott zu loben. Anbetung geschieht, wenn der Mensch sein Herz vor Gott öffnet und staunt vor seiner Majestät.

As well-known Christians announce a newfound loss of faith, other believers face increasing pressure or doubt. We feel let down, ashamed to question God's goodness, and in need of assurance of our faith and answers to our pain. From a leading voice on issues facing Christians today comes a frank and insightful discussion about whether it's okay to doubt God and what to do about it.

"Hörst du mich?", fragt mancher, wenn die Gebete nur bis zur Zimmerdecke zu steigen scheinen. "Hörst du mich?", fragt auch Gott, wenn wir gar nicht darauf achten, dass er uns antworten will. Die CVJM-Initiative "Hörst du mich? - Gott zum Mitreden" hat 82 Methoden für das persönliche Gebetsleben und für Gruppen zusammengetragen, mit denen Menschen mit Gott ins Gespräch kommen können. Das Ganze ist kompakt und praktisch: Alle Methoden sind erprobt und durch Tipps ergänzt.

150 Psalme: Liebe zu Gott, Staunen, Zweifel. Vom Bekenntnis, Flehen und Lobpreis bis hin zur Lehre, Geschichte und Prophetie. Die Psalme wurden für eines geschrieben: Um Gott zu loben. Anbetung geschieht, wenn der Mensch sein Herz vor Gott öffnet und staunt vor seiner Majestät.

150 Psalme: Liebe zu Gott, Staunen, Zweifel. Vom Bekenntnis, Flehen und Lobpreis bis hin zur Lehre, Geschichte und Prophetie. Die Psalme wurden für eines geschrieben: Um Gott zu loben. Anbetung geschieht, wenn der Mensch sein Herz vor Gott öffnet und staunt vor seiner Majestät.

Throughout the Bible, we read stories of individuals praying desperate prayers - and receiving miracle answers. This leaves us with a question: What does it take to push through - to break the miracle barrier? In this powerful new release, apostolic leader Jennifer LeClaire reveals a surprising key to obtaining breakthrough, veiled in the prayer lives of people crying desperately to see godly desires manifested, loved ones delivered, and enemies defeated.