Practical Prayer

First published in 1992, Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home has become a classic on its eponymous subject. Awarded Christianity Today's Book of the Year award and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Gold Medallion award, Prayer continues to receive widespread acclaim as one of the most thorough and insightful treatments of this central spiritual practice.

Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat of our relationship with God: prayer. What is prayer? Does it change God's mind or ours or both? This book is an invitation to communicate with God the Father who invites us into an eternal partnership through prayer.

This is the story of how Jack Deere learned to hear the voice of God in his life and how you can too. Now a modern classic, Jack wrote Surprised by the Voice of God over twenty-five years ago. Based on that first book, Why I Am Still Surprised by the Voice of God has been entirely rewritten and includes additional thoughts and insights from a lifetime of hearing God speak.

Are you ready for a month that could change your prayer life forever? In Living Waters, Daniel B. Lancaster invites you to dive deep into the Lord’s Prayer—seven days that will renew your spirit, lift your heart, and bring you closer to God than ever before. Each day, you’ll explore one line of the prayer with fresh eyes, discovering how these familiar words hold life-giving truths for every moment. With Lancaster’s warm and engaging style, it’s like sitting down with a friend who knows both your struggles and your hopes. You’ll find crisp, to-the-point reflections, real-life ...

God is looking for honest preachers that will listen to him and deliver his Gospel message to the world, and you're about to learn how to hear from God while preparing, deliver your sermon in a way that captivates, operate in the Holy Spirit after you have ministered, be more productive in your ministry, and achieve godly success. With many copies sold, How to Preach the Gospel with Power is already helping Christians across the world become more effective ministers of the Gospel, no matter what their calling.

As believers around the world pray for renewal and revival in our conflicted times, they often neglect a key ingredient: pursuing God's presence. The problem, says pastor and theologian Roger Helland, is that we were never taught, in a balanced and biblical way, how to seek, experience, and host God's kavod—his radiant glory, his manifest presence. Offering grounded and practical teaching, balanced with Scripture and Spirit, Helland shows how to live out a deeper biblical experience of the Holy Spirit and the manifest presence of God.

I Wanted to Get Closer to Jesus…But I Didn't Know How As Christians, we sometimes struggle to have a close relationship with Jesus. We want to be close, but our habits and anxieties seem to keep us far away. And if we did get close, would God really want us? This book will show you that God has made a way for you to be very close with Jesus. He is waiting to know you on a more intimate level, if only you will ask Him. God wants you to be his friend and will help you. Author Dan Lancaster was struck by how eight pictures of Jesus helped believers grow in their faith during his time as an ...

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.

Haven’t been seeing answers to your prayers? Maybe it’s time for a change. Build your habit of daily prayers and watch your relationship with God improve. Writing your prayers will help you remember how you prayed. Later, you can make a note of the date your prayer was answered. The helpful list at the end of each chapter reminds you how to find success through this process. This guide will help you: discover how God really sees you find out what affects your prayers learn what to do when God answers reframe your mindset about prayer To start seeing a record of God’s answers to your ...

Are you a new Orthodox Christian, confused about what you need to do to grow in your faith? Or perhaps you've been Orthodox for some time but could use a refresher course in basic spirituality. Popular podcaster Fr. Evan Armatas explains the fundamentals of the three-legged stool of Orthdoox practice - prayer, almsgiving, and fasting - in terms that everyone can understand and implement. Let Fr. Evan help you establish your life in Christ on a firm footing.

This comprehensive book, tailored for both the novice and the faithful, extends a hand to all touched by hardship. Whether you're grappling with physical ailments, mental distress, emotional turbulence, spiritual crises, or modern-day challenges, learn to pray and cry out to our Lord, who hears every plea. You will discover His boundless love and compassion, witness His mighty power, and feel His unwavering presence through the deepest trials.

Dear reader, this book presents a non-exhaustive collection of Swami Paramananda's writings, which includes the books of the so-called "Practical Series" (6 books), more than 30 lectures and about 30 poems selected by the editor. In them we try to offer a significant and valuable sample of his teachings which, in spite of the time elapsed, and like any work that genuinely emanates from timeless wisdom and experience, continue to illuminate, warm and inspire the heart of the student of this age. This collection of writings has been retrieved from books of the time and has been proofread for ...

Do you feel called to be a hospice chaplain but don’t know where to start? Are you a chaplain or pastor in need of guidance or encouragement in this ministry? What is a hospice chaplain? How do you know you are called to be one? With an increasing number of people dying in hospices all over the world, the role of hospice chaplains in providing holistic care is invaluable. Hence, there is a need for comprehensive, practical information to help hospice chaplains minister to patients and their families with respect, dignity, and compassion. Written by a certified hospice chaplain who ...

In Praying for the Prodigal, Andrea Merrell shares her journey with two prodigals and how God protected them, restored them, and brought them back from the flames of death and hell. She gives you practical survival tips to help you keep your sanity in the midst of the crisis, such as establishing boundaries, avoiding the blame game, and learning how to pray the word of God over your children daily. You will be encouraged by advice straight from the prodigals, and your faith will be strengthened by 30 days of prayers and scriptures.

Anointing with oil is a practice mentioned many times in the Bible and has been used by believers for thousands of years. It involves applying oil to a person’s body while praying for them. This practice is often seen during times of sickness, but it also has a deep spiritual and emotional significance. In this book, we will explore the role of anointing with oil in healing. We will look at what the Bible says about it, how it was used in ancient times, and what it means for us today. We will also discuss how anointing with oil can bring physical healing, emotional comfort, spiritual ...

In this now classic exhortation to intercessory prayer, famed Congregational missionary Frank Laubach outlines the promises and pitfall of praying for others. Though prayer remains the "mightiest force in the world", its power is often diluted by parochialism and personal selfishness, which Christians can together overcome.

The Steep Upward Climb is the arduous journey of our life. The only way to the top is with the help of God and with your pursuit of Virtue. Virtue is the key to the Christian life, and Dave DiNuzzo Sr. unpacks what the virtues are and how to implement them in your life in a practical and tangible way. With inspiration from Sacred Scripture and the saints, Dave urges you to climb with him toward sainthood!

Are you tired of second-guessing your decisions and longing for clarity and confidence? Discover the transformative power of making wise decisions rooted in Biblical wisdom with "How To Make Wise Decisions: Practical Steps for Making Wise Decisions with Biblical Confidence and Aligning Your Decisions with God's Will." This essential guide empowers you to navigate life's challenges with divine insight and unwavering faith. Dive into a journey of spiritual growth and practical wisdom as you explore how to align your decisions with God's perfect plan. This book is meticulously crafted to ...

What is effective prayer?It’s a question every Christian asks either consciously or unconsciously. We want our prayers to work. We want them to accomplish their purpose. I’ll let you in on a secret: prayer doesn’t work without our God who hears us and makes it work. In other words, God works sovereignly through our prayers, our prayers don’t have power in themselves. But to really know how to pray effectively, we need to know what God says about effective prayer, how our sinful hearts can hinder effective prayer, and practically how to walk in prayer, leaving the results in the ...

Receiving your healing was never meant to be a complicated process; it should be as simple as putting God's Word into practice in your life! In Dr. Sandra Kennedy's groundbreaking book, The Simplicity of Healing, you will receive teaching on how to practically activate God's Word and experience God's healing power in every area of your life that's hurting: physical health, emotions, finances, relationships, and more!