| Author: | John B. Coburn | ISBN: | 9780819227140 |
| Publisher: | Church Publishing Inc. | Publication: | March 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Morehouse Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | John B. Coburn |
| ISBN: | 9780819227140 |
| Publisher: | Church Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | March 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Morehouse Publishing |
| Language: | English |
“The purpose of this volume,” says John Coburn, “is to help you pray and grow in your personal religious life. It is a book about your inner life and your relationship with God. Although this relationship is unique for each person, there is a general way in which God deals with us and through which we respond. This book is concerned with this general pattern.” Chapters include: • Prayer is Response to God • Be Yourself and Begin with Where You Are • Clearing the Ground: When, Where, and How to Pray • The Foundation Stones of Prayer: Adoration, Thanksgiving, Confession, Intercession, Petition • The House that Prayer Builds: Prayers that You Think, that You Feel, that You Will • Progress in Prayer: Practicing the Presence of God; Reading, Prayer Groups, Retreats; a Rule of Life; On Beginning Again • Mature Personal Religion: Action and Worship • On Suffering and Joy
“The purpose of this volume,” says John Coburn, “is to help you pray and grow in your personal religious life. It is a book about your inner life and your relationship with God. Although this relationship is unique for each person, there is a general way in which God deals with us and through which we respond. This book is concerned with this general pattern.” Chapters include: • Prayer is Response to God • Be Yourself and Begin with Where You Are • Clearing the Ground: When, Where, and How to Pray • The Foundation Stones of Prayer: Adoration, Thanksgiving, Confession, Intercession, Petition • The House that Prayer Builds: Prayers that You Think, that You Feel, that You Will • Progress in Prayer: Practicing the Presence of God; Reading, Prayer Groups, Retreats; a Rule of Life; On Beginning Again • Mature Personal Religion: Action and Worship • On Suffering and Joy
