A praying life : connecting with God in a distracting world /
Miller, Paul E., 1953-
A praying life : connecting with God in a distracting world / [print] Paul E. Miller. - [New edition.ition. - Colorado Springs, CO : NavPress, (c)2017. - xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
"Previous edition published in 2009"--Title page verso.
"What good does it do?" -- Where we are headed -- Part one : Learning to pray like a child -- Become like a little child -- Learn to talk with your Father -- Spending time with your Father -- Learning to be helpless -- Crying "Abba"- continuously -- Bending your heart to your Father -- Part two : Learning to trust again -- Understanding cynicism -- Following Jesus out of cynicism -- Developing an eye for Jesus -- Part three : Learning to ask your Father -- Why asking is so hard -- Why we can ask -- How personal is God? -- What do we do with Jesus' extravagant promises about prayer? -- What we don't ask for : "our daily bread" -- What we don't ask for : "Your kingdom come" -- Surrender completely : "Your will be done" -- Part four : Living in your Father's story -- Watching a story unfold -- A Father's love -- Unanswered prayer : understanding the patterns of story -- Hebrew laments : relearning desert praying -- Understanding how laments work -- How God places Himself in the story -- Praying without a story -- Hope : the end of the story -- Living in Gospel stories -- Part five : Praying in real life -- Using prayer tools -- Keeping track of the story : using prayer cards -- Prayer work -- Listening to God -- Prayer journaling : becoming aware of the interior journey -- Real-life praying -- Unfinished stories.
Prayer is simply you -- Prayer is so hard that unless circumstances demand it an illness, or saying grace at a meal most of us simply do not pray. We prize accomplishments and productivity over time in prayer. Even Christians experience this prayerlessness a kind of practical unbelief that leaves us marked by fear, anxiety, joylessness, and spiritual lethargy. Prayer is all about relationship. Based on the popular seminar by the same name, A Praying Life has discipled thousands of Christians to a vibrant prayer life full of joy and power. When Jesus describes the intimacy He seeks with us, He talks about joining us for dinner. A Praying Life feels like having dinner with good friends. It is the way we experience and connect to God. In A Praying Life, author Paul Miller lays out a pattern for living in relationship with God and includes helpful habits and approaches to prayer that enable us to return to a childlike faith.
9781631466830
Prayer--Christianity.
Spiritual life--Christianity.
BV210.3.M649.P739 2017
A praying life : connecting with God in a distracting world / [print] Paul E. Miller. - [New edition.ition. - Colorado Springs, CO : NavPress, (c)2017. - xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
"Previous edition published in 2009"--Title page verso.
"What good does it do?" -- Where we are headed -- Part one : Learning to pray like a child -- Become like a little child -- Learn to talk with your Father -- Spending time with your Father -- Learning to be helpless -- Crying "Abba"- continuously -- Bending your heart to your Father -- Part two : Learning to trust again -- Understanding cynicism -- Following Jesus out of cynicism -- Developing an eye for Jesus -- Part three : Learning to ask your Father -- Why asking is so hard -- Why we can ask -- How personal is God? -- What do we do with Jesus' extravagant promises about prayer? -- What we don't ask for : "our daily bread" -- What we don't ask for : "Your kingdom come" -- Surrender completely : "Your will be done" -- Part four : Living in your Father's story -- Watching a story unfold -- A Father's love -- Unanswered prayer : understanding the patterns of story -- Hebrew laments : relearning desert praying -- Understanding how laments work -- How God places Himself in the story -- Praying without a story -- Hope : the end of the story -- Living in Gospel stories -- Part five : Praying in real life -- Using prayer tools -- Keeping track of the story : using prayer cards -- Prayer work -- Listening to God -- Prayer journaling : becoming aware of the interior journey -- Real-life praying -- Unfinished stories.
Prayer is simply you -- Prayer is so hard that unless circumstances demand it an illness, or saying grace at a meal most of us simply do not pray. We prize accomplishments and productivity over time in prayer. Even Christians experience this prayerlessness a kind of practical unbelief that leaves us marked by fear, anxiety, joylessness, and spiritual lethargy. Prayer is all about relationship. Based on the popular seminar by the same name, A Praying Life has discipled thousands of Christians to a vibrant prayer life full of joy and power. When Jesus describes the intimacy He seeks with us, He talks about joining us for dinner. A Praying Life feels like having dinner with good friends. It is the way we experience and connect to God. In A Praying Life, author Paul Miller lays out a pattern for living in relationship with God and includes helpful habits and approaches to prayer that enable us to return to a childlike faith.
9781631466830
Prayer--Christianity.
Spiritual life--Christianity.
BV210.3.M649.P739 2017