Terry reveals the spiritual depth of the Lord's prayer. Each subject is covered in depth - 'Actively praying for' - includes contrition, God's will to be accomplished, removing temptation etc. 'Attitude in prayer' - includes arguing our case before God, keeping an eternal perspective, the prayer covenant, pleasing God, reverence, etc.This is a profoundly accessible book, one that cleverly combines the theology of the Lord's Prayer with down-to- earth application. Terry teaches us not only how we should pray but also how we should live.Sections I. Introduction, Our needs, Please God in Prayer ... View More...
"Our Father, who art in heaven...."The opening words of the Lord's Prayer have become so familiar that we often speak them without a thought, sometimes without any awareness that we are speaking at all. But to the disciples who first heard these words from Jesus, the prayer was a thunderbolt, a radical new way to pray that changed them and the course of history.Far from a safe series of comforting words, the Lord's Prayer makes extraordinary claims, topples every earthly power, and announces God's reign over all things in heaven and on earth. In this groundbreaking new book, R. Albert Mohler J... View More...
As Christians we long to be closer to God, and prayer is the avenue God has given us. In The Prayer of Jesus, Dr. Ken Hemphill divides the Lord's Prayer into its component parts to show why it remains the perfect model for any believer's prayer life. View More...
The Prayer of Jesus has been out for less than a year, and thousands of people have already used it to discover a new, daily relevance to the Lord's Prayer.-- They've realized the privilege of calling God Father.-- They've discovered the thrill of participating in God's kingdom activity.-- They've begun praising God for daily bread, debts forgiven, and deliverance from evil.Now they can take their commitment to Christ even deeper, reflecting each day on their own striking discoveries about God and His nature, and chronicling the meaningful details of living in moment-by-moment fellowship with ... View More...
In many ways the Lord's Prayer is the most fundamental of all Christian prayers. It was given by Jesus in response to his disciples' explicit request that he teach them to pray, and throughout the period of the early church (along with the Apostles' Creed) it was regarded as a basic catechistic text. For a large number of people in our own period, however, trying to pray this prayer in any meaningful way is fraught with difficulties. Roberta Bondi contends that Christians are called to love God and our neighbors as ourselves, and that the Lord's Prayer--prayed honestly from the places we real... View More...
Reflections on the Lord's Prayer presents the best-known prayer among Christians as the ultimate prayer model. From Martin Luther's reflection on why the prayer opens with 'Our Father . . . ' to the acknowledgment of God's '... power and glory forever, ' readers move phrase-by-phrase through this inspiring prayer reading what others have said about the love, reverence, gratitude, and awe that God wants at the heart of all prayer. Insights and thoughts culled from a variety of respected writers enhance our understanding of the prayer, and carefully chosen passages of Scripture help confirm and ... View More...
