Prayer : (Record no. 131946)

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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 911213s1992 cau b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 91058908
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (Sirsi) i9780060628468
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0060628464
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780060628468
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)25677231
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BV 210.2
Item number .F68 1992
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library VF$A
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Foster, Richard J.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Prayer :
Remainder of title finding the heart's true home /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Richard J. Foster.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. [San Francisco] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. HarperSanFrancisco,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c1992.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 276 p. ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and indexes.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Simple prayer -- Prayer of the forsaken -- The prayer of examen -- The prayer of tears -- The prayer of relinquishment -- Formation prayer -- Covenant prayer -- The prayer of adoration -- The prayer of rest -- Sacramental prayer -- Unceasing prayer -- The prayer of the heart -- Meditative prayer -- Contemplative prayer -- Praying the ordinary -- Petitionary prayer -- Intercessory prayer -- Healing prayer -- The prayer of suffering -- Authoritative prayer -- Radical prayer.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms - from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer. He clarifies the prayer process, answers common misconceptions, and shows the way into prayers of contemplation, healing, blessing, forgiveness, and rest. Coming to prayer is like coming home, Foster says. "Nothing feels more right, more
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. like what we are created to be and to do. Yet at the same time we are confronted with great mysteries. Who hasn't struggled with the puzzle of unanswered prayer? Who hasn't wondered how a finite person can commune with the infinite Creator of the universe? Who hasn't questioned whether prayer isn't merely psychological manipulation after all? We do our best, of course, to answer these knotty questions but when all is said and done, there is a sense in which these
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. mysteries remain unanswered and unanswerable....At such times we must learn to become comfortable with the mystery." Foster shows how prayer can move us inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others. He leads us beyond questions to a deeper understanding and practice of prayer, bringing us closer to God, to ourselves, and to our community.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Prayer
General subdivision Christianity.
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Holdings
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    Library of Congress Classification     Storms Research Center Storms Research Center Main Collection 10/28/2025   BV 210.2 .F68 1992 98644833 10/28/2025 10/28/2025 Book