A praying life : connecting with God in a distracting world / Paul E. Miller.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Colorado Springs, CO : NavPress, c2009.Description: 279 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781600063008
  • 1600063004
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 210.3 .M56 2009
Contents:
Introduction : "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 -- 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 : become aware of the interior journey -- Real - life praying -- Unfinished stories.
Summary: Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of your life and allow prayer -- even poorly delivered -- to fill the gaps with meaning and substance. --from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-277).

Introduction : "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 -- 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 : become aware of the interior journey -- Real - life praying -- Unfinished stories.

Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of your life and allow prayer -- even poorly delivered -- to fill the gaps with meaning and substance. --from publisher description

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