PRAYER

By Philip Yancey

Published by Zondervan

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780310271055

Category: Spirituality: Christian Disciplines: Inward

Short Description: The author's quest to unravel the mysteries of prayer reads as the journal of a fellow traveller: questioning, challenging, rejoicing in the discovery of awesome insights. His journey is illustrated with moving true stories drawn from around the world.

Jacket Synopsis: (back cover) DOES PRAYER CHANGE US OR GOD? OR BOTH? In his most powerful book since 'What's So Amazing About Grace?' and 'The Jesus I Never Knew', Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat - the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect - of our relationship with God. PRAYER Does prayer work? More personally, does it work the way we think it should? What can we really expect from prayer? Written by one of the most significant Christian thinkers of our generation, 'Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? explores the questions surrounding prayer that many of us wonder but few of us know how to express. (inside flaps) ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN GOD AND ADAM WALKED TOGETHER IN THE GARDEN AND CONVERSED AS FRIENDS. Then, prayer was as natural as conversation with a colleague or a lover. Yet today many of us echo the comments of this young college woman: "I'm not always sincere when I pray. Sometime it seems forced, more like a ritual. I'm just repeating words. Does God hear those prayers? Should I keep going even though I have no confidence that I'm doing it right? " Pastors and ordinary Christians alike consistently rank prayer high in importance - and also high in frustration. If God knows everything, what's the point of prayer? Writing as a fellow pilgrim about that mysterious intersection where God and humanity meet and relate, Philip Yancey pushes beyond conventional treatments with the fresh, unique perspective that has become his trademark. In 'Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?' Yancey explores such questions as: * Is God listening? * Why should God care about me? * Why do so many prayers go unanswered? * Why does God let the world go on as it does and not intervene? * Does prayer really help with physical healing? * Why does God seem sometimes close and sometimes far away? * Does prayer change God or change me? * How can I make prayer more satisfying? Yancey backs his answers with crystal clear insights into the importance God places on prayer and why we should value it. 'Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?' is an invitation to pray to a God who wants to interact with us, even to the extent of giving us influence over what happens. "If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer," writes Yancey. "I have now writte

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