Praying - Finding one's path from duty to pleasure

Prayer is an act that lies at the heart of the Christian life. When we pray, we mobilize our convictions, our emotions, our values, our hopes and our fears, our certainties and our doubts, our knowledge and our ignorance.

The goal of this book is not only to help Christians understand; it is also to encourage a life of prayer that involves the head, the heart, and the hands. Drawing on their experience, James Packer and Carolyn Nystrom guide us with wisdom, humility, and sincerity on the path of prayer, through several stages, including meditation, praise, intercession, lament, and perseverance.

Praying offers hope to all those who struggle to focus when they try to listen to God and who stammer when they try to speak to Him. But do not expect just a book of teaching: it is also a challenge; so let yourself be inspired and guided, to move from mere duty to the joy of knowing and praying to the Father God who loves us.

“A work that is as practically useful as it is doctrinally sound. Only this dual approach could do justice to the subject of prayer, the ‘essence of the Christian life.’” - Kevin J. Vanhoozer

ISBN: 9782853310741