Praying the New Testament

Praying the New Testament
Author: Elmer Towns
Publisher: Destiny Image Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780768427042

Award-winning author and college professor Elmer Towns brings a unique perspective to the New Testament, translating it directly from the Greek and combining the books into one glorious whole. Infused with life and color, Praying the New Testament includes portraits of the authors, culture, and religious practices of the day. Meticulously researched and written, this is the story of the greatest life every lived. The New Testament comes alive as you pray through the: Gospels. Book of Acts. Letters of apostle Paul. Epistles. Book of Revelation. You will be amazed how the Word of God can permeate your spirit and transform your mind one exciting page after another!

Praying the Bible

Praying the Bible
Author: Donald S. Whitney
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2015-06-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433547872

“This little book is explosive and powerful.” R. Albert Mohler, Jr. When you pray, does it ever feel like you’re just saying the same old things about the same old things? Offering us the encouragement and the practical advice we’re all looking for, Donald S. Whitney, best-selling author of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, outlines an easy-to-grasp method that has the power to transform our prayer life: praying the words of Scripture. Simple, yet profound, Praying the Bible will prove invaluable as you seek to commune with your heavenly Father in prayer each and every day. Sign up for a free 5-day email course on praying the Bible at crossway.org/PraytheBible.

Prayer in the New Testament

Prayer in the New Testament
Author: Oscar Cullmann
Publisher: Overtures to Biblical Theology
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Oscar Cullman offers here the first complete treatment of the New Testament doctrine and practice of prayer, a subject he refers to as "the greatest gift of grace and a difficult task that has to be learned". He commends on the difficulties of praying, objections to prayer, prayer and human weakness, prayer in the Synoptic Gospels, in Paul, in John, and in the rest of the New Testament.

Knocking on Heaven's Door

Knocking on Heaven's Door
Author: David Crump
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2006-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 080102689X

Offers a cohesive New Testament theology of petitionary prayer.

Transforming Prayer

Transforming Prayer
Author: Daniel Henderson
Publisher: Bethany House
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441214666

Praying Christians are hungry to learn how to connect with God in a way that takes them beyond the typical grocery-list approach. Transforming Prayer explores the profound difference between seeking God's hand (what he does for people) and seeking God's face (who he really is). With captivating stories of the transformative power of personal worship and its connection with prayer, this book equips readers with practical tools for a more effective personal and corporate prayer life.

While I was Praying

While I was Praying
Author: Ralph K. Hawkins
Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2006
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 157312463X

From Abraham's prayer of protest to Habakkuk's struggle to understand terrorism to Jesus? tradition-bound words of the Lord's Prayer, readers of While I Was Praying: Finding Insights about God in Old Testament Prayers will uncover new insights into how the ancient Hebrews understood their God. In their prayers to God, the ancient Israelites expressed what they believed to be the nature, characteristics, and attributes of God. Often, it was through prayer that they received profound insight into the nature of God. As a part of this study, each chapter not only explores an Old Testament prayer in its historical and scriptural context but also includes ?Connections? to the experiences and needs of today's readers. Written for use in both personal reflection and small group study, each chapter also provides discussion questions to provoke deeper reflection into the nature and continued potency of Old Testament prayers.

Keeping the Heart

Keeping the Heart
Author: John Flavel
Publisher: Fig
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1971
Genre: Christian life
ISBN: 1621541517

The author contends that the heart of man is his worst part before it is regenerated, and the best afterward.

The Prayer Bible

The Prayer Bible
Author: Elmer Towns
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages: 1856
Release: 2014-04-21
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0768404347

The key to seeing all your prayers answered is simple—pray the words of Scripture back to God. Since the Bible is God’s Word and it reveals God’s heart, you will become closer to the Lord as you pray the timeless truths of Scripture when talking to God. You are actually praying His Word back to Him. With the Scripture presented in a fresh, contemporary version, The Paraphrase Prayer Bible will show you how to pray based on the Word of God. Throughout these pages, you will find verses that help you direct your prayers toward God in: Offering praise Making specific prayer requests Communion and intimacy Worship And more… The Prayer Bible will help you connect with God in a powerful new way as you pray the Scripture back to Him, learn how to personalize the Bible, and watch the Word of God come alive like never before!

Great Prayers of the Old Testament

Great Prayers of the Old Testament
Author: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2008-10-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611640075

A number of moving prayers can be found in the Old Testament and throughout Scripture. In this accessible volume, world-renowned scholar Walter Brueggemann offers his insight and wisdom on twelve prayers in the Old Testament, listening to the biblical text and explaining how these examples of ancient prayer can make prayer come alive for us today. Among the prayers explored are those by Abraham, Moses, Hannah, David, Solomon, Jonah, Jeremiah, Hezekiah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Daniel, and Job. The prayers in this volume express joy and lament and show the depths of human experience and the majestic grace of a loving God who hears everything and takes every prayer to heart.

Holy Bible (NIV)

Holy Bible (NIV)
Author: Various Authors,
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 6793
Release: 2008-09-02
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0310294142

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.