Praying With Power
1st Edition
Published on 11. January 2000
174 pages
978-1-4411-6385-1 (ISBN)
Description
This work explores how and why people pray. Contributors demonstrate from their experiences the positive power of prayer and its impact on the individual. Topics such as praying alone, praying in time of trouble, and praying and fellowship offer suggestions for achieving a consistent prayer life.
Reviews / Votes
"a comprehensive look at what its contributors see as the experiences that have most demonstrated the power available through prayer in their own lives." --The Gleaner, January 24, 2001 "all the chapters are an excellent read...Praying with Power shows that prayer is the lifeblood of the Christian existence and that nothing can be effectively achieved without it first being 'taken to the Lord in prayer'."--Methodist Recorder, August 16, 2001More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-6385-1 (9781441163851)
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Joe Aldred
Praying with Power
Book
11/2000
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€42.27
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Person
Bishop Dr Joe Aldred is bishop in the Church of God of Prophecy, Secretary for Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs with Churches Together in England; and Chair of the Council of Black-led Churches. He is a broadcaster with the BBC, an author of Respect - Understanding Caribbean British Christianity; and editor of Preaching with Power, Praying with Power, and Sisters with Power (Continuum).
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Steps to a successful prayer life
- Help! I can't pray
- Patience in prayer
- Praying for a partner
- A prayerful life
- Becoming a handmaid of the Lord
- Prayer and decision-making
- Praying in the Spirit
- Praying from the underside: breaking forth into liberation
- Inter-generational conversations and prayer
- Affirming God's sovereignty in coping with natural disaster: a Montserrat experience
- Why write? Reflections through prayer
- Prayer and fasting
