By Max Lucado
All of us pray . . . some.
We pray to stick sober, established, or solvent. while the lump is deemed malignant. while the money runs out prior to the month does. whilst the wedding is falling aside. We pray.
But wouldn't we adore to wish extra? greater? enhanced? With extra hearth, religion, and fervency?
Yet we've got little ones to feed, debts to pay, closing dates to fulfill. The calendar pounces on our strong intentions like a tiger on a rabbit. And what approximately our checkered historical past with prayer? doubtful phrases. Unmet expectancies. Unanswered requests.
We aren't the 1st to fight with prayer. the 1st fans of Jesus wanted prayer tips too. in reality, prayer is the one instructional they ever requested.
And Jesus gave them a prayer. no longer a lecture on prayer. no longer the doctrine of prayer. He gave them a quotable, repeatable, moveable prayer. Couldn't we use the same?
In prior to Amen best-selling writer Max Lucado joins readers on a trip to the very center of biblical prayer, supplying desire for doubts and self belief even for prayer wimps. Distilling prayers within the Bible right down to one pocket-sized prayer, Max reminds readers that prayer isn't really a privilege for the pious nor the artwork of a selected few. Prayer is just a heartfelt dialog among God and his baby. enable the dialog begin.
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