num_pages: 192
description: We all pray . . . some.We pray to stay sober centered or solvent. When the lump is deemed malignant. When the money runs out before the month does. When the marriage is falling apart. We pray.But wouldnt we like to pray more? Better? Stronger? With more fire faith and fervency?Yet we have kids to feed bills to pay deadlines to meet. The calendar pounces on our good intentions like a tiger on a rabbit. And what about our checkered history with prayer? Uncertain words. Unmet expectations. Unanswered requests.We arent the first to struggle with prayer. The first followers of Jesus needed prayer guidance too. In fact prayer is the only tutorial they ever requested.And Jesus gave them a prayer. Not a lecture on prayer. Not the doctrine of prayer. He gave them a quotable repeatable portable prayer. Couldnt we use the same?In Before Amen best-selling author Max Lucado joins readers on a journey to the very heart of biblical prayer offering hope for doubts and confidence even for prayer wimps. Distilling prayers in the Bible down to one pocket-sized prayer Max reminds readers that prayer is not a privilege for the pious nor the art of a chosen few. Prayer is simply a heartfelt conversation between God and his child. Let the conversation begin.
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title: Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer
publisher: Thomas Nelson