A praying life
Subtitle: connecting with God in a distracting world
By: Paul E. Miller.
Publisher: NavPress
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Colorado Springs, CO
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781600063008
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Prayer -- Christianity; Spiritual life -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / David Powlison; title: Introduction.; title: "What good does it do?"; title: Where we are headed; title: Part one : Learning to pray like a child.; title: Become like a little child; title: Learn to talk with your Father; title: Spending time with your Father; title: Learning to be helpless; title: Crying "Abba" continuously; title: Bending your heart to your Father; title: Part two : Learning to trust again.; title: Understanding cynicism; title: Following Jesus out of cynicism; title: Developing an eye for Jesus; title: Part three : Learning to ask your Father.; title: Why asking is so hard; title: Why we can ask; title: How personal is God?; title: What do we do with Jesus' extravagant promises about prayer?; title: What we don't ask for : "our daily bread"; title: What we don't ask for : "Your kingdom come"; title: Surrender completely : "Your will be done"; title: Part four : Living in your Father's story.; title: Watching a story unfold; title: A Father's love; title: Unanswered prayer : understanding the patterns of story; title: How God places Himself in the story; title: Praying without a story; title: Hope : the end of the story; title: Living in Gospel stories; title: Part five : Praying in real life.; title: Using prayer tools; title: Keeping track of the story : using prayer cards; title: Prayer work; title: Listening to God; title: Prayer journaling : become aware of the interior journey; title: Real-life praying; title: Unfinished stories; title: About the author