Prayer HC: Does It Make Any Difference?

354 Pages·2006·9.74 MB·English

by  Philip Yancey

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Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
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The reason why we pray
is simply that we cannot help praying.
William James
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Contents
ParT One
Keeping Company with God
1. Our Deepest Longing / 11
2. View from Above / 18
3. Just As We Are / 30
4. The God Who Is / 45
5. Coming Together / 56
ParT TwO
Unraveling the Mysteries
6. Why Pray? / 73
7. Wrestling Match / 89
8. Partnership / 101
9. What Difference Does It Make? / 115
10. Does Prayer Change God? / 131
11. Ask, Seek, Knock / 145
ParT Three
The Language of Prayer
12. Yearning for Fluency / 157
13. Prayer Grammar / 170
14. Tongue-Tied / 184
15. The Sound of Silence / 198
ParT FOur
Prayer Dilemmas
16. Unanswered Prayer: Whose Fault? / 215
17. Unanswered Prayer: Living with the Mystery / 232
18. Prayer and Physical Healing / 248
19. What to Pray For / 267
ParT Five
The Practice of Prayer
20. Prayer and Me / 285
21. Prayer and Others / 301
22. Prayer and God / 314
Prayer Resources / 329
Thanks / 333
Sources / 335
Credits / 351
About the Author / 352
About the Publisher / 353
ParT 1
Keeping Company
with God
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For prayer exists, no question about that.
it is the peculiarly human response to the fact
of this endless mystery of bliss and brutality,
impersonal might and lyric intimacy that composes
our experience of life.
Patricia HamPl
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