Prayer of the Forsaken by Richard J Foster All the passages below are taken from Richard J. Foster’s book “Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home.” It was published in 1992.     To come to the pleasure you have not you must go by a way in which you enjoy not.---St. John of the Cross      There is … Continue reading Prayer of the Forsaken by Richard J Foster

  Prayer of the Heart by Henri Nouwen The following passages are taken from Father Henri J.M. Nouwen’s book “Reaching Out,” published in 1975: 1. Prayer is often considered a weakness, a support system, which is used when we can no longer help ourselves. But this is only true when the God of our prayer is created in … Continue reading Prayer of the Heart by Henri Nouwen

     Prayer That Works Sometimes Why do we ask the Church elders or friends to pray for us?      It is because we instinctively know that, "The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect." (James 5:16 TEV) We hope that it is effective but the Bible assures us that it is effective.But is it effective?      For it … Continue reading Prayer That Works Sometimes

Prayers are Pictures on Our Inner Walls by Henri Nouwen The following passages are taken from Father Henri J.M. Nouwen’s book “Here and Now” published in 1994. 1. Mother Teresa’s Answer (88-96) Once, quite a few years ago, I had the opportunity of meeting Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I was struggling with many things at the time … Continue reading Prayers are Pictures on Our Inner Walls by Henri Nouwen

Prayers from the Genesee by Henri Nouwen Thefollowing passages are taken from Father Henri J.M. Nouwen’s book “A Cry For Mercy,” published in 1981. He lived from February to August 1979 with the Trappist Monks of the Abbey of the Genesee in upstate New York. Instead of keeping a dairy as he did when he … Continue reading Prayers from the Genesee by Henri Nouwen

Praying for Deliverance from Slander Psalm 7 by James W Sire All the quotations below are from James W. Sire’s book, “Learning to Pray through the Psalms” published in 2005.      Sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will kill your spirit. That's not the common wisdom, of course, but it's true. Words have the power not only … Continue reading Praying for Deliverance from Slander Psalm 7 by James W Sire

Praying for Others including our Enemies by Philip Yancey All the quotations below are from Philip Yancey’s book, “Prayer: Does It make Any Difference?” published in 2006. The purest form of love is given with no expectation      of return. Measured by this standard, earnest prayer      for others is a magnificent act of love.                         David … Continue reading Praying for Others including our Enemies by Philip Yancey

 Praying the Cursing Psalm 137 by James W Sire All the quotations below are from James W. Sire’s book, “Learning to Pray through the Psalms” published in 2005.      We were living for a semester in Berkeley, my wife and I, when a phone call came from our daughter Ann, who had just begun college at Illinois … Continue reading Praying the Cursing Psalm 137 by James W Sire

    Praying the Ordinary by Richard J Foster All the passages below are taken from Richard J. Foster’s book “Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home.” It was published in 1992.      Transformation and intimacy both cry out for ministry. We are led through the furnace of God's purity not just for our own sake but also for … Continue reading Praying the Ordinary by Richard J Foster

         Simple Prayer by Richard J Foster All the passages below are taken from Richard J. Foster’s book “Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home.” It was published in 1992.      To pray is to change. This is a great grace. How good of God to provide a path whereby our lives can be taken over by love … Continue reading Simple Prayer by Richard J Foster

Sustaining a Prayer Life By Father Ronald Rolheiser      By Father Ronald Rolheiser      Sunday July 22, 2007 CatholicNews      IT'S HARD TO sustain a regular life of prayer. Why? Why is it so difficult to pray regularly?      Some reasons are obvious: over-busyness, tiredness and too many demands on our time, constant distraction, spiritual laziness, worship … Continue reading Sustaining a Prayer Life By Father Ronald Rolheiser

        The Golden Gate of Prayer by J R Miller         Devotional Studies on the Lord's Prayer J. R. Miller, 1900 http://www.gracegems.org/Miller/BOOKS.htm 1.   "After this Manner, Pray" 2.   "Our Father" 3.   "Who is in heaven" 4.   The First Note in Prayer 5.   The Hallowed Name 6.   "Your Kingdom Come" 7.   How the Kingdom Comes 8.   "Your Will be Done" 9.   "As it is in Heaven" 10.                      A … Continue reading The Golden Gate of Prayer by J R Miller

The Lord’s Prayer by Mother Teresa      The following passages are taken from the book, “A Life for God,” compiled by LaVonne Neff and published in 1995. All Christians know the Lord’s Prayer. It is the prayer Jesus gave his disciples when they came to him with a request: “Lord, teach us to pray.” The basic … Continue reading The Lord’s Prayer by Mother Teresa

The Lord’s Prayers by Pastor Norman Wong JOYFUL, ABUNDANT LIVING This small booklet of ‘set prayers” is being written with the firm conviction that God, your Father in Heaven, would like you to live a joyful, meaningful life. Our Lord Jesus said: ‘I have come in order that you might have life---life in all its fullness.’ … Continue reading The Lord’s Prayers by Pastor Norman Wong

     The Refuge in Sorrow by J R Miller J. R. Miller, 1905 http://www.gracegems.org/Miller/SERMONS.htm 'Where to go in sorrow' is one of life's great questions. For there are none to whom sorrow does not come at some time. The Master, whose footprints are on all life's paths—shows us the way to the refuge in the time of trouble. He found … Continue reading The Refuge in Sorrow by J R Miller

Turn our heart to the Presence of Jesus Christ by Jeanne Guyon      All the passages below are taken from Jeanne Guyon’s book “Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ. The book was first published in French in 1685. I would like to address you as though you were a beginner in Christ, one seeking to know … Continue reading Turn our heart to the Presence of Jesus Christ by Jeanne Guyon

Unanswered Prayer Living with the Mystery by Philip Yancey All the quotations below are from Philip Yancey’s book, “Prayer: Does It make Any Difference?” published in 2006. O that thou shouldst give dust a tongue      To crie to thee And then not heare it crying!           George Herbert      Some, but not all, unanswered prayers trace … Continue reading Unanswered Prayer Living with the Mystery by Philip Yancey

    Using Psalms to help us to Pray Taken from notes given out by Ruth Chia in her lecture at St Johns-St Margaret Church, Singapore When Praying What to say?Where to start?How to express our praise, gratitude, thanks and adoration?What about our doubts, shame, regrets, distress or desire?Can we express our anger, cursing or calling … Continue reading Using Psalms to help us to Pray

        Waiting for Gods Answer by Martyn Lloyd Jones All the passages below are taken from D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ book “From Fear to Faith,” published in this format in 2011 with the first Edition in 1953. Habakkuk 2:1-3 I. THE ATTITUDE OF FAITH AFTER telling God about his perplexity in Habakkuk 1 the prophet goes on … Continue reading Waiting for Gods Answer by Martyn Lloyd Jones

What Is Prayer by Henri Nouwen?       The passages below written by Henri Nouwen are taken from the book, “The Only Necessary Thing,” compiled and edited by Wendy Wilson Greer and published in 1999. A spiritual life without prayer is like the Gospel without Christ. (Reaching Out) To pray. . . means to think and live … Continue reading What Is Prayer by Henri Nouwen?