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The Psalms: Our Prayer Mentor When we learn to imitate those who model a rich and deep prayer life, their thoughts will shape and become our own. In this endeavor there is no one better to observe, Chris Hall writes, than King…

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Experiments in Prayer Can we apply the scientific method to ... prayer? Agnes Sanford says "Yes!" Giving us four simple steps to follow Agnes assures us that we can learn to adjust our prayer practices to better "plug…

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A Life of Prayer and Holy Obedience in a War-Wracked World A substantial piece by Richard Foster on the relationship between spiritual warfare, prayer, and holy obedience.

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A Deeper Level of Prayer Guyon and Prayer "We may know that we should pray, or we may know what to pray for, but when it comes to how we pray, we may be at a loss." From her classic work Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ, Jeanne…

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Five Misconceptions that Hinder Prayer Richard Foster corrects some common misunderstandings that get in the way of a conversational friendship with the Lord.

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The Highest Form of Prayer Once in a time of prayer, Julian heard the words, “I am the foundation of your praying”—words that greatly influenced her spiritual life. Because God grounds us in a good desire for his fellowship,…

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How to Start a Prayer Journal Richard Foster invites us to follow the lead of disciples such as St. Augustine, Julian of Norwich, and Blaise Pascal in the practice of journaling our prayers.

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Becoming Like Jesus: Prayer-Filled Life Chris Webb helps us learn the rhythms of Jesus, whose life was shaped by prayer and steeped in prayer to an extraordinary degree.

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The Celtic Way of Prayer The Recovery of the Religious Imagination Esther de Waal, one of Celtic Christianity's preeminent scholars, shows how this tradition of worship draws on both the pre-Christian past and on the fullness of the Gospel. It is also an…

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Turning Your Thoughts into Prayers Prayer can be as natural as breathing "What do we pray? Whatever piece of God's will we understand." Jan Johnson shows how praying without ceasing need not be complicated.

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Cris Rogers — Prayer In Action "Ours is a church on mission, not a church with a mission. It's a very uncomfortable place to be consumeristic." Cris Rogers is Rector of All Hallows' Church in Bow, London. His passion for prayer,…