Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Living - Prayer

Doing Church in a Media-Drenched Culture It has been said, "the future is now." From cell phones to mp3 players to the Internet, no previous age has seen such profound change manifested so quickly. But these thrilling, dizzying transformations are forcing the church to decide where it fits in all this progress. Shane Hipps presents the promise and peril of the emerging culture and its relationship to the emerging church. Looking beyond the details of what's happening in communities of faith, Hipps analyzes the broader impact of technology and media on the church while engaging readers with...

In this six-session ZondervanGroupware(TM) video curriculum, award-winning author Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat--the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect--of our relationship with God: prayer. What is prayer? How does it work? And more importantly, does it work? In theory, prayer is the essential human act, a priceless point of contact between us and the God of the universe. In practice, prayer is often frustrating, confusing, and fraught with mystery. Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? is an exploration of the mysterious intersection where God...

Draw near to God today

Reach out to God with praise and thanksgiving using these thoughtful and insightful prayers. This delightful collection of one-minute talks with God will help you share your heart's desire to walk with Jesus, grow spiritually strong, reach out to others, and find comfort.

Whether you start your morning with God, find strength in the middle of the afternoon, or close your day with Him, you'll experience His peace, embrace His grace, and find joy in His presence.

Cause my faith to grow, Lord. Each day that I come
to meet with You, may...

We need God's help...and fast Deborah Smith Pegues, a behavioral consultant and the author of 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue (more than 500,000 copies sold), offers readers a 9-1-1 prayerbook for life's many circumstances and needs. Brief, immediate, and heartfelt, these prayers bring God's Word to the forefront of a reader's mind as they lift up cries for:

• help on the homefront
• financial discipline and direction
• resistance of temptations
• guidance in important decisions
• comfort in the midst of pain

This conveniently sized...

"When the heat is on and the battle is raging, know that as long as you are standing strong in the Lord, you won't be shot down or burned up by your circumstances. Think in terms of God's power. As long as you stand with God-and don't give up-you win."

Most ministers and psychologists agree that personal change comes from within. And that change can only occur if you take a careful look at your own life and experience. That's certainly what Stormie Omartian discovered. Over thirty years ago she was so depressed, she considered suicide. Then she went...

Whether you are praying for particular needs--confidence, protection, forgiveness--or for your daughter to experience the power and presence of God, this book contains the perfect prayers. With hundreds of prayers grouped according to specific needs and based entirely on Scripture, you will always have within your reach a rich resource of personal, inspirational prayers.

When Stormie Omartian was a child, her mother would lock her in a closet and say, -You are worthless, and you'll never amount to anything.- How did a young girl who grew up in an abusive home learn to overcome her past pain to find emotional wholeness as an adult? Lord, I Want to Be Whole offers seven steps that helped Stormie overcome clinical depression and live a more fulfilling life. She shows readers how prayer and the encouragement of Scripture can help them come to terms with their past. She also tells how to find deliverance from spiritual oppression and negative...

Learn the revolutionary way to talk with God

Like millions of Christians, Dr. larry Crabb has always considered his prayer life a weakness - "dull, intense only in crisis, occasionally meaningful and passionate but mostly lifelessly routine." But for everyone who struggles to pray in a way that matters, who is bored with prayer and doesn't know where else to turn, this groundbreaking book whispers of hope for change.

Something new and real and deep started happening in him, Crabb says, when he began practicing the four steps of what he calls the PAPA prayer - a revolutionary...

-Prayer is the fuel that provides the spiritual spark for our lives.-

We aren't the first people to struggle with prayer. When Christ's disciples asked, -Teach us to pray, - He responded by teaching them a few sentences that have come to be known as the Lord's Prayer. Now Tony Evans shows how this prayer can by a model for all of us.

The Lord's Prayer shows us how to pray for:

• God's will
• God's glory
• Our needs and requests
• Forgiveness of sins
• Protection from evil

God is everything we will ever need, and He...

Prayer is our basic expression of religious belief. It is our personal and most private act of devotion. Words cannot do justice to the feelings, wishes, terrors, pains, or pleasures that we exchange with God. This book sets out to define prayer as both a means of drawing nearer to God everyday and as a coping tool that people can use in order to achieve harmony, balance, and satisfaction in their in their lives.

Have you ever done something so dumb you wince at the thought of it? Well, you're not alone. The Bible is full of characters who made some shockingly dumb moves. Here are a few examples:

• A guy who sold his right to his family's estate for a bowl of soup.
• The couple who had the pleasure of having no rules, no boundaries--except one . . . a rule they decided to break anyway.
• The guy who fell in love with a woman who clearly was doing her best to have him killed.

In Big Dummies of the Bible, bestselling author Stephen Miller shows readers some...