Amazon.com Review There are hundreds of books on prayer, and much of the advice they contain is likely to be the same. So what distinguishes these books? Call it a kind of wisdom, a sense that here's someone who knows something of God's heart. A good example can be found in this fine book by the Quaker writer and teacher Richard Foster. The author of the bestselling Celebration of Discipline explores various aspects of prayer, which he defines in one place as "the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul." Beginning with the simplest forms of prayer--what he calls "ordinary people bringing ... ordinary concerns to a loving and compassionate Father"--he then explores the deeper places where prayer becomes not simply petition but a way of life. He writes of prayer of adoration and rest, sacramental prayer, meditation, and contemplation, and in the final section of the book moves outward into ministry, where prayer meets the needs of the world. In each chapter Foster defines, describes, and gives helpful examples. Above all he writes with grace--in both the artistic and spiritual senses. --Doug Thorpe Product Description Novel Religion From the Back Cover First published in 1992, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home has become a classic on its eponymous subject. Awarded Christianity Today’s Book of the Year award and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Gold Medallion award, Prayer continues to receive widespread acclaim as one of the most thorough and insightful treatments of this central spiritual practice. Following the structure of his 1.2 million copy-selling Celebration of Discipline, Prayer explores three spiritual “movements” of prayer: inward, upward, and outward. Within each movement he looks at seven different types of prayer, for a total exploration of twenty-one separate forms of prayer. Coming to prayer is like coming home, Foster says. “Nothing feels more right, more like what we are created to be and to do.” This accessible, rich, and reliable guide shows how each of the various forms of prayer can move us inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others. About the Author Richard J. Foster is the author of several bestselling books, including Celebration of Discipline, Streams of Living Water, and Prayer, which was Christianity Today's Book of the Year and the winner of the Gold Medallion Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He is the founder of RenovarÉ, an intrachurch movement committed to the renewal of the Church in all her multifaceted expressions, and the editor of The RenovarÉ Spiritual Formation Bible.
Prayer - 10th Anniversary Edition: Finding the Heart's True Home
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Author: Foster, Richard J.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780060628468
Details:
Author: Foster, Richard J.
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Pages: 288
Release Date: 14-08-1992
Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780060628468
