Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0310271053 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? encourages us to pray to God the Father who sees what lies ahead of us, knows what lies within us, and who invites us into an eternal partnershipthrough 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. Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? is an exploration of the mysterious intersection where God and humans meet and relate. In his most powerful book since What’s So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeatthe most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspectof our relationship with God: prayer. In practice, prayer is often frustrating, confusing, and fraught with mystery. Writing as a fellow pilgrim, Y
Making a Difference Imagine sitting with David, before he became king of Israel, and hearing his laments and frustrations with God which eventually circled back to an attitude of praise. You might hear some of the same questions and observations in this book. I've always admired Yancey's willingness to wrest. Tough topic ff Mr. Yancey tackles one of the more difficult aspects of Christianity and deals with many of most common questions and concerns about prayer. He assures us, several times, that we simply don't have all the answers, but he bases his beliefs on what Christ did and said. All his discussions a. Wisdom from a Fellow Traveler We have walked together in our Christian walk for many years. Phillip Yancey’s Prayer- Does it Make any Difference is the most profound book on prayer (and perhaps the Christian life) that we have ever read. There are many indicators of that fact, but perhaps the most salient are th
As with his other books, Yancey draws upon his international travels to bring a fresh perspective to the topic, detailing, in nations such as Romania and South Africa, how he believes prayer has transformed hearts and permitted bloodless change. Yancey also offers some startling and insightful observations about Jesus' own prayer life. Yancey is candid about his nagging sense of failure in prayer, but the book is suffused with a cautious hope; he writes of his growing confidence and joy as his prayer life has deepened from a spiritualized to-do list to a conversational communion with God. Prayer, he writes, is our partnership with God, our chance to join forces with God's power to confront suffering and evil head-on. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Yancey strikes a moving chord with this book that is more full of yearning and wonder than it is of easy answers. All rights reserved. . The book's strength lies in its