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Prayer

Philip Yancey

Paperback 2008-06-19

Is your prayer life sluggish or non-existent? Do you lack passion or purpose in your prayers? Have your prayers become merely "shopping lists"? Then you need Philip Yancey's PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? It will revolutionise your prayer life and re-energise your relationship with God.

Author of numerous bestselling books - including WHAT'S SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE? - Philip Yancey admits to being "unqualified" in writing this book, his first on prayer. In his trademark style, he sets out to answer many of his own questions, and shares his personal struggles and insights into prayer with the reader.

Yancey wrestles with the big issues surrounding prayer: Why isn't God answering my prayers? What role does prayer play in physical healing? Why does God give "inconsistent" answers to prayers? Why does prayer seem like hard work?

He draws on a vast and diverse range of sources in addressing these issues, including the Bible, Augustine, Martin Luther, C.S. Lewis and Henri Nouwen. Personal anecdotes and experiences with prayer are also interspersed throughout the book from interviews with Yancey's friends and acquaintances.

In the same easy-to-read style as other Yancey titles, this book reveals some foundational, yet life-changing insights about prayer:

* Prayer re-aligns our worldview, and view of ourselves, with God's viewpoint.
* Prayer is not merely a transaction - it is about a relationship, or keeping company with God
* Prayer changes our character and spiritual life
* Prayer can shape world events and the lives of others
* Prayer affects God

In addition to answering many philosophical and mystical issues about prayer, this book also contains helpful practical advice on how to pray and what to pray for.

PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? is not only one of the most honest and influential books on prayer in years, it is an invaluable resource in continuing to shape the reader's spiritual life. It deserves to be re-read, pondered upon, its text underlined and pages earmarked.

Once again Philip Yancey has breathed new life into an essential part of Christian faith. This book is a must-read in helping restore joy to your everyday walk with God.
- Koorong Review.

Why is it that prayer ranks so high on surveys of importance, and so low on surveys of satisfaction? Multi-award winning journalist and writer Philip Yancey has written books exploring many of the mysteries and wonders of the spiritual life, including faith, grace and suffering. But perhaps his greatest challenge to date is to explain the most foundational aspect of our relationship with God - prayer.

What is prayer? What difference does it make? Why and how should we pray? What about unanswered prayer? How should we understand prayer for physical healing?

His quest to unravel these mysteries reads as the journal of a fellow traveller: observing, questioning, lamenting the unexplainable and rejoicing in the discovery of awesome insights. His journey is beautifully illustrated with moving true stories drawn from around the world.
- Publisher.

Publisher Description

Multi-award winning spirituality writer Philip Yancey is loved throughout the world for his honest, insightful and inspirational writing. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? carries all the hallmarks of classic Yancey, a journalist by training. His quest to unravel the mysteries of prayer reads as the journal of a fellow traveller: questioning, challenging, lamenting the unexplainable and rejoicing in the discovery of awesome insights. His journey is beautifully illustrated with moving true stories drawn from around the world. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? tackles the following questions: What is prayer? What difference does it make? Why and how should we pray? What about unanswered prayer? How should we understand prayer for physical healing? Focusing on such a universal theme, this is potentially Yancey's biggest book yet. To date, his books have sold over 14 million copies, and have been translated into 25 languages. His first book with Hodder, SOUL SURVIVOR, sold over 90,000 copies in just five years.

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Is your prayer life sluggish or non-existent? Do you lack passion or purpose in your prayers? Have your prayers become merely "shopping lists"? Then you need Philip Yancey's PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? It will revolutionise your prayer life and re-energise your relationship with God.

Author of numerous bestselling books - including WHAT'S SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE? - Philip Yancey admits to being "unqualified" in writing this book, his first on prayer. In his trademark style, he sets out to answer many of his own questions, and shares his personal struggles and insights into prayer with the reader.

Yancey wrestles with the big issues surrounding prayer: Why isn't God answering my prayers? What role does prayer play in physical healing? Why does God give "inconsistent" answers to prayers? Why does prayer seem like hard work?

He draws on a vast and diverse range of sources in addressing these issues, including the Bible, Augustine, Martin Luther, C.S. Lewis and Henri Nouwen. Personal anecdotes and experiences with prayer are also interspersed throughout the book from interviews with Yancey's friends and acquaintances.

In the same easy-to-read style as other Yancey titles, this book reveals some foundational, yet life-changing insights about prayer:

* Prayer re-aligns our worldview, and view of ourselves, with God's viewpoint.
* Prayer is not merely a transaction - it is about a relationship, or keeping company with God
* Prayer changes our character and spiritual life
* Prayer can shape world events and the lives of others
* Prayer affects God

In addition to answering many philosophical and mystical issues about prayer, this book also contains helpful practical advice on how to pray and what to pray for.

PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? is not only one of the most honest and influential books on prayer in years, it is an invaluable resource in continuing to shape the reader's spiritual life. It deserves to be re-read, pondered upon, its text underlined and pages earmarked.

Once again Philip Yancey has breathed new life into an essential part of Christian faith. This book is a must-read in helping restore joy to your everyday walk with God.
- Koorong Review.

Why is it that prayer ranks so high on surveys of importance, and so low on surveys of satisfaction? Multi-award winning journalist and writer Philip Yancey has written books exploring many of the mysteries and wonders of the spiritual life, including faith, grace and suffering. But perhaps his greatest challenge to date is to explain the most foundational aspect of our relationship with God - prayer.

What is prayer? What difference does it make? Why and how should we pray? What about unanswered prayer? How should we understand prayer for physical healing?

His quest to unravel these mysteries reads as the journal of a fellow traveller: observing, questioning, lamenting the unexplainable and rejoicing in the discovery of awesome insights. His journey is beautifully illustrated with moving true stories drawn from around the world.
- Publisher.

Publisher Description

Multi-award winning spirituality writer Philip Yancey is loved throughout the world for his honest, insightful and inspirational writing. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? carries all the hallmarks of classic Yancey, a journalist by training. His quest to unravel the mysteries of prayer reads as the journal of a fellow traveller: questioning, challenging, lamenting the unexplainable and rejoicing in the discovery of awesome insights. His journey is beautifully illustrated with moving true stories drawn from around the world. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? tackles the following questions: What is prayer? What difference does it make? Why and how should we pray? What about unanswered prayer? How should we understand prayer for physical healing? Focusing on such a universal theme, this is potentially Yancey's biggest book yet. To date, his books have sold over 14 million copies, and have been translated into 25 languages. His first book with Hodder, SOUL SURVIVOR, sold over 90,000 copies in just five years.

Koorong Code271290
ISBN0340909099
EAN9780340909096
Pages368
DepartmentBooks
CategoryPrayer
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
Publication DateJun 2008
Dimensions25 x 133 x 198mm
Weight0.26kg