Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference?

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Zondervan, 2006 - 351 pages

In his most powerful book since What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew, 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 and humans meet and relate. Writing as a fellow pilgrim, Yancey explores such questions as: -Is God listening? -Why should God care about me? -If God knows everything, what's the point of prayer? -Why do answers to prayer seem so inconsistent and capricious? -Why does God seem sometimes close and sometimes far away? -How can I make prayer more satisfying? -I have found that the most important purpose of prayer may be to let ourselves be loved by God, - says Yancey. 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 partnership--through prayer. Also available: unabridged audio CD.

 

Table des matières

Keeping Company with
9
Our Deepest Longing
11
View from Above
18
Just As We Are
30
The God Who Is
45
Coming Together
56
Unraveling the Mysteries
71
Why Pray?
73
Does Prayer Change God?
131
Ask Seek Knock
145
The Language of Prayer
155
Yearning for Fluency
157
Prayer Grammar
170
TongueTied
184
The Sound of Silence
198
Prayer and Physical Healing
248

Wrestling Match
89
Partnership
101
What Difference Does It Make?
115
Prayer and Others
301
Prayer Resources
329
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Philip Yancey serves as editor-at-large for Christianity Today magazine. He has written thirteen Gold Medallion Award-winning books and won two ECPA Book of the Year awards for What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew. Four of his books have sold over one million copies. Yancey lives with his wife in Colorado. Website: www.philipyancey.com

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