Religion Prayer

Most of us are trying to put together the jigsaw puzzle we call life without a very important piece. Over time this becomes incredibly frustrating. In this extraordinary book, Matthew Kelly powerfully demonstrates that we cannot live the life we have imagined or experience the joy we yearn for unless we learn to tend the soul. From there, with his classic style of practical wisdom, he teaches us how to remedy this problem.

So many people in the world are suffering but don't know how to receive help. Some beg and plead with God. Some negotiate, promising that they will change their ways if only He will grant them this one request. But then, if their request is not answered in the way they desire, they lose faith or get angry or sink into despair. There is a better way. There is a method of praying for a miracle that guarantees the best possible chance of getting a yes from God—or at least alleviation of our stress and satisfaction for our souls.

How would you live if failure was impossible? All of Heaven is waiting for your answer. When Kevin Zadai died, he met Christ face-to-face. In this transformative encounter, Jesus revealed a life-changing truth and sent him back to share it with every believer: "You can’t fail because it is all rigged in your favor!" These simple words will shift your whole perspective on life. When you grasp the depth of all that is being done for you, right now, in the supernatural realm, you will walk in greater confidence and boldness.

As believers around the world pray for renewal and revival in our conflicted times, they often neglect a key ingredient: pursuing God's presence. The problem, says pastor and theologian Roger Helland, is that we were never taught, in a balanced and biblical way, how to seek, experience, and host God's kavod—his radiant glory, his manifest presence. Offering grounded and practical teaching, balanced with Scripture and Spirit, Helland shows how to live out a deeper biblical experience of the Holy Spirit and the manifest presence of God.

Whether they are new to prayer, have doubts about it, or are just looking for anything to help their situation, listeners will discover in this book a practical way to use prayer to improve their mental health. Containing empowering, Scripture-based prayers, and key Bible verses for peace and healing, Choose Prayer, Not Despair will equip listeners to fight against doubt and unbelief and receive healing along their mental health journey.

Is it time to take your spiritual pulse, re-orient yourself to your Creator, and seek His guidance to live your faith more seriously? The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola outline the rigorous self-examination and spiritual meditations St Ignatius set forth. Readers will learn how to make a new beginning on the path to holiness, repenting of their sins and attaining freedom from Satan's power.

In this little book, Cornelius Plantinga offers a month’s worth of prayers, with two for each day: one for the morning, looking forward, and one for the evening, looking back. Each prayer expresses some essential Christian longing on behalf of self and others - for faith, hope, love, wisdom, gratitude, peace - yet also makes space for any state of heart or mind by rejoicing with all who rejoice and weeping with all who weep.

Some of the most incredible, hard-hitting, and revealing words on prayer came from the pen of E.M. Bounds. Of the 11 books he wrote, nine are centered on this topic. For over a century, pastors, Christians, and teachers have been using his words for guidance and inspiration for their own communication with God. They have all become sought-after classics to this day.

In this major work, Father Thomas Keating, with Tom S. interviewing, reflects on the wisdom and legacy of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-Step method and its connections to, and similarities with, the Christian mystical traditions of centering prayer and Lectio Divina. In conversation with a long-time member of AA meetings, Father Thomas talks insightfully about surrendering to one's Higher Power and the journey that must be undertaken for the healing of the soul to begin.

Every day, God is speaking to you—not through a booming voice from Heaven, but in ways that are simple, common, and often overlooked. God is not a formula; he is a person who longs to draw us into a deeper relationship with himself. As we get to know him through his word, we recognize the creative ways he seeks to communicate with us. Recognizing God's creative interaction with us helps transform your connection to God from dry into a fun, reciprocal relationship.

In Being Here, acclaimed poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama offers a thoughtful collection of prayers and essays to focus attention in a world full of distractions. Featuring 31 collects—an ancient five-fold form of prayer—this unconventional devotional invites listeners into a daily rhythm of connection and creativity.

What makes us happy? It's not what you think. Stress is everywhere. Clever marketing has led us to believe in chasing happiness down a path that doesn't lead anywhere. There is an answer. It's not a secret. An ancient formula can help. Two thousand years ago, there was a prayer. A prayer for happiness. You can follow these 10 practices in it. The prayer has helped thousands of people. No matter where you are in life, finding purpose is easier than you think.

Cheese Balls for Jesus is a hilarious and sometimes serious collection of true stories from the life of Molly Sanborn. Some are silly (how and why she became the Cheese Ball Chick), while others dive deeper into topics of jealousy, anxiety, and depression. But Molly finds humor and God’s faithfulness in the midst of chaos and hard times (like the time she nearly drowned!).

In Cultivating an Intimate Relationship with God, global revival leader Apostle Guillermo Moldonado equips you to foster a deep, intimate covenant relationship with God so that you can experience miracles and answered prayer as a part of your everyday Christian experience.

This reissue of a popular booklet and primer on prayer by renowned evangelist E. Stanley Jones brings his excellent—and practical—advice to a new generation. Topics include the steps of prayer, the time and place for prayer, and how prayer brings us into a deeper relationship with God, and more.

Anyone who prays or has tried to pray and given up in discouragement knows praying, really praying, is not easy. Praying consistently seems almost impossible. Too often and too easily, prayer becomes a burden: one more item on an already overcrowded to-do list. Failing to pray becomes a source of guilt and stress as we must once again admit our inconstancy and procrastination to our father confessor. The purpose of this audiobook, then, is not to add to the burden, but to ease it by distilling the advice and experience of those who pray.

From Questioning to Knowing: 73 Prayers to Transform Your Life was channeled through Lisa for humanity to support those who want to fulfill their life’s purpose and create their soul dream by living a life that is free from negative ties to the past. It offers immediate gratification and healing results for listeners as they use the prayers that speak to their hearts, and they access easy meditations to go into the Akashic healing vibration for accelerated soul growth.

Thousands of listeners have been touched by the encouraging message found in Stormie Omartian's best-selling book Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On (over 350,000 sold) and its companion book, A Devotional Prayer Journey, which warmly invited readers to record answers to prayer and create a beautiful keepsake of God's tender mercies. Now the book and journal have been combined to make it even easier to write down those moments of light just when needed.

Meditation is the key to finding the Self, and Easwaran recommends this prayer, which begins "Lord make me an instrument of thy peace . . . ," as the first passage to use when learning to meditate. In this talk Easwaran explores the four pillars of wisdom and then gives a line-by-line commentary on the prayer.

Thomas Keating was a Cistercian monk who founded the worldwide 'Contemplative Outreach', teaching people the art of meditation. Following upon Open Mind, Open Heart, which presents a profound formation in Christian prayer, this book demonstrates the contemplative dimension of Christian worship. Here Father Keating recovers the deeper sense of the liturgical year and shares a theological and mystical perspective on the major feasts of the annual cycle.