Breaking Through God's Silence: A Guide to Effective Prayer--With a Treasury of Over One Hundred PrayersSimon and Schuster, 1997 M06 11 - 224 pages The former chairman of the College of Preachers offers counsel to people who pray alone on the effectiveness of prayer, confidence in God, effective prayer techniques, and prayer's application to adversity. This effective guide to prayer sheds light on the nature of our conversations with God and offers techniques that facilitate an openness and confidence during prayer. Although based on mainstream Christian theology, the book includes 100 prayers taken from all religious traditions. |
Contents
The Sound of Silence | 11 |
How and Why We Pray | 21 |
Breaking Through the Inner Barrier | 27 |
The Voice at the Other End | 48 |
Starting the Conversation | 63 |
Cutting Through the Static | 85 |
The Best Prayer and the Best Prayer | 104 |
A Brief History of Prayer | 124 |
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