Shaping The Prayers Of The People

This book offers a model of profound and accessible congregational prayer. At once inspirational and practical, it will empower and equip laypeople and clergy alike to offer heartfelt, informed, and appropriate prayers on behalf of the people of God. As Samuel Wells and Abigail Kocher say, "Interceding in public worship is a duty. This book is intended to make it a joy." Shaping the Prayers of the People begins by considering what public prayer is and offering practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls. It explores prayer as an integral part of worship and discusses the language we need (and don't need) to address God. Significantly, the book also provides an array of example prayers along with commentary.

Become a World-Shaper. The times we are living in are scary, to say the least. The world is unstable. Global politics are volatile. The rate of change we now experience is spiraling out of control. We’re uncertain about what will happen tomorrow, and we feel helpless to do anything about it. Yet what we are facing isn’t new. In the past, there have been many wars. There have been threats and acts of terrorism. History is spotted with violent episodes of unimaginable carnage and horror. And what did people do about them? The only thing they could do: they prayed! Discover with Derek Prince how your prayers and fasting can change the world. Using experiences from his own life, he illustrates how you can make a difference. You don’t have to fight. You don’t have to hold high political position. You don’t have to be a certain age. You don’t even have to have power, money, or influence on earth. What is important is your influence in heaven. Learn to touch the heart of God through prayer—prayer that will change the world!

One of the most personal and powerful acts a Christian can engage in is prayer. Yet many believers struggle with their prayer lives, wondering whether they are really making a difference and how they can be more effective. Delving deep into the biblical understanding of prayer, beloved author and leader Derek Prince shows readers the secret to leading a dynamic prayer life, how to receive what they ask for, and how to align themselves with the heart of God. Practical strategies like fasting, biblical study, discipline, and consistency are extensively explained and illustrated by powerful testimonies. This is a life-changing book.

Intercessions of Mercy consists of simple prayers that blend religious convictions and current concerns in a way that can be shared by groups of believers, or privately by those who prefer to pray in solitude. It is designed to be used by readers in the ways that are most meaningful and helpful to them at any given time, using it in different ways in the different seasons of your soul. The prayers of Intercessions of Mercy are invocations that link prayer to God with service to others. They connect the enduring convictions of faith with the recurring concerns of modern life. The intercessions in this book are organized around the liturgical seasons, feasts days in the Catholic calendar, and on behalf of particular groups (including artists, caregivers, families, parents, government leaders, those who are ill or dying, and many others).

This is an inspirational and practical guide for all who help to lead the intercessions in regular worship or to offer prayers in public worship on specific occasions. It aims to empower and equip lay people and clergy alike to offer heartfelt, informed, thoughtful and appropriate prayers on behalf of the people of God for God’s world.Crafting Prayers for Public Worship:• considers what public prayer is and offers practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls.• explores prayer as an integral part of worship and the kinds of speech we need (and don’t need) to address God. • reflects on the basic structures and shape of the prayers we create, staying rooted in scripture, the answers we can expect with confidence, becoming part of the answer ouselves, and other practicalities • offers a wide range of templates and examples.

Irene Bell was a confused young lady, who was desperate to save her marriage. She fired the housekeeper whose her husband had hired to take care of her, and then she put her plan into action, to steal him back from her. She believed that her husband still love her, inspite of the fact he wants out of their marriage. If only they could spend a month together. She knew she could win him back. She was praying for that, if no she'd have to goes on without him. She wouldn't have no choice. That would be the hardest thing she had to do, walk away.

Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith

A prophetic call to prayer, revealing God's heart for Israel and urging targeted, biblical intercession for God's chosen people.

Stookey seeks to relieve the anxiety of inexperienced leaders of public prayer and the discomfort of those with and for whom they pray in this practical guide to the art of praying in public. The book has three parts. First, Stookey offers reflections on the nature of prayer, utilizing the image of a flow of energy. Second, he discusses the forms, mechanics, and vocabularies of prayer. His analysis brims with insight and practical application. Third, and most importantly, he provides concrete exercises in editing prayers. The reader is challenged to mark prayer texts and then to compare her or his own work with the author's as Stookey points out the particular issues that the exercises highlights. The book is clearly organized, economically written, and easy to use. Those who read carefully and complete the exercises will gain significant experience in crafting prayers to which the whole congregation can respond with an enthusiastic "Amen".

The question guiding the research was as follows: What impact does a disciplined, thoughtful practice of thanksgiving and intercessory prayer, done over time, have on the group practicing the discipline, and how does it change the participants' view of life or view of the ones for whom they pray? What I attempted to measure in this project was the impact on the ones who were praying intentionally and systematically the liturgical prayer of thanksgiving and intercession. The project focused on observing and participating in the practice of shaping the believer through a consistent, structured, ritual practice of the prayers of the people that takes its shape from the ordo of the ancient church, which is still used today. My hope for the project was to discover that praying deeply and broadly might open a small group of participants to the possibilities of difference and the opportunities to bridge the deep chasms existing between so many groups in the world. The project was designed to employ the methodology Gordon Lathrop outlines in Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology: "discern the pattern, practice the pattern, and renew the pattern," which carries with it the hope for renewal of the ancient for a new day. Hoping that the project would move people beyond just talking about prayer, I designed it so that the group would participate in prayer, reflect on the prayers, and reflect on their experience of the juxtaposition of participating in the classic liturgical prayer in the assembly and its use in daily prayer, producing critique and new meaning out of the old. In this project, the participants had the opportunity to explore prayers of thanksgiving and lament, with Christ at the seam. The first ministry action taken was a six-week class offered during the season of Lent (March 6-April 24, 2019). This class was designed to provide instruction and practice for the participants on the classic liturgical prayer of thanksgiving and intercession used in the Christian tradition and grounded in the biblical text as witness to it. The second ministry action also took place during Lent. Participants were asked to pray daily intercessory prayers, using the classic liturgical prayer of thanksgiving and intercession from Sunday's assembly. The third ministry action was administering short questionnaires to gather the data needed to address research question fully. All group members were then invited to participate in a final interview with me following the six-week class. Finally, the recap meeting provided the opportunity to share with the co-researchers the tallied responses from each of the questionnaires and the interviews. The summary of the questionnaires, interviews, and final recap meeting pointed to the same result--an intentional practice of praying thanksgiving and intercessory prayer using the classic liturgical model changed the participants' view of life and their view of the ones for whom they prayed. -