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Prayer : does it make any difference? / Philip Yancey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2006.Description: 351 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0310271053 (alk. paper)
  • 9780310271055
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Contents:
Part 1: Keeping company with God. Our deepest longing ; View from above ; Just as we are ; The God who is ; Coming together -- Part 2: Unraveling the mysteries. Why pray? ; Wrestling match ; Partnership ; What difference does it make? ; Does prayer change God? ; Ask, seek, knock -- Part 3: The language of prayer. Yearning for fluency ; Prayer grammar ; Tongue-tied ; The sound of silence -- Part 4: Prayer dilemmas. Unanswered prayer : whose fault? ; Unanswered prayer : living with the mystery ; Prayer and physical healing ; What to pray for -- Part 5: The practice of prayer. Prayer and me ; Prayer and others ; Prayer and God.
Summary: Author Yancey probes the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect of our relationship with God: prayer. 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. This book 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?--From publisher description.
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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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-350).

Part 1: Keeping company with God. Our deepest longing ; View from above ; Just as we are ; The God who is ; Coming together -- Part 2: Unraveling the mysteries. Why pray? ; Wrestling match ; Partnership ; What difference does it make? ; Does prayer change God? ; Ask, seek, knock -- Part 3: The language of prayer. Yearning for fluency ; Prayer grammar ; Tongue-tied ; The sound of silence -- Part 4: Prayer dilemmas. Unanswered prayer : whose fault? ; Unanswered prayer : living with the mystery ; Prayer and physical healing ; What to pray for -- Part 5: The practice of prayer. Prayer and me ; Prayer and others ; Prayer and God.

Author Yancey probes the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect of our relationship with God: prayer. 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. This book 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?--From publisher description.

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