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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 248.32 EAN: 9780830836222 ISBN: 0830836225 Label: IVP Books Manufacturer: IVP Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 124 Publication Date: 2008-10 Publisher: IVP Books Studio: IVP Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do." --from the Introduction Activists Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove show how prayer and action must go together. Their exposition of key Bible passages provides concrete examples of how a life of prayer fuels social engagement and the work of justice. Phrases like "give us this day our daily bread" and "forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors" take on new meaning when applied to feeding the hungry or advocating for international debt relief. If you hope to see God change society, you must be an ordinary radical who prays--and then is ready to become the answer to your own prayers. Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - Simply ProfoundThis simple work on prayer is "bookend-ed" by these two quotes: "When we pray to God asking, 'Why don't you do something?' we hear a gentle whisper respond, 'I did do something. I made you." and... "This is the great paradox ad humor of God's audacious power: a stuttering profit will be the voice of God, a barren old lady will become the mother of a nation, a shepherd boy will become their king, and a homeless baby will lead them home. God works not in spite of but through ... Read More Rating: - Prayer coupled with actionOne of the best books ever - why we can't just pray passively discussed here Rating: - A MUST read for EVERY follower of ChristFinally, the nuts and bolts, the ins and outs of living in the way of Christ. Read this, absorb it, become it. Rating: - A Book on (un)Common PrayerMany teachers I've read tend to emphasize what prayers does, not to God, but to the person praying. They argue that the primary purpose of prayer is to make our hearts more like God's rather than His more like ours. I'm inclined to agree, at least in large part, and this is the tact taken by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove in their new book Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals. The two authors examine the Lord's Prayer, Jesus' high priestly prayer from John ... Read More Rating: - Lacking Clarity but Needs to Be HeardI think Shane did so amazing on Jesus for President that I went into this book with very high expectations. I think that both Shane and Jonathan have amazing stories and experiences that need to be shared and so I was disappointed in how desultory the book felt. I didn't quite always get the connection between the prayers they were using and what they were saying and I think they could have done a better job connecting prayer and action. That being said, these men deserve a voice. They ... Read More
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