Teach Us to Pray

Name: Teach Us to Pray
Brand: Christianaudio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Gordon T. Smith
ISBN: 9781545904329

Author: Gordon T. Smith

Narrator: Gordon T. Smith

Unabridged: 2 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Christian Audio

Published: 04/17/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Personal Growth, Self-help, Spiritual

Synopsis

One of the most basic and vital dimensions of the Christian life is the practice of prayer. Frequently our prayers begin with a petition or request, so the content of our prayers is informed by our circumstances. But what if the opposite were true? What if we allowed our prayers to inform our lives? What would our lives be like if prayer altered our living and began to shape the contours and content of our daily experiences? Gordon Smith invites us to learn three movements of prayer?thanksgiving, confession, and discernment?in order to be formed and transformed by prayers that seek God's kingdom "on earth as it is in heaven." Whether you are a beginner in the life of prayer or further along, this small book is a resource for deepening your prayer practice.

About Gordon T. Smith

Gordon T. Smith is the president of Ambrose University and Seminary in Calgary, Alberta, where he also serves as professor of systematic and spiritual theology. He is also an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. His many books include Institutional Intelligence, Called to Be Saints, and Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob

Summary: A concise guide to prayer based on the Lord's prayer, with a central focus on the coming of the kingdom and a dependence upon the Spirit expressed in thanksgiving, confession, and discernment. Perhaps one of the most common struggles for many Christians is the practice of prayer. Little wond......more

Goodreads review by Johnny

If prayer is just talking to God, why would one need a book like Teach Us to Pray? Truth be told, we need it for the same reason that Jesus’ disciples asked for Jesus to teach them to pray. Gordon T. Smith, president of Canada’s Ambrose University, builds the foundation for prayer, in all of its for......more

Goodreads review by Conrade

One of the most popular prayers used in churches and many Christian communities is the Lord's Prayer. Many churches use them in their Sunday rituals. This prayer has also spawned many books. Almost every major preacher and theologian has written something about this famous prayer. Jesus' curious dis......more

Goodreads review by Heather

***I received this book from InterVarsity Press through Netgalley. All opinions are my own*** “But perhaps what should be happening is that our prayer would inform our lives, that our praying would alter our living, that our prayers would shape the contours and content of our daily experience.” For an......more