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This is 'A Practical Plan For Personal Prayer',by Dick Eastman,the author of 'No Easy Road'. I'm reading it again. It would be good to share thoughts.
Thanks for the attachment 'rocknanchor'. Looking forward to looking at this book again.Interesting graphic I believe from this same book of things associated to prayer, called the ‘Prayer Wheel’.
How to Pray - KSBJKSBJ
Thankyou 'ByTheSpirit'. Yes the author makes it very clear that 'the twelve step plan in this book should be applied with spiritual liberty rather than regimented legality. After using these steps for several days or weeks,allow your own prayer program to develop'.
Yes! Dick Eastman in his introduction speaks of 'PRAYER' as 'The Slendour Nerve of Power'.'Prayer is the contact of a living soul with God. In prayer,God stoops to kiss man,to bless man and to aid in everything that God can devise or man can need (E M Bounds) 'Prayer is the slendour nerve that moveth the muscles of omnipotence' (Charles Surgeon)It is certainly useful in breaking up religious monotony... far too many see God as a sort of genie who we approach with our prayers to grant us our requests. Too many think of "whatever you ask" as I can ask for riches or fame and it will come and if not then God isn't real or not God because he lied.
The book offers a new perspective to those who care to learn. I particularly like the blending of praise and worship along with intercession and petitions. Waiting though is my favorite and most challenging. Being quiet and giving God a chance to speak is by far the most demanding because the mind plays tricks in that quiet time. This isn't real? Waste of time... not worth it. Do something else.
No! Press through! Isn't God worth the effort? The answer is a resounding YES!
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” (I Thessalonians 5:16-18)How important is praise?
I love the 'prayer Jesus taught His disciples to pray. It begins with praise,'Our Father,who art in heaven,hallowed be They name'. It finishes with praise,'For Thine is the Kingdom the power and the glory,forever and ever.Amen“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” (I Thessalonians 5:16-18)
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise” (Psalm 100:4)
“I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.” (Psalm 63:4)