Praying the Attributes of God: A Guide to Personal Worship Through Prayer - Softcover

Jensen, Rosemary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0825429420 ISBN 13: 9780825429422

Publisher: Kregel Publications, 2002

Synopsis

The former director of Bible Study Fellowship offers thirty-one prayer devotions designed to direct thoughtful meditation and prayer through an understanding of the character of God.

Prayer can be an intimate connection to God, and taking time to reflect on the character and nature of God is vital to our spiritual growth. Combining the two will open exciting new vistas of worship for every believer.

In this unique book, Rosemary Jensen offers 31 prayer devotionals designed to direct thoughtful meditation on the attributes of God. Combining Bible study with focused prayer will enrich your personal devotional and worship time. Each devotional highlights one of God's attributes and structures prayer suggestions around the ACTS acrostic, representing the four different essentials of prayer—Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. Significant Scripture references are included to direct the reader's thoughts to focus on each attribute.

Attributes studied include:

• Accessibility
• Creator
• Eternality
• Justice
• Personality
• Sovereignty

About this title

About the Author

Rosemary Jensen served as Executive Director of Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) International for twenty years prior to her current ministry as general director with the Rafiki Foundation, an affiliate of BSF. The primary mission of Rafiki Foundation is to aid the people of developing nations in medical, educational, and economic enterprises, with a special emphasis on providing centers for disadvantaged women and orphans.

From the Back Cover

Offering neither quick fixes nor canned prayers, this book links the spiritual disciplines of Bible study and prayer into one powerful tool to deepen your relationship with God.

Rosemary Jensen, general director of the Rafiki Foundation and former executive director of Bible Study Fellowship (BSF), has compiled thirty-one prayer devotionals designed to direct thoughtful meditation on specific attributes of God, such as His accessibility, eternality, justice, holiness, and wisdom. Each short study highlights a divine attribute by using the ACTS acrostic, encompassing the four essential elements of a growing prayer life—Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication.  Space is also included to record specific concerns, prayer requests, or what you have learned.

This guide is sure to enrich and revitalize your prayer life as you meditate on and respond to the truth of who God is in a focused way.

Rosemary M. Jensen served as executive director of Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) International for twenty years before becoming  general director of the Rafiki Foundation. Rafiki operates centers of mercy in developing countries to teach the Bible and to give physical, educational, and vocational help to needy women and children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kregel Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0825429420
• ISBN 13: 9780825429422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176