You Can Pray - Softcover

Chester, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178359084X ISBN 13: 9781783590841

Publisher: ivp, 2014

Synopsis

If you're easily distracted when praying, you're not alone. In fact, if you struggle to pray in the first place, that's not unusual either. Tim Chester tells us how we can be great pray-ers. And he admits that that's a really bold claim.'The secret of great praying has nothing to do with human effort or skill,' he explains. 'Lots of people would like to think that it does because they want to make prayer an achievement.' But the secret of great praying is ...Knowing three things about God:* That God the Father loves to hear us pray* That God the Son makes every prayer pleasing to God* That God the Holy Spirit helps us as we prayTim looks at: why prayer is easy (how we pray), why prayer is difficult (why we pray) and the arguments and priorities of prayer (what we pray). Prayer is a child asking her father for help. And that's not beyond any one of us.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Chester is a church leader from Sheffield, England, the author of You Can Change, and the associate director of Porterbrook Seminary. Tim and his wife Helen have two grown-up daughters.

Review

"I am so grateful for You Can Pray. It is gracious yet challenging, accessible yet theologically robust. If you've ever wondered why we need to pray, or how to get better at it, this book will help you enormously. In a crowded market, this is one of the few books on prayer I shall recommend unreservedly."
—Pete Greig, Founding Champion of the 24-7 Prayer movement; Director of Prayer for Alpha International; and Lead Pastor of Emmaus Road church in Guildford, UK

"A very encouraging and enjoyable read. It put a spring into my step and got me praying more than I had been."
—Sam Allberry, Author of Lifted and Connected

"Enjoyment and prayer are words that are not normally associated together, but after reading You Can Pray you will not be able to separate them!... A must-read for anyone who wants to make prayer easy, biblical, and God-glorifying."
—Andrew Chard, European Director for AIM International

"You may be thinking 'not another book on prayer' and so was I. What I found was a book that challenged and stretched how and what I pray for. It was a refreshing reminder of the fundamentals of prayer and the end focus of glorifying God, however he chooses to answer our prayers. Whether you've read a lot of books on prayer or none—this is well worth the read."
—Charmaine Muir, Minister for Workplace, All Souls, Langham Place.

"The subject of prayer can raise profound questions, fears, guilt, and frustration in us all. Tim Chester answers with rich theology and practical wisdom. As ever he is Trinitarian, gospel-shaped, and pastorally-hearted. By the end you won't just believe the title, you'll rejoice that, in Jesus, You Can Pray."
—Glen Scrivener, Ordained Minister and Evangelist ---

Edition details

• Publisher: ivp
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178359084X
• ISBN 13: 9781783590841
• Binding: Paperback