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Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home
by Richard J. Foster
Product Group: Book
Publisher: HarperOne (1992-09-11)
ISBN: 0060628464
EAN: 9780060628468
Dewy Decimal #: 248.32
Hardcover: 288 pages
Edition: 1
Release Date: 1992-08-14
SKU: 07060048
Condition: Like New Like New Fi
Comments: First Edition First Printing. Hardback in like new condition with no markings. Different art on First Edition jacket. Dust jacket in like new condition with minor shelf wear. Tight binding and clear crisp text. Beautiful book.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms-from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer. He clarifies the prayer process, answers common misconceptions, and shows the way into prayers of contemplation, healing, blessing, forgiveness, and rest. Coming to prayer is like coming home, Foster says. "Nothing feels more right, more like what we are created to be and to do. Yet at the same time we are confronted with great mysteries. Who hasn't struggled with the puzzle of unanswered prayer? Who hasn't wondered how a finite person can commune with the infinite Creator of the universe? Who hasn't questioned whether prayer isn't merely psychological manipulation after all? We do our best, of course, to answer these knotty questions but when all is said and done, there is a sense in which these mysteries remain unanswered and unanswerable . . . At such times we must learn to become comfortable with the mystery." Foster shows how prayer can move us inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others. He leads us beyond questions to a deeper understanding and practice of prayer, bringing us closer to God, to ourselves, and to our community.
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Amazon.com Review
There are hundreds of books on prayer, and much of the advice they contain is likely to be the same. So what distinguishes these books? Call it a kind of wisdom, a sense that here's someone who knows something of God's heart. A good example can be found in this fine book by the Quaker writer and teacher Richard Foster. The author of the bestselling Celebration of Discipline explores various aspects of prayer, which he defines in one place as "the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul." Beginning with the simplest forms of prayer--what he calls "ordinary people bringing ... ordinary concerns to a loving and compassionate Father"--he then explores the deeper places where prayer becomes not simply petition but a way of life. He writes of prayer of adoration and rest, sacramental prayer, meditation, and contemplation, and in the final section of the book moves outward into ministry, where prayer meets the needs of the world. In each chapter Foster defines, describes, and gives helpful examples. Above all he writes with grace--in both the artistic and spiritual senses. --Doug Thorpe
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Customer Reviews
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Best Book on Prayer
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-06-16
Foster would probably quibble with my description, "best book on prayer," but that's ok. The book is a phenomenal introduction to the rich variety of Christian prayer. The chapters are short enough to be read in a single sitting but call us to a profound transformation in the secret place of prayer. This book may well be better than Foster's "Celebration of Discipline."
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The Better of the Two!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-18
C of D was very good. Prayer out does C of D by a long shot. Layers of good stuff are on every page. Buy and Read.
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Fantastic!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-08-12
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
One of the best books on prayer I've ever read. He's very rooted in Scripture and yet very thorough in His observations on how we, as humans, interact with God. It continues to challenge me as I read through each new chapter. Highly recommended!
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Piercing my Heart...
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-03-11
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
God used this wonderful book to pierce my heart with His truth. He has opened my eyes to what prayer really is and deepend my desire to be in converation with Him. This book has taught me new ways to approach The Throne and a new understanding about what it means to intercede for those I love.
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How to methods of prayer
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-11
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am in a study/prayer group which is using this book as a guide. I find it helpful to discover new depth in prayer.
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