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Praying the Scriptures Journal: Trusting God with Your Children
by Jodie BerndtAs parents, we always worry if we&’re doing enough for our children, but there&’s one thing we can do no matter where we are in our parenting journey: pray. With a grace-filled approach and a warm, personal style, bestselling author Jodie Berndt gives you the tools and the encouragement you need to pray intentionally for your children.This unique interactive journal, based on the bestseller Praying the Scriptures for Your Children, is an invitation to ignite your faith by praying for your children.Along the way, you&’ll discover firsthand how using the Bible to shape your desires and requests opens the door to God's provision—and frees you from things like worry and fear in your parenting. You can finally take comfort in knowing that no matter how far away your kids may be, they are never out of His reach.Filled with biblical insights, compelling prayer principles, and prompts to direct you and deepen your faith, Praying the Scriptures Journal offers you a way to powerfully influence your children&’s lives. This interactive journal also includes:Focused areas of prayer, including faith, character, safety, relationships, the future, and moreEncouraging quotes from Praying the Scriptures for Your Children, Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens, and Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children Timeless Scripture verses that go along with the topic of each sectionJournaling prompts for personal processing, along with plenty of space for notesShort prayers to help you start praying for your childrenBerndt reminds us that there can be no greater privilege than partnering with Him, through our prayers, to accomplish His best purposes in the lives of the people we love.
Praying the Scriptures Within Cognitive/Behavioral/Systems Therapy: Chapter 14, Transformative Encounters
by George OhlschlagerTransformative Encounters,The Rebuilding of Psychology
Praying the Stations of the Cross: Finding Hope in a Weary Land
by Margaret Adams Parker Katherine SondereggerAn ancient practice strengthens our awareness of God&’s healing presence. &“Suffering, sorrow, injustice, confusion, and death can touch any of us, at any time . . . the Stations can offer consolation and comfort when we are grieving; healing and restoration when we are parched; inspiration and guidance when we are searching or lost or simply beset by the turmoil and temptation, isolation and insecurity that unsettle all our lives.&” —From the introductionPraying the Stations of the Cross offers a life-transforming spiritual practice. Grounded in Scripture, the Stations remind readers of the overarching power of God&’s love for all people and our steadfast hope for redemption, a sure and true comfort in the face of pain and sorrow. Artist Margaret Adams Parker and theologian Katherine Sonderegger make the Stations of the Cross accessible for those new to the practice and offer compelling insight to those with long familiarity. Equally useful for individuals, groups, and congregations, Praying the Stations of the Cross can be used as an ongoing spiritual practice, a service offered in times of sorrow, struggle, or conflict, or a Lenten devotion.
Praying Through Cancer
by Susan SorensenYou don't have to face cancer aloneTraumatized and terrified of cancer? Perhaps you have been diagnosed yourself, or you have a friend or family member who is battling with the disease. You know you must face it--but you do not have to face it alone. Praying Through Cancer is a collection of stories by women who have faced cancer and, with triumphant spirits, found comfort and sometimes even joy in the midst of it.For these women, cancer was a comma, not a period, in the sentences of their lives. Why? Because they put their faith in the Lord and He strengthened them beyond comprehension. You will laugh and you will cry, but best of all, you will know . . . you are not alone.
Praying Through Cancer: A 90-Day Devotional for Women
by Susan Sorensen Laura GeistTraumatized and terrified of cancer? Perhaps you have been diagnosed yourself, or you have a friend or family member who is battling with the disease. You know you must face it--but you do not have to face it alone. This updated edition of the trusted 90-day devotional Praying Through Cancer--now with a beautiful new cover--includes a collection of stories by women who have faced cancer and, with triumphant spirits, found comfort and sometimes even joy in the midst of it.For these women, cancer was a comma, not a period, in the sentences of their lives. Why? Because they put their faith in the Lord and He strengthened them beyond comprehension. You will laugh and you will cry, but best of all, you will know . . . you are not alone.This encouraging daily devotional is written specifically for cancer patients by cancer patients with insight, wisdom, and clarity found only through personal trial. Each devotional includes:a Scripture verse and prayeran inspirational story where fears and anger are transformed into confident expectation and pure worshipan intentional tip of the day to help you personally encounter Godprayer references for encouragementYou don&’t have to face cancer alone. Readers will feel as though they are meeting kindred spirits, old friends who will come alongside them in their journey, encouraging them and understanding what no one else can. Contributors include Kay Warren, Pat Palau, Barbara Johnson, Joyce Wright, and many more.
Praying Through Infertility: A 90-Day Devotional for Men and Women
by Sheridan VoyseyWeary of the long path to become a parent? Whether you or a family member is battling infertility, this trusted, encouraging 90-day devotional will comfort and strengthen you.Written by men and women who have faced infertility themselves with various outcomes, this book reminds you that you are not alone and will help set your heart free from fear.Compiled by acclaimed writer, speaker, and broadcaster Sheridan Voysey, Praying Through Infertility is written to let you know that you are:Not alone in your sadness, anger, or confusionNot alone when you feel jealous of parents who have what you wantNot alone when a giggling child brings not delight but griefNot alone in wondering who you'll be if you never become a mom or dad Praying Through Infertility doesn't offer advice on treatments or give spiritual formulas for miracle conceptions. Instead, it offers an empathetic and hopeful accompaniment through the long dark night you are walking through.Each daily devotional includes:Scripture verse and prayerInspirational story where fears and anger are transformed into confident expectation and pure worshipIntentional tip of the day to help you personally encounter GodPrayer references for encouragement Some of the contributors have been blessed with biological children, some have formed families through fostering or adoption, others are walking forward childless, and a few are still on the path. They have experienced many of the medical options available, from IVF to donor eggs and sperm. What they share is an experience of infertility's dark depths, and a faith that's held strong through the testing.
Praying Through Life's Problems: Inspiring Messages of Hope (Extraordinary Women)
by Stormie OmartianIn this book, Stormie Omartian shows women how to pray through life's most difficult times.
Praying Through Loneliness: A 90-Day Devotional for Women
by Kristen StrongIn a season of loneliness? Take comfort in the stories of other women who share their own honest experiences of feeling isolated, struggling to find friends, and still finding a meaningful way through.With the current crisis of loneliness and lack of friendships in today's culture, this 90-day devotional offers both lived perspective and attainable promise for how to find community and friends.Compiled by beloved author, Kristen Strong, who offers her two decades of experience as a constantly relocating military spouse and one decade as a settled civilian to address head on the rising pain point facing women today in startling numbers: an acute loneliness and isolation due to a lack of friends.Praying Through Loneliness is a compilation of stories from many women in all stages of life written to let you know that you are:Not alone in your sadness, frustration, or sense of rejectionNot alone when you feel jealous of other women's friendshipsNot alone in the pain of a friendship breakupNot alone when you want to give up trying to connect againNot alone in your need to know that the Lord sees you in your loneliness, has a purpose for you during it, and won't abandon you as you walk through it Praying Through Loneliness doesn't skip over the sadness and hardship loneliness brings. It doesn't offer trite advice or give spiritual formulas to shortcut the slow work of friendship. Instead, it offers an empathetic and hopeful accompaniment in the dark night you are walking through.Each daily devotional includes:Scripture verseVulnerable story where questions and regret are seen through the eyes of Jesus who is always walking beside youHopeful messageMeaningful prayer references for encouragement Spend the next 90 days with come-alongside friends and the God who has said from the beginning that it is not good for us to be alone; let them lift your burden of loneliness.
Praying to a French God: The Theology of Jean-Yves Lacoste (Intensities: Contemporary Continental Philosophy of Religion)
by Kenneth Jason WardleyAs a phenomenologist Lacoste is concerned with investigating the human aptitude for experience; as a theologian Lacoste is interested in humanity’s potential for a relationship with the divine, what he terms the ’liturgical relationship’. Beginning from the proposition that prayer is a theme that occurs throughout Lacoste’s writing, and using this proposition as a heuristic through which to view, interpret and critique his thought, this book examines Lacoste’s place amid both the recent ’theological turn’ in French thought and the post-war emergence of la nouvelle théologie. Drawing upon unpublished and out of print material previously only available in French, Romanian or German, the book will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, phenomenology and theology.
Praying to Portraits: Audience, Identity, and the Inquisition in the Early Modern Hispanic World
by Adam JasienskiIn Praying to Portraits, art historian Adam Jasienski examines the history, meaning, and cultural significance of a crucial image type in the early modern Hispanic world: the sacred portrait. Across early modern Spain and Latin America, people prayed to portraits. They prayed to “true” effigies of saints, to simple portraits that were repainted as devotional objects, and even to images of living sitters depicted as holy figures. Jasienski places these difficult-to-classify image types within their historical context. He shows that rather than being harbingers of secular modernity and autonomous selfhood, portraits were privileged sites for mediating an individual’s relationship to the divine. Using Inquisition records, hagiographies, art-theoretical treatises, poems, and plays, Jasienski convincingly demonstrates that portraiture was at the very center of broader debates about the status of images in Spain and its colonies.Highly original and persuasive, Praying to Portraits profoundly revises our understanding of early modern portraiture. It will intrigue art historians across geographical boundaries, and it will also find an audience among scholars of architecture, history, and religion in the early modern Hispanic world.
Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas
by Omar MouallemJournalist Omar Mouallem travels to thirteen remarkable mosques and discovers the surprising history of their communities. But what he finds also challenges his own long-held personal beliefs, and even his sense of identity.&“Until recently, Muslim identity was imposed on me. But I feel different about my religious heritage in the era of ISIS and Trumpism, Rohingya and Uyghur genocides, ethnonationalism and misinformation. I&’m compelled to reclaim the thing that makes me a target. I&’ve begun to examine Islam closely with an eye for how it has shaped my values, politics, and connection to my roots. No doubt, Islam has a place within me. But do I have a place within it?&” Omar Mouallem grew up in a Muslim household, but always questioned the role of Islam in his life. As an adult, he used his voice to criticize what he saw as the harms of organized religion. But none of that changed the way others saw him. Now, as a father, he fears the challenges his children will no doubt face as Western nations become increasingly nativist and hostile toward their heritage. In Praying to the West, Mouallem explores the unknown history of Islam across the Americas, traveling to thirteen unique mosques in search of an answer to how this religion has survived and thrived so far from the place of its origin. From California to Quebec, and from Brazil to Canada&’s icy north, he meets the members of fascinating communities, all of whom provide different perspectives on what it means to be Muslim. Along this journey he comes to understand that Islam has played a fascinating role in how the Americas were shaped—from industrialization to the changing winds of politics. And he also discovers that there may be a place for Islam in his own life, particularly as a father, even if he will never be a true believer. Original, insightful, and beautifully told, Praying to the West reveals a secret history of home and the struggle for belonging taking place in towns and cities across the Americas, and points to a better, more inclusive future for everyone.
Praying with Angels
by Richard WebsterReverence for angels spans culture, faith, and time. But can these heaven-sent messengers answer our prayers? Time and time again, the angels have proven that yes, they're there for us—we just need to reach out and ask them for guidance. From an expert on angelic spirits, you will discover a myriad of simple and rewarding methods to communicate with the specific angel you need.Explore the fascinating roles of angels: guardian, zodiac, elemental, and othersLearn prayers and rituals for healing, protection, abundance, and moreEngage in meditations and practical exercises that aid in angel awarenessImagine a lifelong relationship with these celestial helpmates who can grant you the rewards, enrichment, and peace that you've been searching for.
Praying with Beads: Daily Prayers for the Christian Year
by Nan Lewis Doerr Virginia Stem OwensPrayer is essential to the Christian life, bonding us to God. Yet we find it difficult in our frenetic world to keep our minds focused for long. All kinds of external noise and inner voices clamor for our attention. How can we slow down and quiet down so as to truly wait on the Lord? Nan Lewis Doerr and Virginia Stem Owens offer a solution that calls on the physical senses to break through to the spiritual -- praying with beads. The use of prayer beads, which has a long history in practical spirituality, is now becoming more widespread among Protestants. Doerr and Owens here show readers how to use what have become known as Anglican or Christian prayer beads. Readers can then use the basic prayer structure provided by the beads to pray their way through each day -- morning, noon, and night -- and through the church year. These prayers -- a thoughtfully chosen combination of quotations from Scripture and gleanings from the Book of Common Prayer -- can be enhanced and enriched by the mindful and meditative practice of using beads. Doerr and Owens encourage readers to use beads as "something to hang onto, a lifeline to the Presence that lies, often hidden or forgotten, at the center of our lives." Praying with beads, as outlined and embodied in this little book, has the potential to transform one's prayer life.
Praying with Body and Soul
by Jane E. VennardPraying with Body and Soul involves the whole person: our senses, our bodies at rest or in motion, our imaginations, as well as our minds and emotions. By paying prayerful attention to the body people will not only recognize the ways in which they already pray, but will learn how to deepen their relationship with God. Each chapter includes questions for reflection, and practical exercises, such as drawing, walking meditation, fasting, making music, dancing, and praying in sickness and disability. This guide to prayer can be used by individuals, prayer partners, and small groups.
Praying with Every Heart: Orienting Our Lives to the Wholeness of the World
by Cláudio CarvalhaesThis book develops an understanding of prayer from a liberation-theological perspective. "Praying with" offers a distinctive way of praying that can help orient our prayers around the "where" we pray and "with whom" we pray as the locus of the body's and heart's theological praxis. The book helps create language to pray with people and in situations we are not used to praying with; it insists on praying amidst racism, poverty, violence, and suffering; it calls us to pray at night and at the end of the world when we are overcome by fear, hurt, climate disaster, or economic impoverishment; it ventures into interfaith prayer settings; and it claims a sense of "self" that is not discrete, encapsulated in its own thinking or feeling--rather, it understands the notion of the self as entangled with the whole earth and each sentient and nonsentient being. Thus, to "pray with" in this book is to take the location of one's prayer more seriously and, individually and collectively, to gain an awareness of our grounding and positionality, therefore creating a theological structure that assumes both the listening of our own heart and the voices of everything around us.
Praying With Ignatius of Loyola
by Jacqueline Syrup Bergan Marie SchwanThis series makes available the rich spiritual teachings of mystics and guides whose wisdom can help us on our pilgrimage. Each book contains a brief biography of the saint or holy person, an outline of the major themes in her or his spirituality, and fifteen meditations based on stories about and writings by the holy person. Also included are guided reflections and readings from the Scriptures.
Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice
by Vanessa Zoltan&“In these soaring, open-hearted essays, Vanessa Zoltan writes with fierce brilliance about suffering, survival, and the kind of meaning in life that can withstand real scrutiny.&”—John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and The Anthropocene Reviewed A deeply felt celebration of a classic novel--and a reflection on the ways our favorite books can shape and heal us.Our favorite books keep us company, give us hope, and help us find meaning in a chaotic world. In this fresh and relatable work, atheist chaplain Vanessa Zoltan blends memoir and personal growth as she grapples with the notions of family legacy and identity through the lens of her favorite novel, Jane Eyre. Informed by the reading practices of medieval monks and rabbinic scholars from her training at the Harvard Divinity School and filtered through the pages of Jane Eyre as well as Little Women, Harry Potter, and The Great Gatsby, Zoltan explores topics ranging from the trauma she has inherited as the granddaughter of four Holocaust survivors to finding hope, meaning, and even magic in our deeply fractured times. Brimming with a lifelong love of classic literature and the tenderness of self-reflection, the book also reveals simple techniques for reading any work as a sacred text--from Virginia Woolf to Anne of Green Gables to baseball scorecards.Whether you're an avowed "Eyrehead" or simply a curious reader looking for a richer connection with the written word, this deeply felt and inspiring book will light the way to a more intimate appreciation for whatever books you love to read.
Praying with Power (Women of Faith Study Guide Series)
by Patsy Clairmont Women Of FaithIf you are like most Christians, you know you should be praying more often, taking it more seriously, and giving it more priority in your life. But what often gets missed is that prayer is not a requirement but a privilege! Prayer is the pathway to building a relationship with the Savior. Through prayer, the Creator and Sustainer of everything actually listens to us. In Praying with Power, you will explore what the Bible has to say about this fascinating two-way communication with God. You will explore journaling prayers, praying the Scripture, and how to pray your way through a desert or valley. You will also discover the incredible power of prayer and the promises God provides when you go to Him with your needs. The Women of Faith® Bible Studies provide intriguing insights into topics that are relevant to women's lives today. Each guide includes twelve weeks of study, down-to-earth illustrations, and reflections to help you move the truth from your head to your heart. A leader's guide for use with small groups is also included.
Praying with the Earth: A Prayerbook for Peace
by J. Philip NewellWe as Jews, Christians, and Muslims share a common spiritual descent, yet painful divisions between us lie at the center of much conflict and war in the world today. Praying with the Earth: A Prayerbook for Peace articulates the deep longings for peace that unite these great spiritual traditions. For each morning and evening of the week, John Philip Newell provides strikingly beautiful and profound prayers that call us to be the people Jesus named blessed: “those who know their need,” “those who weep,” “the humble,” “those who hunger for earth’s oneness,” “the forgiving,” “the clear in heart,” and “the peacemakers.” Whether prayed alone or with others, these richly illustrated, simple liturgies invite and inspire us to live as those whose hearts yearn for peace.
Praying with the Holy Father
by Jaymie Stuart WolfeWhat if the words of the Pope-or many popes-were offered in language so accessible that young Catholics could understand them? That is what Pauline Kids offers in the series of prayer books: Thoughts and Prayers of the Pope for Young Catholics. Praying with the Holy Father includes prayers of fourteen popes about a wide range of topics and concerns including: prayer, families, vocation, the Church, the world, difficult times, living the faith, the saints, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Praying with the Psalms: A Year of Daily Prayers and Reflections (G - Reference, Information And Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.)
by Eugene H. PetersonA devotional prayer book focusing on one year with the Psalms, the most sensitive and honest words written about daily stress and daily blessings.
Praying with the Senses: Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
by Vlad Naumescu Jeffers Engelhardt Angie Heo Jeanne Kormina Tom Boylston Daria Dubovka Simion Pop&“These essays advance the understanding of Eastern Orthodox spiritual practices from a religious studies perspective.&”—Reading Religion How do people experience spirituality through what they see, hear, touch, and smell? In this book, Sonja Luehrmann and an international group of scholars assess how sensory experience shapes prayer and ritual practice among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Prayer, even when performed privately, is considered as a shared experience and act that links individuals and personal beliefs with a broader, institutional, or imagined faith community. It engages with material, visual, and aural culture including icons, relics, candles, pilgrimage, bells, and architectural spaces. Whether touching upon the use of icons in the age of digital and electronic media, the impact of Facebook on prayer in Ethiopia, or the implications of praying using recordings, amplifiers, and loudspeakers, these timely essays present a sophisticated overview of the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianities. Taken as a whole they reveal prayer as a dynamic phenomenon in the devotional and ritual lives of Eastern Orthodox believers across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. &“Precisely by looking at so varied a group of locations home to Orthodox practice, this book conveys the fragility―and durability―of traditional religion in a postmodern, secular age.&”—Nadieszda Kizenko, author of A Prodigal Saint: Father John of Kronstadt and the Russian People
Praying with Women of the Bible
by Nancy KennedyA fresh approach to a topic of perennial interest—women of the Bible In the last few years a number of best-selling books have focused on the lives of women of the Bible. Now, Nancy Kennedy takes a fresh approach by reflecting on the significant prayers of women in Scripture. Praying with Women of the Bible features some of the Bible’s most notable women, including Deborah, Hannah, and Mary, all of whom prayed for different things, in different ways. By using the examples of these godly women, the book is designed to show different types of prayer, as well as different reasons to pray. The types of prayer include willingness and surrender, praise and worship, thanksgiving and personal supplication, pleading for mercy, intercessions and perseverance, bold requests, and a prayer of faith. Features include: • Explores the lives and prayers of ten women of the Bible • Relates the biblical examples to the lives of women today • Concludes each chapter with a sample prayer to give readers a starting point for their own continued prayer
(Pre)Decide: 7 decisiones que puedes tomar hoy para la vida que quieres vivir mañana
by Craig Groeschel¿Por qué seguimos tomando decisiones de las que luego nos arrepentimos, y a veces incluso las mismas malas decisiones una y otra vez? Basándose en las Escrituras, en historias y en las últimas investigaciones sobre el comportamiento humano, nos revela la clave para tomar las decisiones que queremos y experimentar la alegría y la libertad que Dios tiene para nosotros.Todos queremos tomar excelentes decisiones. Pero ¿qué ocurre entre nuestras buenas intenciones y las decisiones que tomamos al momento? Ojalá pudiéramos tomar decisiones con antelación en lugar de hacerlo cuando estamos estresados, abrumados o influidos por el miedo o las emociones. En (Pre)Decide, aprenderemos cómo hacerlo.El pastor Craig Groeschel sabe por experiencia personal y como consejero lo que es estar atrapado en un ciclo de mala toma de decisiones. En (Pre)Decide, él comparte lo que ha descubierto sobre el poder de &“predecidir.&”Con ejercicios que invitan a la reflexión y preguntas para reflexionar, este libro interactivo nos enseña que la calidad de nuestras decisiones determina la calidad de nuestras vidas.(Pre)Decide te ayudará a:Comprender la ciencia que hay detrás de tus hábitos de toma de decisionesSuperar la fatiga de decisión y los miedos debilitantesDisminuir el papel de las emociones en la toma de decisionesVer cómo tus pequeñas decisiones determinan el tipo de persona en que te transformasDefinir y poner en práctica las siete decisiones previas que definen tu vida y que puedes tomar hoy mismoTransformarte en la persona que quieres ser comienza incluso antes de tomar una decisión. En (Pre)Decide, descubrirás el poder de tomar decisiones hoy, para tener mañana una vida que honre a Dios.Think AheadWhy do we keep making choices we later regret--sometimes even the same bad choices over and over? Drawing on Scripture, story, and cutting-edge research into human behavior, pastor Craig Groeschel reveals the key to making the choices we want to make and experiencing the joy and freedom God has for us.We all want to make great decisions. So what happens between our good intentions and the choices we actually make in the moment? If only we could make decisions ahead of time rather than when we're under stress, overwhelmed, or swayed by fear or emotion. In Think Ahead, we learn how to do just that.Pastor Craig Groeschel knows from personal experience and as a counselor to others what being trapped in a cycle of poor decision-making is like. In Think Ahead, he shares what he has discovered about the power of "pre-deciding."With thought-provoking exercises and questions for reflection, this interactive book teaches us that the quality of our decisions determines the quality of our lives. Think Ahead will help you:Understand the science behind your decision-making habitsOvercome decision fatigue and debilitating fearsDiminish the role of emotions in decision-makingSee how your small choices shape the kind of person you becomeDefine and put into action the seven life-defining pre-decisions you can make todayBecoming the person you want to be starts before you even make a decision. In Think Ahead, you'll discover the power of making decisions today to help you live the life you want to have tomorrow.
‘Pre-Islamic Survivals’ in Muslim Central Asia: Tsarist, Soviet and Post-Soviet Ethnography in World Historical Perspective (Islam and Global Studies)
by R. Charles WellerThe book traces the conceptual lens of historical-cultural ‘survivals’ from the late 19th-century theories of E.B. Tylor, James Frazer, and others, in debate with monotheistic ‘degenerationists’ and Protestant anti-Catholic polemicists, back to its origins in Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions as well as later more secularized forms in the German Enlightenment and Romanticist movements. These historical sources, particularly the ‘dual faith’ tradition of Russian Orthodoxy, significantly shaped both Tsarist and later Soviet ethnography of Muslim Central Asia, helping guide and justify their respective religious missionary, social-legal, political and other imperial agendas. They continue impacting post-Soviet historiography in complex and debated ways. Drawing from European, Central Asian, Middle Eastern and world history, the fields of ethnography and anthropology, as well as Christian and Islamic studies, the volume contributes to scholarship on ‘syncretism’ and ‘conversion’, definitions of Islam, history as identity and heritage, and more. It is situated within a broader global historical frame, addressing debates over ‘pre-Islamic Survivals’ among Turkish and Iranian as well as Egyptian, North African Berber, Black African and South Asian Muslim Peoples while critiquing the legacy of the Geertzian ‘cultural turn’ within Western post-colonialist scholarship in relation to diverging trends of historiography in the post-World War Two era.