- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; Reprint edition (1 Oct 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 034056900X
- ISBN-13: 978-0340569009
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 338,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This book is a rare gift ... both a guide to prayer and an answer to one.' (John Ortberg )
'A master teaching on the Master Subject.' (Eugene Peterson )
'This book has helped me immensely in my struggles for spiritual vitality and depth.' (Tony Campolo ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
'A master teaching on the Master Subject.' (Eugene Peterson )
'This book has helped me immensely in my struggles for spiritual vitality and depth.' (Tony Campolo ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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'This book is a rare gift ... both a guide to prayer and an answer to one.' -- John Ortberg 'A master teaching on the Master Subject.' -- Eugene Peterson 'This book has helped me immensely in my struggles for spiritual vitality and depth.' -- Tony Campolo
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book when it first came out in 1992 and am now on my third copy. It is a book that I keep coming back to myself, and enthusiastically recommend to others. The author offers the reader the opportunity to find `the heart's true home'. It is obvious from the book's style that it is written by someone who has been on that voyage of discovery themselves, rather than by someone who has a dry academic interest in prayer.
It is the burden of Richard Foster's life to show people that the genuine spiritual life is deeper, wider and taller than they could ever imagine, and to encourage them to `come on in' and discover it themselves. The author never comes across as someone who knows it all. The book is full of descriptions of how he came to experience areas of prayer and he is honest enough to admit where is he is (at the time of writing), and the places that he has yet to explore himself. The effect of his style on me is that I find myself putting down the book, not to analyse what I have read, but to get on with praying myself.
There is no attempt to steer the reader in the direction of any particular church or form of Christianity. The author draws on the Bible and key figures from across all church boundaries and all ages over the last 2000 years who have explored the life of prayer - intimacy with God. Whether you are a new Christian, an old hand, or simply a seeker after truth this book will have something for you in it, as Richard Foster is an old hand himself, who is always keen to discover knew things about God's heart and is always open to fresh perspectives on the truth.
It is the burden of Richard Foster's life to show people that the genuine spiritual life is deeper, wider and taller than they could ever imagine, and to encourage them to `come on in' and discover it themselves. The author never comes across as someone who knows it all. The book is full of descriptions of how he came to experience areas of prayer and he is honest enough to admit where is he is (at the time of writing), and the places that he has yet to explore himself. The effect of his style on me is that I find myself putting down the book, not to analyse what I have read, but to get on with praying myself.
There is no attempt to steer the reader in the direction of any particular church or form of Christianity. The author draws on the Bible and key figures from across all church boundaries and all ages over the last 2000 years who have explored the life of prayer - intimacy with God. Whether you are a new Christian, an old hand, or simply a seeker after truth this book will have something for you in it, as Richard Foster is an old hand himself, who is always keen to discover knew things about God's heart and is always open to fresh perspectives on the truth.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Richard Foster writes profoundly useful material in a kind and generous way. He understands the pressing need for guidance and help for all Christians in working out expressions of faith, and living lives that honour God.
It is no surprise then that he should write about Prayer; the dynamo for Christian life. He offers an excellent tour of different types of prayer, giving tips and hints in some areas, words of caution too, but always gently encouraging us to try and pray more often, and in greater variety.
When I read this book I was deeply grateful for the affirmation it gave me. I realised that I pray in a number of ways, which was an encouragment. But I also realised that I still have a lot to learn and experience.
This wasn't a book to be rushed, and while other books on prayer may simply pass on the information, Richard Foster's book invites you to pause and try it out.
In that one regard I strongly recommend this book to any Christian (or not) who is interested in broadening their prayer life, and therefore relationship with God.
It is no surprise then that he should write about Prayer; the dynamo for Christian life. He offers an excellent tour of different types of prayer, giving tips and hints in some areas, words of caution too, but always gently encouraging us to try and pray more often, and in greater variety.
When I read this book I was deeply grateful for the affirmation it gave me. I realised that I pray in a number of ways, which was an encouragment. But I also realised that I still have a lot to learn and experience.
This wasn't a book to be rushed, and while other books on prayer may simply pass on the information, Richard Foster's book invites you to pause and try it out.
In that one regard I strongly recommend this book to any Christian (or not) who is interested in broadening their prayer life, and therefore relationship with God.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are serious about becoming Christ centred rather than just committed to Him, then both this book and the Celebration of Discipline by the same author need to be on the bookshelf with your bible and taken down regularly and worked through in detail...
May you be blessed by the power and gentleness of Holy Spirit as you grow in Him and He in you...
May you be blessed by the power and gentleness of Holy Spirit as you grow in Him and He in you...
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