The Word Is Very Near You: A Guide to Praying With Scripture

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ISBN: 9780936384818 | 0936384816
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/1989

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An introduction to the practice of prayer with Scripture, this book includes a number of themes for prayer with suggested passages for meditation.

Preface

(5)

PART I

Pausing at the Threshold

(8)

God Is a Conversation

(16)

Who Do You Think You Are to Enter This Conversation?

(10)

The Trinity in Our Praying with Scripture

(15)

God Touching Us Through the Scriptures

(14)

When and Where

(23)

Entering into the Stories

(22)

Taking in the Word

114

(16)

Gazing

130

(13)

Practice, Patience and Progress

143

(13)

PART II Themes for Prayer

Introduction

154

(2)

Standing in the Need of Prayer

156

(1)

``Be Still and Know that I Am God''

157

(2)

Let Christ Reveal Himself to You as an Impassioned Human Being

159

(2)

Let Christ Reveal Himself to You As the Risen One

161

(2)

Christ Dwells in You

163

(1)

The Universal Christ

164

(2)

Let Jesus Make Himself Known to You as Servant

166

(1)

Jesus Yearns to Draw You to Himself

167

(1)

Come to Know the Spirit Who Dwells in You

167

(5)

The Living Bread

172

(2)

My Soul Is Athirst for the Living God

174

(1)

The Light of the Glory of God

175

(3)

Being a Creature

178

(2)

Let the Children Come to Me

180

(2)

``Heal Me and I Shall Be Healed''

182

(3)

Praying in Pain

185

(2)

Anguish in the Face of Evil and Suffering

187

(1)

God Chose You First

188

(2)

Your Sins Are Forgiven; Enter into the Joy of Your Master

190

(1)

Letting Go of Fear and Anxiety

191

(2)

Don't Cling to the Past

193

(1)

Realize Your Gifts, Use Them

194

(2)

I Am Powerless to be My Own Savior

196

(1)

The Fear of Commitment

197

(2)

Conflict

199

(2)

The Mother of my Lord

201

(1)

Jesus with Women

202

(3)

Peter: The Making of a Disciple

205

(2)

Ministry and Discipleship

207

(3)

Death and Hope

210

(4)

Appendix: The Prayer Stool

214

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The Word Is Very Near You: A Guide to Praying With Scripture

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