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So many of us struggle with prayer Many books have been written on the subject and there s a reason for that Prayer comes hard to most of us, in most seasons And when we do pray, we often don t know what to say What is it that my Father loves to hear about What are the best things I could pray for my family, my church, and myself I want to pray bigger, and better And I want you to enjoy praying like that too And to do that, we need to discover how to pray as the apostle Paul did Paul clearly enjoyed prayer, and was excited about it He expected his Father in heaven to hear what he said, and to act in other people s lives accordingly He prayed and then was watchful in it with thanksgiving Colossians 4 v 2 , ready to see how God would be pleased to answer his prayers.This book focuses on Paul s prayer for his friends in the church in Ephesus, that he recounts to them in Ephesians 1 v 15 23 and 3 v 14 21 The truths that underpin and shape his prayers for them will motiva Best Read Pray Big [ by ] Alistair Begg [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The author, a respected pastor, writes that he wants to pray bigger, and better, and he wants his readers to enjoy praying like that too To do that, we need to discover how to pray as Paul did, which means we need to learn to believe what Paul did Paul was a man who knew to whom he was praying The author focuses on Paul s prayers for his friends in the church in Ephesus, which he recounts to them in Ephesians 1 15 23 and 3 14 21 Paul wrote the letter to the Ephesians from prison The truth The author, a respected pastor, writes that he wants to pray bigger, and better, and he wants his readers to enjoy praying like that too To do that, we need to discover how to pray as Paul did, which means we need to learn to believe what Paul did Paul was a man who knew to whom he was praying The author focuses on Paul s prayers for his friends in the church in Ephesus, which he recounts to them in Ephesians 1 15 23 and 3 14 21 Paul wrote the letter to the Ephesians from prison The truths that underpin and shape Paul s prayers will motivate us to pray, and they will help us know what to say.To pray is an admission and an expression of dependence Real prayer is from a dependent person to a divine Person Our conversation with others declares what is on our minds, but our conversation with God in private reveals what is in our ...Alistair Begg knows that most Christians myself included struggle with prayer His solution is not to guilt you to pray, or give you some secret formula for prayer but to look at the prayers of Paul The emphasis is on what he asked the Lord for, and who he prayed to Begg gives suggested categories for prayer based on Paul s prayers Pray for focus, Pray for hope, Pray for riches, Pray for power, Pray for love pg 41 Hopefully it goes without saying that he means spiritual riches Eph 1 1 Alistair Begg knows that most Christians myself included struggle with prayer His solution is not to guilt you to pray, or give you some secret formula for prayer but to look at the prayers of Paul The emphasis is on what he asked the Lord for, and who he prayed to Begg gives suggested categories for prayer based on Paul s prayers Pray for focus, Pray for hope, Pray for riches, Pray for power, Pray for love pg 41 Hopefully it goes without saying that he means spiritual riches Eph 1 18 Overall, this is a very practical book, because it is a very theological book Begg rightly shows us our dependence and God s sufficiency and generosity, and so this helps us want to pray and to have confidence in prayer The book reminded me of a lesser known hymn by John Newton, Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare , where the second verse says Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring for his grace and pow r a...There have been many books through the years that have been written on the subject of prayer There are some that have risen to the level of almost required reading With Christ in the School of Prayer The Hour That Changes the World A Practical Plan for Personal Prayer or The Complete Works of E.M Bounds on Prayer to name a few.I think that this little book would fit well on any reader s shelf along with these Each have their place and in particular Begg urges the Christian to not simply a There have been many books through the years that have been written on the subject of prayer There are some that have risen to the level of almost required reading With Christ in the School of Prayer The Hour That Changes the World A Practical Plan for Personal Prayer or The Complete Works of E.M Bounds on Prayer to name a few.I think that this little book would fit well on any reader s shelf along with these Each have their place and in particular Begg urges the Christian to not simply approach God with our shopping list prayers but to use the example of Paul s prayer for the Ephesian church to guide us in our prayer life They are E...Prayer is an incredibly popular topic, likely because so many people struggle with it When we sit down to pray, we don t always know what to say or how to approach it at all As a result, we have many works written to aid us in this area Alistair Begg adds his voice to the long list in Pray Big This book is not about a doctrine of prayer It is not a whole theology of prayer We are going to focus in on Paul s prayers for his friends in the church in Ephesus, Begg states in his introductio Prayer is an incredibly popular topic, likely because so many people struggle with it When we sit down to pray, we don t always know what to say or how to approach it at all As a result, we have many works written to aid us in this area Alistair Begg adds his voice to the long list in Pray Big This book is not about a doctrine of prayer It is not a whole theology of prayer We are going to focus in on Paul s prayers for his friends in the church in Ephesus, Begg states in his introduction The book focuses on these passages while drawing from multiple other places in scripture.Begg speaks on what to pray, a ...You can never have too many books on prayer With temptations all around us, I believe we all confess we can be prayingBut author Alistair Begg does not just want us to prayHe wants us to pray big And in this book, he shows us how.Learn to PrayBegg begins the book by teaching us that prayer is dependent and that prayer is spiritual but not impractical He challenges us to stop praying that God will be with us and that we should pray for the spiritual things that matter most.He You can never have too many books on prayer With temptations all around us, I believe we all confess we can be prayingBut author Alistair Begg does not just want us to prayHe wants us to pray big And in this book, he shows us how.Learn to PrayBegg begins the book by teaching us that prayer is dependent and that prayer is spiritual but not impractical He challenges us to stop praying that God will be with us and that we should pray for the spiritual things that matter most.He grounds his arguments in Ephesians and Nehemiah Throughout the book are various quotes and hymn texts h...Pray Big is a small book, about 100 pages long, but do not let the size deceive you It is a BIG BOOK full of wisdom and Godly advice In fact, Begg suggests taking a chapter at a time, slowly to allow the words to take hold of your heart and change your praying practice, if necessary.God wants communion with His children He loves us and wants to hear our thoughts, our thanksgiving, our concerns He is our ABBA, our Dearest Father, always there to hear So why do we stumble in prayer Begg an Pray Big is a small book, about 100 pages long, but do not let the size deceive you It is a BIG BOOK full of wisdom and Godly advice In fact, Begg suggests taking a chapter at a time, slowly to allow the words to take hold of your heart and change your praying practice, if necessary.God wants communion with His children He loves us and wants to ...My first desire after reading this book was to read it again Although it is brief it full of truths and scriptures on how to pray, who we are praying to our heavenly father and what for we should pray Whereas we are to pray unceasingly in the Bible we see the prophets and apostles pray for spiritual things muchthan practical Prayer is not simply a laundry list of our needs we give to Jesus but a time we rejoice in all He has done for us and in Him For example, we don t see Paul pray My first desire after reading this book was to read it again Although it is brief it full of truths and scriptures on how to pray, who we are praying to our heavenly father and what for we should pray Whereas we are to pray unceasingly in the Bible we see the prophets and apostles pray for spiritual things muchthan practical Prayer is not simply a laundry list of our needs we give to Jesus but a time we rejoice in all He has done for us and in Him For example, we don t see Paul pray for heal...Had Pray Big been written by a prosperity preacher then I would have quickly passed it by but when I saw that it was written by Alistair Begg it caught my eye and aroused my curiosity So I bought the book.Pray Big is a small book stretching to about one hundred pages but it is packed with dynamite on the subject of prayer The author suggests that you take a chapter a week first reading it then applying what you have read and I would agree that this is a great way to handle the book.Pray Big wi Had Pray Big been written by a prosperity preacher then I would have quickly passed it by but when I saw that it was written by Alistair Begg it caught my eye and aroused my curiosity So I bought the book.Pray Big is a small book stretching to about one hundred pages but it is packed with dynamite on the subject of pray...Regular or historic readers of this blog will know that I m fascinated by prayer, and though my own prayer life often lags behind my intent, I am keen to develop it, and find books helpful for giving me a kickstart Alistair Begg s new little book on prayer, Pray Big Learn to Pray Like an Apostle, is the most recent one of these that I have found helpful Published by the Good Book Company who kindly gave me a review copy this is a short book on prayer that takes lessons and reflections from Regular or historic readers of this blog will know that I m fascinated by prayer, and though my own prayer life often lags behind my intent, I am keen to develop it, and find books helpful for giving me a kickstart Alistair Begg s new little book on prayer, Pray Big Learn to Pray Like an Apostle, is the most recent one of these that I have found helpful Published by the Good Book Company who kindly gave ...This is a really good book on prayer, with the goal to pray bigger While it is a short book, that helps in its goal get praying and pray big.There are five things to pray for 1 Pray for focus focus on God to know God2 Pray for hope hope on Christ s resurrection 3 Pr...A small book on Big prayers I enjoyed reading this book as a reminder of how we should pray Nothing particularly new to learn but about prayer but it was an encouraging little read nonetheless I suspect the chapters would provide a useful teaching series for pastors or bible study l...

Pray Big
  • 11 November 2017
  • Paperback
  • 112 pages
  • 1784983365
  • Alistair Begg
  • Pray Big