On My Knees (eBook)

Many people today have lost their enthusiasm for petitionary prayer because, to their minds, it has failed to live up to its promise. This current disillusionment is unfortunate, being the result of superficial and selective approaches to Scripture. This book takes the reader beyond wishful thinking and proof-texting to the heart of what the Bible actually teaches about prayer. By placing profound theological truth back into the hands of the non-theologian, it helps the reader to examine their own ideas about who God is and how he relates to the world. This results in increasing confidence as expectations about prayer are re-shaped to more accurately reflect God’s priorities and promises.

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Life has a tendency to knock our confidence in prayer. In the face of persistent difficulties, our prayer-fuelled hopes can be overwhelmed by such despair that we end up "e;on our knees"e; not so much in prayer, as in defeat. In this honest and engaging book, Chris Band discusses the issues that we may have about prayer but were perhaps afraid to ask: Is prayer wasted effort? Is God less involved in the world than we might wish? Is his will going to be done anyway, whether or not we pray? We discover that our prayers, far from being squandered by God, are powerfully and consistently used by him - both to build his relationship with us and to build his Kingdom through us. On My Knees examines our understanding of who God is and how he works in the world, taking us beyond proof-texts and wishful thinking, to the heart of what the Bible actually teaches about prayer. This encouraging and practical book will inspire and lead each of us afresh, to be on our knees, in prayer.