Autorentext
Angela Ashwin is the author of many books, including A Little Book of Healing Prayer, Woven Into Prayer and Faith in the Fool. She makes her home in Nottinghamshire, England.

Klappentext

"Prayer is God's gift to us, a banquet of good things to feed our inner life, as we respond to the invitation to his feast of peace, forgiveness, challenge and love." If our lives are an open book to God, prayer is the dialogue we share with him over its pages. The Book of a Thousand Prayers is a collection of wise and honest prayers to God about his concerns and ours: who he is to us and who we are to him, and how we experience life, death, relationships, the church, and the world. Ideal for private prayer and public worship, and containing practical advice on how to pray, this book offers a spiritual feast that will nourish you for the rest of your life. "A moving and inspiring medley of prayers--an invaluable aid for individuals, home groups, and those people who lead worship." Joyce Huggett X

Zusammenfassung
This book offers a spiritual feast which will nourish you for the rest of your life.

Inhalt

Introduction PART ONE:OUR RE LA TIONSHIP WITH GOD 19 Seeking God 1 17 24 Self-Dedication 18 60 37 The Cost of Discipleship 61 70 41 Life in God 71 92 48 Love of God 93 115 54 Humility 116 121 56 Calling on Christ 122 40 63 For Guidance and Discernment 141 67 70 Using the Bible; Jesus the Word 168 76 Part Two: Praise and Thanksgiving 75 General and Specific Thanksgivings 177 206 86 Praise for Creation 207 22 Part Three: In Times of Difficulty 95 Trouble and Conflict 223 57 108 When Busy and Over-Tired 258 66 112 Fear, Anxiety and Doubt 267 82 117 Inner Darkness 283 304 124 When Tempted 305 13 127 Being Ill 314 22 Part Four: Prayers for Forgiveness 133 Prayers for Forgiveness 323 58 Part Five: Personal Relationships 149 Households, Families and Friendship 359 74 154 Difficulties in Relationships 375 88 Part Six: Intercession 161 Leading Intercessions in Church Services 163 Some Orders of Intercession for Worship 389 97 173 Intercession Offering Ourselves as Channels 398 407 176 For Children and Young People 408 19 181 For the Elderly 420 22 182 For the Sick and Those who Care for Them 423 32 186 For the Unhappy and the Lonely 433 36 188 For the Poor, the Hungry and the Desperate 437 49 193 For Victims of War, Oppression and Disaster, and for Refugees 450 55 196 For Prisoners of Conscience 456 63 199 Prayers for Peace and Justice 464 83 206 For the Leaders of the Nations 484 89 208 For Our Communities 490 510 216 For Places of Education 511 16 218 Science and Technology 517 24 221 For the Church: Its Unity and Integrity 525 35 224 For the Church: Service, Mission and Witness 536 54 Part Seven: Prayers in a Healing Ministry 233 Prayers in a Healing Ministry 555 63 Part Eight: Death and Dying 239 Our Own Dying 564 77 244 With the Dying 578 81 246 For Those Who have Died 582 86 248 Bereavement 587 99 254 A Miscarriage, a Still-born Child or the Death of a New-born Baby 600 603 Part Nine: Prayers in Quietness 259 Prayers in Quietness 604 27 Part Ten: Morning Prayers 269 Morning Prayers 628 55 Part Eleven: Evening and Night Prayers 279 Evening and Night Prayers 656 79 Part Twelve: Grace at Meals 289 Grace at Meals 680 87 Part Thirteen: Blessings 293 Blessings 688 703