Comments on: Pray in the Spirit http://www.trevor-lloyd.co.uk/2006/05/22/pray-in-the-spirit/ The blog of Trevor Lloyd, Christian pastor and teacher. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Pray in the Spirit by: Andrew Stout http://www.trevor-lloyd.co.uk/2006/05/22/pray-in-the-spirit/#comment-2575 Fri, 26 May 2006 19:30:21 +0000 http://www.trevor-lloyd.co.uk/2006/05/22/pray-in-the-spirit/#comment-2575 Dietrich Bonhoeffer's little book Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible is a wonderful read which shows how the Psalms can be incorporated into our prayer lives. It's especially strong in the area of revealing the way that the Psalms point us to Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s little book Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible is a wonderful read which shows how the Psalms can be incorporated into our prayer lives. It’s especially strong in the area of revealing the way that the Psalms point us to Christ.

]]> Comment on Pray in the Spirit by: Kim Murden http://www.trevor-lloyd.co.uk/2006/05/22/pray-in-the-spirit/#comment-2519 Wed, 24 May 2006 09:51:44 +0000 http://www.trevor-lloyd.co.uk/2006/05/22/pray-in-the-spirit/#comment-2519 I don't think you can beat the Arthur Wallis book. I return again and again to the chapters on meditation and prayer in Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline. Andrew Murray, With Christ in the School of Prayer is also good and as a wife and mother I have found the Stormie Omartian books, The Power of a Praying Wife and the Power of a Praying Parent very informative and inpirational. Finally (though not especially evangelical) I recommend the English spiritual classic The Cloud of Unknowing. I don’t think you can beat the Arthur Wallis book. I return again and again to the chapters on meditation and prayer in Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline. Andrew Murray, With Christ in the School of Prayer is also good and as a wife and mother I have found the Stormie Omartian books, The Power of a Praying Wife and the Power of a Praying Parent very informative and inpirational. Finally (though not especially evangelical) I recommend the English spiritual classic The Cloud of Unknowing.

]]> Comment on Pray in the Spirit by: Ruth Carlson http://www.trevor-lloyd.co.uk/2006/05/22/pray-in-the-spirit/#comment-2397 Tue, 23 May 2006 00:47:07 +0000 http://www.trevor-lloyd.co.uk/2006/05/22/pray-in-the-spirit/#comment-2397 I've been off-line myself. I'm taking the advice of a friend who advised to read more than I blog. His advice makes sense, as in my short life I don't have much breadth or depth in my understanding. I've also found that it can be difficult to get to the root of an issue, and that the comments can come from some many directions that its hard to draw any real conclusion. But I've enjoyed the topics that you bring up, and do plan to contiune blogging--just not as frequently. For the record, I like praying from the Psalms. I've never come across a book on prayer that's caught my attention. The Lord's prayer is also a good model to built upon and expanded. For example, "Our Father who art in heaven" can be exanded into a longer prayer of admiration before moving to the next line. I’ve been off-line myself. I’m taking the advice of a friend who advised to read more than I blog. His advice makes sense, as in my short life I don’t have much breadth or depth in my understanding. I’ve also found that it can be difficult to get to the root of an issue, and that the comments can come from some many directions that its hard to draw any real conclusion. But I’ve enjoyed the topics that you bring up, and do plan to contiune blogging–just not as frequently.

For the record, I like praying from the Psalms. I’ve never come across a book on prayer that’s caught my attention. The Lord’s prayer is also a good model to built upon and expanded. For example, “Our Father who art in heaven” can be exanded into a longer prayer of admiration before moving to the next line.

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