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Praying Jesus' way
Praying Jesus' A New Approach to Personal Prayer
166 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1977
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January 5, 2026
This is a great book! It really opened my eyes regarding personal prayer. I think anyone will enjoy reading it and gain a lot of knowledge as well. I highly recommend it.
January 14, 2010
I found it pretty interesting, from a 1977 viewpoint.
PRAYING JESUS' WAY
1 - INTRODUCTION
PRAYER IS IMP'T YET A STRUGGLE
LUTHER: "PRAYER IS THE REAL CALL ING OF ALL CHRISTIANS"
2 - HOW JESUS PRAYED
-JESUS BELIEVED THAT PRAYER WORKS
-JESUS' PRAYERS DID NOT MAKE HIM PASSIVE
"DO ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN, BY ALL THE MEANS YOU CAN, IN ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN, IN ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN, IN ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN, AT ALL THE TIMES YOU CAN, TO ALL THE PEOPLE YOU CAN, AS LONG AS EVER YOU CAN." JOHN WESLEY
JESUS GOT ALONE TO PRAY
-JESUS BALANCED PRIVATE & SHARED PRAYING
-JESUS PRAYED BEFORE MEALS
-JESUS GAVE THANKS
-JESUS SANG SOME PRAYERS
-JESUS PRAYED BEFORE MAKING IMP'T DECISIONS
-JESUS PRAYED FOR HIS DISCIPLES
JESUS STILL PRAYS FOR US
3 - JESUS & JEWISH PRAYER
HE PRAYED AS ONE TRULY HUMAN & TO SHOW US HOW
JEWISH PRACTICES: "FATHER",OPENED EYES, LIFTED HANDS, SANG/PRAYED THE PSALMS, PRAYED EARLY AM - LATE PM
LEARNED/TAUGHT FROM NEGATIVE PRAYER EXAMPLES
4 - PRAYING THE LORD'S PRAYER
FLEXIBLE PRAYER
DISCOURAGES RIGIDITY & REPETITION
FROM THE HEART NOT MECHANICAL
5 - SEEKING GOD'S FACE IN PRAYER
INITIMATE FAMILY RELATIONSHIP, WE BELONG TO GOD & HE IS OURS
GOD DESERVES OUR DEEPEST AWE, OUR COMPLETE RESPECT, OUR SUBMISSIVE DEFERENCE
NOT "ABBA", BUT STILL INTIMACY MIXED WITH REVERENCE
NAME "FATHER" CONNOTES: OBEDIENCE, PROVISION, MERCY
""OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BY YOUR NAME" MT 6:9
6 - SEEKING GOD'S RULE IN PRAYER
PRAYING FOR COMPLETE RESTORATION OF ALL HUMANITY & CREATION TO GOD'S RULE & AUTHORITY
THE KINGDOM OF THE HEART
WE PRAY THAT OUR PERSONAL LIVES WILL BE RESTORED TO A FULL SUBMISSION, PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED AND VALIDATED ROM 14:17
PERSONAL
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
WE ARE ASKING JESUS TO COME AGAIN AS PROMISED 1 COR 16:22
FUTURE EXPECTANCY
THE KINGDOM IN HISTORY
PRAYER FOR MORE JUSTICE & PEACE OF THE KINGDOM TO COME NOW
TANGIBLE HISTORICAL REALITY
THE KINGDOM IN THE HOMILY
PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO SOW THE SEED OF GOD'S WORD, THE GOOD NEWS
MISSIONARNIES, PREACHERS, TEACHERS, WITNESSES
IN PROCLAMATION
"YOUR KINGDOM COME" MT 6:10
7 - SEEKING GOD'S WILL IN PRAYER
BEING YIELDED TO GOD'S GRACIOUS & SOVEREIGN PURPOSE
SEEKING GOD'S STRENGTH TO OBEY GOD'S COMMANDS
GOD'S WILL: NOT JUST AVOIDING OBVIOUS EVIL BUT DISCERNING HIS APPARENT GOOD
WE PRAY OUR EARTHLY EXPERIENCE WILL MIRROR GOD'SHEAVENLY MODEL
"YOUR WILL BE DONE" MT 6:10
8 - SEEKING GOD'S HAND IN PRAYER
FOR WHAT WE NEED
FOR BREAD FOR THE WORLD
"GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD" MT 6:11
9 - FINDING FORGIVENESS IN PRAYER
FORGIVEN IF FORGIVING
UNFORGIVENESS INDICATES TROUBLE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
TRY A "31 DAY PRAYER COVENANT"
FORGIVING OTHERS FREES ME
ENJOY BENEFITS OF PULLING BITTER ROOTS OUT OF OUR LIVES
EXTENDING MERCY TO OTHERS
RECEIVING GOD'S FORGIVENESS
ADMIT NEED
ASK FOR IT
"AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS..." MT 6:12. 14-15
10 - PRAYING THROUGH TRIALS & TEMPTATIONS
SO WE DON'T GET OFF COURSE: SPIRITUAL ATTACKS AND OPPRESSIVE OPPONENTS CAN BE DISTRACTING AND DISORIENTING
THE DEVIL
HURTFUL PEOPLE
STUMBLING BLOCKS
11 - PRAYING FOR HEALING & MIRACLES
GOD DOES HEAL, BUT NOT EVERYBODY
PRAY
AVOID TEMPTATION
P A I N
INVOLVE OTHERS
NOT MY WILL BUT GOD'S
JOHN 14:12 I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, ANYONE WHO HAS FAITH IN ME WILL DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. HE WILL DO EVEN GREATER THINGS THAN THESE, BECAUSE I AM GOING TO THE FATHER.
12 - JESUS UNDERSTANDS THE STRUGGLE OF PRAYER
HEBREWS 4:14 THEREFORE, SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE HEAVENS,A JESUS THE SON OF GOD, LET US HOLD FIRMLY TO THE FAITH WE PROFESS. 15 FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO IS UNABLE TO SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT WE HAVE ONE WHO HAS BEEN TEMPTED IN EVERY WAY, JUST AS WE ARE-YET WAS WITHOUT SIN.
PRAYING JESUS' WAY
1 - INTRODUCTION
PRAYER IS IMP'T YET A STRUGGLE
LUTHER: "PRAYER IS THE REAL CALL ING OF ALL CHRISTIANS"
2 - HOW JESUS PRAYED
-JESUS BELIEVED THAT PRAYER WORKS
-JESUS' PRAYERS DID NOT MAKE HIM PASSIVE
"DO ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN, BY ALL THE MEANS YOU CAN, IN ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN, IN ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN, IN ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN, AT ALL THE TIMES YOU CAN, TO ALL THE PEOPLE YOU CAN, AS LONG AS EVER YOU CAN." JOHN WESLEY
JESUS GOT ALONE TO PRAY
-JESUS BALANCED PRIVATE & SHARED PRAYING
-JESUS PRAYED BEFORE MEALS
-JESUS GAVE THANKS
-JESUS SANG SOME PRAYERS
-JESUS PRAYED BEFORE MAKING IMP'T DECISIONS
-JESUS PRAYED FOR HIS DISCIPLES
JESUS STILL PRAYS FOR US
3 - JESUS & JEWISH PRAYER
HE PRAYED AS ONE TRULY HUMAN & TO SHOW US HOW
JEWISH PRACTICES: "FATHER",OPENED EYES, LIFTED HANDS, SANG/PRAYED THE PSALMS, PRAYED EARLY AM - LATE PM
LEARNED/TAUGHT FROM NEGATIVE PRAYER EXAMPLES
4 - PRAYING THE LORD'S PRAYER
FLEXIBLE PRAYER
DISCOURAGES RIGIDITY & REPETITION
FROM THE HEART NOT MECHANICAL
5 - SEEKING GOD'S FACE IN PRAYER
INITIMATE FAMILY RELATIONSHIP, WE BELONG TO GOD & HE IS OURS
GOD DESERVES OUR DEEPEST AWE, OUR COMPLETE RESPECT, OUR SUBMISSIVE DEFERENCE
NOT "ABBA", BUT STILL INTIMACY MIXED WITH REVERENCE
NAME "FATHER" CONNOTES: OBEDIENCE, PROVISION, MERCY
""OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BY YOUR NAME" MT 6:9
6 - SEEKING GOD'S RULE IN PRAYER
PRAYING FOR COMPLETE RESTORATION OF ALL HUMANITY & CREATION TO GOD'S RULE & AUTHORITY
THE KINGDOM OF THE HEART
WE PRAY THAT OUR PERSONAL LIVES WILL BE RESTORED TO A FULL SUBMISSION, PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED AND VALIDATED ROM 14:17
PERSONAL
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
WE ARE ASKING JESUS TO COME AGAIN AS PROMISED 1 COR 16:22
FUTURE EXPECTANCY
THE KINGDOM IN HISTORY
PRAYER FOR MORE JUSTICE & PEACE OF THE KINGDOM TO COME NOW
TANGIBLE HISTORICAL REALITY
THE KINGDOM IN THE HOMILY
PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO SOW THE SEED OF GOD'S WORD, THE GOOD NEWS
MISSIONARNIES, PREACHERS, TEACHERS, WITNESSES
IN PROCLAMATION
"YOUR KINGDOM COME" MT 6:10
7 - SEEKING GOD'S WILL IN PRAYER
BEING YIELDED TO GOD'S GRACIOUS & SOVEREIGN PURPOSE
SEEKING GOD'S STRENGTH TO OBEY GOD'S COMMANDS
GOD'S WILL: NOT JUST AVOIDING OBVIOUS EVIL BUT DISCERNING HIS APPARENT GOOD
WE PRAY OUR EARTHLY EXPERIENCE WILL MIRROR GOD'SHEAVENLY MODEL
"YOUR WILL BE DONE" MT 6:10
8 - SEEKING GOD'S HAND IN PRAYER
FOR WHAT WE NEED
FOR BREAD FOR THE WORLD
"GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD" MT 6:11
9 - FINDING FORGIVENESS IN PRAYER
FORGIVEN IF FORGIVING
UNFORGIVENESS INDICATES TROUBLE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
TRY A "31 DAY PRAYER COVENANT"
FORGIVING OTHERS FREES ME
ENJOY BENEFITS OF PULLING BITTER ROOTS OUT OF OUR LIVES
EXTENDING MERCY TO OTHERS
RECEIVING GOD'S FORGIVENESS
ADMIT NEED
ASK FOR IT
"AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS..." MT 6:12. 14-15
10 - PRAYING THROUGH TRIALS & TEMPTATIONS
SO WE DON'T GET OFF COURSE: SPIRITUAL ATTACKS AND OPPRESSIVE OPPONENTS CAN BE DISTRACTING AND DISORIENTING
THE DEVIL
HURTFUL PEOPLE
STUMBLING BLOCKS
11 - PRAYING FOR HEALING & MIRACLES
GOD DOES HEAL, BUT NOT EVERYBODY
PRAY
AVOID TEMPTATION
P A I N
INVOLVE OTHERS
NOT MY WILL BUT GOD'S
JOHN 14:12 I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, ANYONE WHO HAS FAITH IN ME WILL DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. HE WILL DO EVEN GREATER THINGS THAN THESE, BECAUSE I AM GOING TO THE FATHER.
12 - JESUS UNDERSTANDS THE STRUGGLE OF PRAYER
HEBREWS 4:14 THEREFORE, SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE HEAVENS,A JESUS THE SON OF GOD, LET US HOLD FIRMLY TO THE FAITH WE PROFESS. 15 FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO IS UNABLE TO SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT WE HAVE ONE WHO HAS BEEN TEMPTED IN EVERY WAY, JUST AS WE ARE-YET WAS WITHOUT SIN.
July 29, 2013
The best treatise on Lord's Prayer I have ever read or heard. A very important read for anyone who wants a better prayer life.
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