The Transforming Friendship A Guide To Prayer

Author : James M. Houston
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781573834865
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transforming Friendship: A Guide to Prayer written by James M. Houston and published by Regent College Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, prayer seems only to be a dreary exercise that must be endured or a difficult skill that must be mastered. When we misunderstand its purpose and practice, we easily fall out of the habit of praying regularly. As a result, we miss one of the greatest opportunities to deepen our friendship with God. In " Prayer: The Transforming Friendship, " James Houston explores the transforming power of prayer, illustrating how prayer begins to change our lives and then how the way we live changes how we pray. Through clear and compelling examinations of the Scriptures, Dr. Houston shows the often-misunderstood spiritual realities of prayer. And through candid accounts of his own struggles to pray effectively, he will encourage you to engage boldly in the life-changing practice of intimate conversation with God. Dr. James M. Houston, a prolific author, editor, and Christian scholar, is the founding principal, former chancellor and emeritus professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. A native of Scotland whose parents were missionaries to Spain, he is recognized around the world as a leader in educating laypeople for effective ministry and in helping to restore spirituality to evangelicalism. His other book include The Mentored Life, The Heart's Desire, and Joyful Exiles.

Author : James Houston
Publisher : Oxford, England : Lion Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780745929262
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prayer written by James Houston and published by Oxford, England : Lion Pub.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. M. Houston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781573834476
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mentored Life written by J. M. Houston and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these pages James M. Houston, one of the greatest spiritual mentors of our time, offers a thoughtful and surprising examination of what it means to be a true disciple of Christ. "The Mentored Life" is a stirring call to the church to become a community of friends and mentors, following the ultimate Mentor, Jesus Christ, who alone can mentor us into full personhood. "This challenging essay on being led to maturity in Christ is emphatically a book for chewing. Your readings, I promise you, will be time well spent, quite probably your most fruitful study time in years."- J. I. Packer ""The Mentored Life" is a penetrating analysis of the psychological and moral failure of contemporary individualism, and a cogent demonstration that personhood demands Christian discipleship. If Christian people are to bring God into their own lives and the lives of others, it is along the lines presented in this book." - Dallas Willard

Author : Leslie Dixon Weatherhead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780687425105
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transforming Friendship written by Leslie Dixon Weatherhead and published by . This book was released on 1977-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Houston
Publisher : Chariot Victor Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780745916149
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transforming Friendship written by James Houston and published by Chariot Victor Pub. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. M. Houston
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1573834467
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mentored Life written by J. M. Houston and published by Regent College Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To often, prayer seems only to be a dreary exercise that must be endured or a difficult skill that must be mastered. When we misunderstand its purpose and practice, we easily fall out of the habit of praying regularly. As a result, we miss one of the greatest opportunities to deepen our friendship with God. In Prayer: The Transforming Friendship, James Houston explores the transforming power of prayer, illustrating how prayer begins to change our lives and then how the way we live changes how we pray. Through clear and compelling examinations of the Scriptures, Dr. Houston shows the often-misunderstood spiritual realities of prayer. And through candid accounts of his own struggles to pray effectively, he will encourage you to engage boldly in the life-changing practice of intimate conversation with God. Dr. James M. Houston, a prolific author, editor, and Christian scholar, is the founding principal, former chancellor and emeritus professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. A native of Scotland whose parents were missionaries to Spain, he is recognized around the world as a leader in educating laypeople for effective ministry and in helping to restore spirituality to evangelicalism. His other book include The Mentored Life, The Heart's Desire, and Joyful Exiles.

Author : Leslie D. Weatherhead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780687425112
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transforming Friendship written by Leslie D. Weatherhead and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Trevor Hudson
Publisher : Struik Christian Media
ISBN 13 : 1415331553
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friendship with God (eBook) written by Trevor Hudson and published by Struik Christian Media. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you open to re-imagining your relationship with God as a friendship? Do you want to be transformed into the person God wants you to be? Friendship with God transforms us. As we learn to trust God as our Divine Friend, it has a transforming effect on our whole lives. It affects how we pray, our relationships with each other and the way we understand our everyday lives. It changes the way we think and feel, what we desire and long for, the way we see each other and how we seek to live our lives in the world. We could say our friendship with God creates the climate in which you and I become the people God wants us to be. In his latest book, Friendship with God, Trevor Hudson digs into these two interwoven themes of friendship and personal transformation. He explains that friendship is a helpful analogy for the intimate kind of relationship God wants with us. Put very simply, the gospel invites you and me into friendship with God. When we become friends with Jesus, we are drawn into God’s greater dream for the world. This indeed is the purpose of our lives on earth. We are created to become friends of God and to partner with God in making his dream a greater reality in the world around us. Topics that are addressed include: Living Beyond Loneliness God’s Passionate Longing for Friendship Getting to Know Our Friend Understanding Prayer as Deepening Friendship Looking Outward Together Exploring Our Friend’s Address Book Discerning What Our Friend Wants Us to Do Blessing Others as Our Friend Has Blessed Us Facing Our Fears with Our Friend Asking Our Friend the Hardest Question The creator God who loves us and set the whole universe into existence, and who sustains our lives in the immediacy of each moment, wants our intimate friendship. As you explore this good news you will be encouraged to see your faith and your life in a totally new way.

Author : William A. Barry
Publisher : Loyola Press
ISBN 13 : 0829435565
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changed Heart, Changed World written by William A. Barry and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing a friendship with God may be the starting point for the spiritual journey, but how can that important internal relationship move us to make an impact on—and even transform—the world around us? In Changed Heart, Changed World, renowned spiritual director William A. Barry, SJ, delves into such topics as how friendship with God impacts our role in society, how to see forgiveness as a way of life, and how compassion can make its mark on the world. Throughout the book, Fr. Barry provides many practical ways to integrate the inner life, where we experience a relationship with God, with the outer life, where we live in relationship with our world. Above all else, Changed Heart, Changed World reminds us that God has a dream for his creation here and now—a dream that can only be realized by our becoming “other Christs in this world.”

Author : James Houston
Publisher : NavPress Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780891099376
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transforming Power of Prayer written by James Houston and published by NavPress Publishing Group. This book was released on 1989 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is prayer merely a rigorous discipline, a required spiritual exercise? Or is it simply keeping company with God? Houston helps readers view prayer not as a dreary exercise or a skill to be mastered, but as a chance to deepen their friendships with God. He explores the transforming power of prayer, illustrating how prayer begins to change our lives and then how the way we live changes how we pray.