Prayer In The City

Author : Buzz Bissinger
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781101969915

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A Prayer for the City by Buzz Bissinger Pdf

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Friday Night Lights, the heart-wrenching and hilarious true story of an American city on its knees and a man who will do anything to save it. A Prayer for the City is acclaimed journalist Buzz Bissinger's true epic of Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell, an utterly unique, unorthodox, and idiosyncratic leader willing to go to any length for the sake of his city: take unions head on, personally lobby President Clinton to save 10,000 defense jobs, or wrestle Smiley the Pig on Hot Dog Day—all the while bearing in mind the eternal fickleness of constituents whose favor may hinge on a missed garbage pick-up or an overzealous meter maid. It is also the story of citizens in crisis: a woman fighting ceaselessly to give her great-grandchildren a better life, a father of six who may lose his job at the Navy Shipyard, and a policy analyst whose experiences as a crime victim tempt her to abandon her job and ideals. "Fascinating, humane" (The New Yorker) and alive with detail and insight, A Prayer for the City describes the rare combination of political courage and optimism that may be the only hope for America's urban centers.

Author : John Smed
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802498793

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Prayer Revolution by John Smed Pdf

Are you praying constricted prayers or disruptive ones? Most prayers are constricted ones. They’re prayers that only focus on one part of the Lord’s Prayer: “give us our daily bread.” They’re usually focused on self and envision God as a heavenly caretaker. Disruptive prayers, on the other hand, are powerful, uncommon, and deeply biblical. They focus on God rather than self, seek to advance the kingdom, and submit all things to God. They are also prayed with a profound belief that prayer actually accomplishes something. When we pray disruptive prayers, that’s when the revolution begins. This book shows you how to equip leaders, fuel kingdom movements, and do real damage to the powers of darkness in the here and now. But most of all, discover how your own heart will be transformed as you begin to see how much bigger prayer, and God, is than you ever thought possible.

Author : Trey Kent,Kie Bowman
Publisher : Prayershop
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1935012886

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CIty of Prayer: Transform Your Community Through Praying Churches by Trey Kent,Kie Bowman Pdf

Imagine a city where more than 100 churches and thousands of believers pray in an unceasing way, 24/7, for their community and for revival and spiritual awakening. That is happening in Austin, Texas, and now in city after city across the country. "City of Prayer: Transform Your Community through Praying Churches" by Pastors Trey Kent and Kie Bowman tells the story. Plus it shows the reader how this can happen in any community. Having unceasing prayer in your community is possible--even in your community. Learn a simple method in City of Prayer.

Author : John Smed
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802498809

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Journey in Prayer by John Smed Pdf

An Evangelism Tool for a New Generation. Today’s seekers are far more likely to be open to prayer than a traditional gospel presentation. This beautifully designed book is unintimidating, inviting, and effective. It’s a seven-day journey through the Lord’s prayer. Each day explores a new petition in the Lord’s prayer and helps show the reader the prayer’s importance and impact. The author offers reflection questions, prayer prompts, and sample prayers to help readers begin and deepen their personal journeys in prayer. It’s a perfect resource for anyone exploring the Christian faith or young Christians learning to pray. Plus it works well one-on-one and in small groups.

Author : Rebecca Louise Carter
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226635835

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Prayers for the People by Rebecca Louise Carter Pdf

“Grieve well and you grow stronger.” Anthropologist Rebecca Louise Carter heard this wisdom over and over while living in post-Katrina New Orleans, where everyday violence disproportionately affects Black communities. What does it mean to grieve well? How does mourning strengthen survivors in the face of ongoing threats to Black life? Inspired by ministers and guided by grieving mothers who hold birthday parties for their deceased sons, Prayers for the People traces the emergence of a powerful new African American religious ideal at the intersection of urban life, death, and social and spiritual change. Carter frames this sensitive ethnography within the complex history of structural violence in America—from the legacies of slavery to free but unequal citizenship, from mass incarceration and overpolicing to social abandonment and the unequal distribution of goods and services. And yet Carter offers a vision of restorative kinship by which communities of faith work against the denial of Black personhood as well as the violent severing of social and familial bonds. A timely directive for human relations during a contentious time in America’s history, Prayers for the People is also a hopeful vision of what an inclusive, nonviolent, and just urban society could be.

Author : Jeremy Bouma
Publisher : Theoklesia, LLC
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Devotional literature, English
ISBN : 061525375X

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Prayers for My City by Jeremy Bouma Pdf

"An ancient spiritual practice for 21st century Grand Rapids" For thousands of years, the Church has gathered during the day to praise God, confess sin, and pray for others and themselves, both in community and individually. Recently, though, commitment to ancient spiritual practices has waned and prayer is considered a waste of time. PRAYERS FOR MY CITY sets out to recapture the power of fixed-hour prayer for 21st century Grand Rapids by helping the Church reconnect to this ancient spiritual practice. Through this highly accessible and simple prayer format, you can engage in this historic Church practice while also praying for Grand Rapids. This prayer book isn't just any prayer book-it's Grand Rapids' prayer book. It's a guide to help you pray for your city with others in one voice, while helping you stay connected to you Creator and Redeemer throughout your day. Pray for your city while finding an oasis in the middle of the chaos of life. Prayer Book Includes: *Three 15-minute daily prayer sessions *Twenty-one unique prayers for Grand Rapids *Prayers from "The Book of Common Prayer" *Historic hymn meditations *Two one-year Bible reading plans

Author : Steve Hawthorne,Graham Kendrick
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884192688

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Prayer-walking by Steve Hawthorne,Graham Kendrick Pdf

Ordinary believers are stepping into the streets to pray effectively for their neighbors. With eyes open to real needs and with ears open to the promptings of God's Spirit, intercession becomes an adventure. We have never been so aware of the need to contend for our cities against a rising tide of spiritual evil. As a result, multitudes of Christians worldwide have begun to prayerwalk their cities and nations. Prayerwalking gives you a practical menu of proven ideas to begin preparing whole cities for spiritual awakening. Biblical insights will build your faith to voice city-size prayers. And the stories and statements of more than one hundred prayerwalking Christians will fire your imagination for your first steps.

Author : Patrick A. Desplat,Dorothea E. Schulz
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839419458

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Prayer in the City by Patrick A. Desplat,Dorothea E. Schulz Pdf

This volume envisions social practices surrounding mosques, shrines and public spaces in urban contexts as a window on the diverse ways in which Muslims in different regional and historical settings imagine, experience, and inhabit places and spaces as »sacred«. Unlike most studies on Muslim communities, this volume focuses on cultural, material and sensuous practices and urban everyday experience. Drawing on a range of analytical perspectives, the contributions examine spatial practices in Muslim societies from an interdisciplinary perspective, an approach which has been widely neglected both in Islamic studies and social sciences.

Author : Maik Patzelt,Jörg Rüpke,Annette Weissenrieder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3161607406

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Prayer and the Ancient City by Maik Patzelt,Jörg Rüpke,Annette Weissenrieder Pdf

This volume is a first attempt to investigate the impact of urban space on prayers and related religious thought and belief in ancient religions from the first to the sixth century CE. Taking its lead from the spatial turn in scholarship, methodologically it is an attempt to replace the hitherto customary focus on the forms and semantics of prayer with an urban-spatial model. This model understands prayers as performances that are embedded and embodied in urban space as well as texts producing and inspired by imaginations of space. To allow for a broader comparison, this volume covers prayers and spaces of various religions all over the ancient Mediterranean, from Roman and North African polytheisms through early Christianity to Byzantine Christianity and early Islam.

Author : Trey Kent,Mary Anne Kent
Publisher : Made For Success Publishing
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781970176070

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Praying God’s Word Over Your City by Trey Kent,Mary Anne Kent Pdf

Our cities and communities need prayer as never before. Political and social division, lack of resources, the needs of a growing population all are putting pressure on communities. Praying God’s Word Over Your City will equip you to pray effectively for your community. It is a unique prayer guide that focuses on seven keys areas for prayer and provides prayer points for each area and 40 Scripture-based prayers to pray over your city. It will make you and your church more effective in interceding for your city. Praying God’s Word Over Your City was written by the founders of the Unceasing Prayer Movement in Austin, Texas, which has raised up more than 100 churches to participate in 24/7 prayer for their city.

Author : Kyle Strobel,John Coe
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493428823

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Where Prayer Becomes Real by Kyle Strobel,John Coe Pdf

If we're honest, most of us feel bored, distracted, or discouraged in prayer. We look for resources to give us the "right" words or teach us the "right" technique and are disappointed when they don't seem to help. What we fail to realize is that prayer isn't a place for us to be good or right, and it isn't a place for us to perform or prove our worth. It's a place for us to be honest, present, and known--a place for us to offer ourselves and receive God. Spiritual formation experts Kyle Strobel and John Coe want to show you what you've been missing when it comes to prayer. In this down-to-earth book, they show you how to fearlessly draw near to a holy God, pray without ceasing (and without posturing), and delight in the experience of being fully known and fully loved. Each chapter ends with prayer projects or practices to help you see a difference in your prayer life, starting now.

Author : Talbot Wilson Chambers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : North Dutch Church, New York
ISBN : BL:A0026374349

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The Noon Prayer Meeting of the North Dutch Church, Fulton Street, New York by Talbot Wilson Chambers Pdf

Author : Mike Bickle
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621360476

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Growing in Prayer by Mike Bickle Pdf

DIV As the founder of the International House of Prayer, Mike Bickle has devoted his life to understanding and practicing the principles and power of prayer. In this book he combines his biblical study with his extensive experience on the topic to give readers a complete manual on the power and practice of prayer./div

Author : Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506483580

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Psalms by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Pdf

Jesus died with a psalm on his lips. For millennia, humans have been shaped by the Psalms. And before the Nazis banned him from publishing, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer published this book on the Psalms. What comfort is found in the Psalter? What praise, and what challenge? What threat? In the pages of Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible, discover the richness this book of Scripture held for Bonhoeffer, and learn to pray psalms along with Christ. First published in 1940, this classic reveals how the Psalms are essential to the life of the believer and offers Bonhoeffer's reflections on psalms of thanksgiving, suffering, guilt, praise, and lament. Now with an introduction by Walter Brueggemann and excerpts from the Psalms, Bonhoeffer's timeless work offers contemporary readers ancient wisdom and resources for the living of these days. Includes a biographical sketch of Bonhoeffer written by his friend and biographer Eberhard Bethge.

Author : Becky Chambers
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250236241

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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers Pdf

A USA Today Bestseller! “Tender and healing... I’m prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary.” —Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF. After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people have what they want, does having more even matter? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.