When You Can't Pray: Finding Hope When You're Not Experiencing God, Second Edition

by Al Truesdale

Overview

God's not listening. My prayers don't matter. What's wrong with me? We encounter many obstacles to prayer, some the result of crisis life dumps on us, others because of obstacles we make ourselves. However, the inability to pray doesn't make us inadequate Christians. Al Truesdale identifies the various hindrances to a life of prayer and offers practical alternatives rooted in biblical scholarship that will help us discard discouragement. When You Can't Pray will help you move forward armed with more faithful, more accurate interpretations of difficult scriptures and circumstances of life. This second edition contains updated source material, relevant references to current events, and two brand-new chapters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780834135758
Publisher:	Nazarene Publishing House
Publication date:	07/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	613 KB

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Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 When Prayer Loses Its Meaning 11

2 Tragedy and the Christian Life 25

3 The God Who Holds Us 35

4 Texts of Frustration 43

5 In Defense of Faith that Complains 63

6 Intercessory Prayer 73

7 The Mystery of Iniquity 85

8 When gods Fail 95

9 In Defense of Doubt 109

10 When God Hides 115

11 Prayer that Words Cannot Express 123

12 Prayer at the End of Life 129

13 No Substitute Jesus 145

Conclusion 151

Notes 153