Ask, Seek, Knock: Prayers to Change Your Life

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Introduction -- What is prayer? -- How does prayer work? -- Prayers from the Old Testament -- Praying with the patriarchs and judges -- Abraham : doubt, then faith -- Moses : looking to God for leadership -- Deborah : an ancient song of praise -- Praying with the psalmists -- Psalm 136 : a story-prayer -- Psalm 93 : an enthronement song -- Psalm 130 : a lament -- Praying with the kings and prophets -- Solomon : a request for wisdom -- Jeremiah : righteous questions -- Daniel : a prayer of confession -- Prayers from the New Testament -- Praying with Jesus -- The Lord's Prayer : a prayer for all time -- Facing the cross : a prayer for God's glory -- At death's door : a prayer of forgiveness -- Praying with the apostles -- The disciples : a prayer for God's choice -- Peter and John : a prayer for courage -- The author of Hebrews : a prayer of blessing -- Praying with Paul -- Paul's lifelong prayer : on the Damascus Road -- Paul prays for his friends : strength for the Colossians -- Paul prays through pain : strife with the Corinthians -- Prayers of the church -- Praying with the ancient church -- Clement of Rome : a prayer for the needy -- Origen : a prayer for inner cleansing -- John Chrysostom : prayers for the world -- Praying with the medieval church -- Hildegard of Bingen : an ecstatic hymn of praise -- Francis of Assisi : a life and prayer of giving -- Julian of Norwich : God is enough -- Praying with the modern church -- Evelyn Underhill : a prayer to serve -- Dag Hammarskjld : a prayer in community with the Trinity -- Mother Teresa : a prayer to see Jesus -- Exercises in prayer -- A pilgrim song : Psalm 131 -- King David blesses the Lord God : 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 -- The Lord's Prayer : Matthew 6:9-13 -- Stephen forgives : Acts 7:59-60 -- Paul's prayer to love : Philippians 1:3-11 -- Jude's benediction : Jude 24-25 -- Francis of Assisi : brother sun, sister moon -- Brother Lawrence : my heart, your heart -- Joseph Louis Bernardin : grant us modesty.