{"product_id":"9780692747339","title":"Prayer: Confronting the Confusion","description":"Prayer is merely conversation with God. Therefore, it shouldn't require a book to explain how to do it. However, prayer can also be a source of perplexity, doubt, confusion, and even discomfort. \u003cp\u003eIt was for me. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I tried to pray, I was plagued with doubts. Did my doubts disqualify me? Did I doubt too much to be able to receive anything from God? It seemed like my mind was continually wandering. Did this mean that I wasn't in touch with God, or worse, that He was rejecting me?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid I have enough faith? What was faith supposed to feel like? Was there a particular faith experience? I knew that without faith, it is impossible to please God. Perhaps I wasn't very pleasing to Him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the doubts didn't stop there. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow was I to pray? Did I first need to quiet my mind? Was I supposed to visualize God? Was I supposed to hear His voice? The Christian mystics convinced me that if my prayers weren't being answered, it meant that I wasn't connecting with God. Should I therefore practice some of their techniques? Should I repeat one \"sacred word\" over and over again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese confusing doubts and questions and many others tormented me. For years, they continued their debilitating work until I was able to come up with biblical answers that satisfied me. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not a book of techniques. Instead, it presents a theology of prayer that answers these tormenting questions, thus enabling Christians to find peace and assurance when they pray. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI feel privileged by my Lord to have been given these comforting, biblically coherent answers. It has been a great privilege to pass these truths on to my students. And now, through this book, I trust that more students and many others will be strengthened in their faith and blessed as they pray.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SDG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49895996555504,"sku":"9780692747339","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692747339_p0.jpg?v=1784236892","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692747339","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}