Our Lenten Prayer
Our Lenten Prayer

Author: Olu Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12

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ISBN-13: 9781950899470

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During Lent, worshipers around the world join together in a common theme of Christian faith, practicing self-reflection and remembrance of the sacrifice Jesus Christ made on Calvary. It is not only a time of individual reflection, but a time of communal reflection, reminding us that we are a global community of believers, and we have a responsibility to one anther and to our world. Olu Brown, author of best-seller Hope: An Advent Journey, has written the new book for Lent 2022, Our Lenten Prayer, for individuals, small groups, and church-wide Lenten studies.During this Lenten season, the author encourages the reader to lean fully on God and practice the spiritual discipline of trust. Rev. Brown believes there is so much we don't know or understand, and so much we have to learn. He writes that our attempts to be God are futile exercises that lead to nothing but disappointment and disillusionment. Rev. Brown believes that God is challenging us to fully release and trust God for all things in our lives during this Lenten season. It doesn't mean we literally stop and cease to do anything, but we live and operate with the mindset that God is in control and has our best interests at heart even when we don't fully understand what God is doing or perceive God's presence in our lives and world. We need to be open and willing to ask God for help and direction. Don't worry, however. Olu reminds the reader that God is available to lead and guide us every step of the way. Chapters include:?The Season of Lent?Jesus's Model Prayer?Hypocrisy?An Inclusive God and Holy God?Here and Now! Kingdom Come?Your Will?Daily Bread?Forgiveness?Fighting Temptation?Your Personal Doxology?Transformation

Praying Lent
Praying Lent

Author: Andy Alexander

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780829428575

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An introduction to Lenten prayer as a path to spiritual renewal. Lent can be wonderful time of spiritual renewal, however for many, Lent and Lenten prayer is often thought of as an "ordeal." What can often be overlooked amid Lenten observances, such as fasting, abstinence, or the common tradition of giving something up, is the opportunity Lent presents, through Lenten prayer and preparation, to deepen our commitment to a way of life rooted in our baptism. Praying Lent: Renewing Our Lives on the Lenten Journey reminds the reader that if we focus too much on what we give up we may miss the message of what God wants to give us during this grace-filled time. Created in partnership with Creighton University's popular Online Ministries, Praying Lent provides readers with a rich, full, and transformative Lenten prayer experience, one in which hearts, minds, and lives are truly renewed as Lent takes on a far deeper and more meaningful purpose.

Hope
Hope

Author: Olu Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09

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ISBN-13: 9781950899159

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United Methodist Pastor Olu Brown penned this book during the COVID-19 crisis of spring and summer 2020. With COVID-19 and unrest on American streets as a backdrop, Brown reminds the reader that God is still in control and there is still hope for the world. Designed for both individual and group study, Hope: An Advent Journey is the perfect companion for Advent 2020.

The Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-21

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781791021252

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The power and significance of the prayer Jesus taught.

Praying in Color for Kids'
Praying in Color for Kids'

Author: Paraclete Video Productions (PRD)

Publisher:

Published: 2009-05

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ISBN-13: 9781557256508

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Imagine a group of kids on the floor of a gym, or filling a classroom, or on a weekend retreat, praying in a whole new way--so silently that you can hear a pin drop! It happens everyday with Praying in Color.

Lent Catholic Prayerbook
Lent Catholic Prayerbook

Author: J C D Fr Peter O Akpoghiran

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-05-13

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781987436549

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The holy season of Lent can be observed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers of the Church insist above all three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. These forms of Lenten observances express sorrow for one's sins and conversion of heart. They are also as means of obtaining forgiveness of sins. The purpose of this book is to aid clergy, religious, and laity in studying the scripture, in meditating, and in praying more fervently during Lent. Thus, scriptural reading, meditation, and prayer have been assigned, in this book, for each day from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday. The readings, meditations, and prayers selected in this book have Lenten themes to them in order to preserve the penitential spirit of the season. Each week of Lent has been assigned to a specific mystery of the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ. And each day of the week is further divided into three parts. The first part is a scriptural passage, the second part is meditation, and the third part is a prayer related to the theme of the week. This book is intended to assist one to fulfill on a daily basis the obligation of prayer during the season of Lent.

Thoughts In Solitude
Thoughts In Solitude

Author: Thomas Merton

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1429944072

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Thoughtful and eloquent, as timely (or timeless) now as when it was originally published in 1956, Thoughts in Solitude addresses the pleasure of a solitary life, as well as the necessity for quiet reflection in an age when so little is private. Thomas Merton writes: "When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, the society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility, resentment and hate." Thoughts in Solitude stands alongside The Seven Storey Mountain as one of Merton's most uring and popular works. Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, is perhaps the foremost spiritual thinker of the twentiethcentury. His diaries, social commentary, and spiritual writings continue to be widely read after his untimely death in 1968.

Circle of Grace
Circle of Grace

Author: Jan Richardson

Publisher:

Published: 2015-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780977816279

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"Within the struggle, joy, pain, and delight that attend our life, there is an invisible circle of grace that enfolds and encompasses us in every moment. Blessings help us to perceive this circle of grace, to find our place of belonging within it, and to receive the strength the circle holds for us." -from the Introduction Beginning in Advent and moving through the sacred seasons of the Christian year, Circle of Grace offers Jan's distinctive and poetic blessings that illuminate the treasures each season offers to us.