Standing on My Knees: Establishing a lifeline of prayer

by Jeff Lucas

Publisher:

Monarch Books

, 2013

Overview

From the self confessed ‘Mr Bean of the Christian faith’ - and one half of the most entertaining double-act on the Christian live stage circuit, Jeff Lucas lets you in how to get over 10 common barriers to prayer; not simply with words, but through finding the heart and mind you need to discover the reality of a life of prayer.

With Jeff Lucas’ typical wit and word play, the title ‘Standing on My Knees’ lets you know you’re in for something wise but not weighty, deep but not desparate and even funny but not frivolous. Just as honest in print as he is on stage with fellow writer and raconteur, Adrian Plass, Jeff illustrates his message - that you can grow a one-to-one relationship with God - using his own experience of the trials, torments and even trivialities of trying to live by faith.

Updated and upgraded from his 2003 title ‘How Not to Pray’, this reissue isn’t meant as a book of ready to use utterances written by someone else, nor is it a recipe book for standard, copybook prayers. Rather it’s the beginning of a journey into a lifelong, fulfilling life of prayer.

’Standing On My Knees’ Is:
- A revised and reissued edition of Jeff’s 2003 book ‘How Not To Pray’.
- An encouragement who feel inadequate in prayer or find praying difficult.
- A guide to growing a lifelong, fulfilling life of prayer in relationship with God.

Jeff doesn’t set out to humiliate those of us who find it hard to pray, or to give simplistic words that give us a false sense of having prayed. Instead, he highlights how God is already listening and already in relationship with us, and then helps us get our prayer habits into place so we can be more aware of his presence.

Contents

Contents
Introduction 9
1 Lord, teach us how to pray 12
2 We can pray 22
3 Prayer is not a lengthy speech 35
4 The power of shared prayer 48
5 The alphabet of prayer begins with F for Father 67
6 God is right here, right now 88
7 Prayer: it’s not just about us 101
8 Prayer: it is about us 121
9 We, the forgiven, pass forgiveness around 136
10 Come to God, whatever the season 158

Product Details

• Title : Standing on my Knees: Establishing a lifeline of prayer
• Author: Lucas, Jeff
• Publisher: Monarch Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• ISBN: 9780857214508

About Jeff Lucas

Jeff Lucas is an author, speaker, pastor, and broadcaster. His passion is to equip the church with practical Bible teaching marked by vulnerability and humor. A former vice president of the Evangelical Alliance UK, Jeff is bestselling author of twenty-six books that have been translated into multiple languages. Jeff is currently a teaching pastor at Timberline Church in Fort Collins, Colorado.