Everyday Prayer with John Calvin
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Overview
Prayer is central to the Christian life, which is why John Calvin spends more time on prayer than on any other topic in his Institutes of the Christian Religion.
Drawing from the Institutes and Calvin’s Old and New Testament commentaries, Donald K. McKim comments on Calvin’s biblical insights on prayer and intersperses his short readings with Calvin’s own prayers. Reflection questions and prayer points help you to meditate on Scripture, understand Calvin’s teaching, and strengthen your own prayer life.
- Focuses on drawing from the Institutes and Calvin’s Old and New Testament commentaries
- Includes reflection questions and prayer points
- Examines Calvin’s biblical insights on prayer
Top Highlights
“God hears all our prayers—whether they are silent, audible, quiet, or loud expressions. This comforts us. It is not the ‘form’ of the prayer that counts but the prayer’s focus on God. We can let our tongues ‘break forth into speech’ and know that God hears our words and thoughts—however they are expressed!” (Page 21)
“‘It should always be observed, that the use of praying is, that God may be the witness of all our affections; not that they would otherwise be hidden from him, but when we pour out our hearts before him, our cares are hereby greatly lightened, and our confidence of obtaining our requests increases.’” (Page 23)
“synthesize his thoughts on prayer, which he presented in the Institutes” (Page 11)
“The faithful not only depend upon the goodness of their cause, they also commit it to God that he may defend and maintain it; and whenever any adversity befalls them, they betake themselves to him for help.’” (Page 26)
“Pray, and ask God to help you to use the helps that he gives and to obey his will.” (Page 19)
Donald McKim draws on Calvin’s prayers to help us with our own. . . . This guide breathes spiritual passion, energy, and wisdom. If, like mine, your prayer life could use a little help, this book will be of immense value to you.
—Michael S. Horton, Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California
Everyday Prayer with John Calvin offers a helpful and thought-provoking guide to better understanding the purpose and practice of prayer in the Christian life. . . . There’s no better way to encounter Calvin at his best than in the reverence that he showed for the practice of prayer.
—Jennifer Powell McNutt, Franklin S. Dyrness Chair of the School of Biblical and Theological Studies, Wheaton College; Author, Calvin Meets Voltaire
Calvin’s emphasis on the ministry of the Holy Spirit led him to engage with and encourage believers’ daily prayers. Donald McKim . . . gathers choice practical texts on prayer from Calvin’s writings and integrates them into digestible and uplifting biblical meditations. Everyday Prayer with John Calvin affords rich nourishment for your soul.
—Peter A. Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
- Title: Everyday Prayer with John Calvin
- Author: Donald K. McKim
- Series: Everyday Prayer Series
- Publisher: P&R
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564. Institutio Christianae religionis; Prayer › Christianity--Meditations
- ISBNs: 9781629956701, 9781629956718, 9781629956725, 1629956708, 1629956716, 1629956724
- Resource ID: LLS:VRYDYPRYRJHCLVN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:40:11Z
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