Handbook of Bible Prayers
Overview
The Handbook of Bible Prayers covers every single prayer in the Bible. It groups them in such a way to make them relevant to your daily life and to provide an overview of the Bible’s teaching on prayer. Prayers of joy and sorrow, thanks and pain; long prayers and short prayers; famous prayers and obscure prayers—you will find them all here. It contains 2500 verses and more than 2500 additional references, carefully selected from most books of the Old and New Testaments and also includes prayers drawn from throughout church history.
- Provides a treasury of prayers for every occasion
- Arranged in six major themes
- Answers common questions about prayer
- Part One: Prayers that say ‘Father’
- Part Two: Prayers that say ‘Amazing!’
- Part Three: Prayers that say ‘Thanks!’
- Part Four: Prayers that say ‘Sorry!’
- Part Five: Prayers that ask ‘Why?’
- Part Six: Prayers that say ‘Please’
Top Highlights
“All true prayer, Jesus said, starts with knowing God as your Father. Without this, prayer will be little more than a religious duty, a calming exercise, or an attempt to manipulate God in time of need. But with this, prayer is transformed into an exciting relationship and adventure.” (Page 8)
“The Bible tells us that prayer is friendship with God.” (Page 6)
“The Lord’s Prayer is found twice in the New Testament—in Matthew and Luke—in slightly different forms, perhaps reflecting different occasions when Jesus taught it. Matthew presents it as a model to be followed (‘This, then, is how you should pray’, Matthew 6:9), whereas Luke presents it as more of a prayer to be repeated (He said to them, ‘When you pray, say …’, Luke 11:2). If we do use it as a prayer in its own right, individually or with others, we need to take care that we do not recite it in such a way, or at such a speed, that it becomes little more than a ‘mantra’, especially since Jesus teaches it in the context of not falling into mindless repetition of prayers (Matthew 6:5–8)!” (Page 9)
“Jesus teaches here that there is a very real place for ‘coming clean’ and confessing the wrong that we have thought, said, or done (see Part 4); but we don’t start there! Start with God, Jesus says! Once you’ve seen how big and gracious he is, then you’ll know that he wants to forgive you!” (Page 15)
“This is the heart of prayer: knowing God in this personal and intimate way, and trusting in his fatherly care for us even when things don’t look good. There is no example of ‘Abba’ being used of God in any other Jewish prayer in history before or since. It comes, quite simply, out of Jesus’ unique relationship with the Father.” (Pages 24–25)
- Title: Handbook of Bible Prayers
- Authors: Martin Manser, Michael H. Beaumont
- Publisher: Manser and Beaumont
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 460
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible › Quotations; God › Promises
- Resource ID: LLS:HNDBKBBLPRYRS
- Resource Type: text.monograph.prayers
- Metadata Last Updated: 2021-11-22T18:25:53Z
Mike Beaumont is part of the senior pastoral team of Oxfordshire Community Churches and presenter of the Journey’s series on BBC Oxford. He has special responsibility for teaching and training, and travels widely, speaking at conferences and working as a visiting lecturer at a number of theological colleges. Mike is the author of The One-Stop Bible Guide and The One-Stop Guide to Jesus and The New Lion Bible Encyclopedia
Martin Manser has led seminars on good communication on four continents. He teaches at the London College of Communication, and has led courses for organizations including Capita, Department of Education, and Network Rail.