John B. Coburn Prayer and Personal Religion

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"The purpose of this volume," says John Coburn, "is to help you pray and grow in your personal religious life. It is a book about your inner life and your relationship with God. Although this relationship is unique for each person, there is a general way in which God deals with us and through which we respond. This book is concernedwith this general pattern."Chapters include: Prayer is Response to God Be Yourself and Begin with Where You Are Clearing the Ground: When, Where, and How to Pray The Foundation Stones of Prayer: Adoration, Thanksgiving, Confession, Intercession, Petition The House that Prayer Builds: Prayers that You Think, that You Feel, that You Will Progress in Prayer: Practicing the Presence of God; Reading, Prayer Groups, Retreats; a Rule of Life; On Beginning Again Mature Personal Religion: Action and Worship On Suffering and Joy