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	Call to Spiritual Reformation, A: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers D. A. Carson Baker Academic, 1992 - 230 pages average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Rom 11:36 For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.

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Biblical and so therefore Reforming

One would think that if something was important to God and he required his people to do it then he would provide adequate instruction as to how to accomplish it. Right? Why is it then that prayer is often the most over complicated and administered while also being the most neglected Christian practice?

There are myriads of possible answers to this question and instead of trying to answer them, D.A. Carson has chosen to write a most helpful and instructive book dealing with how to pray.

A Call to Spiritual Reformation is a book that walks through each of the Apostle Paul's prayers in the New Testament. Carson provides the careful, clear and thorough biblical treatment that we have come to accept and appreciate from him, while at the same time he provides intensely practical (and convicting!) habits from his own prayer life to serve as an example.

One of the great lessons that this book teaches is the priority of praying biblically. Carson shows throughout the need to calibrate our hearts and our requests with the types of petitions outlined in Scripture. This is to include petitions, thanksgiving, laments, etc.

In so far as this book is biblical it is reforming, therefore it is among the `must reads' for Christians. Don't let the weightiness of Dr Carson's other books intimidate you, this book is easily understood and tremendously practical.

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Praying more like the Apostle Paul

D.A. Carson argues that the one thing that demands priority in the attention of the Western church is "a deeper knowledge of God."

Such a quest may sound both ambitious and obvious.

But though A Call to Spiritual Reformation is not difficult to read, it is not simplistic in its instruction, either. And while its focus is necessarily limited, what it aims to do -- guide us toward biblically oriented prayer -- it does well.

The bulk of the book thoughtfully examines several of the Apostle Paul's petitions in Romans, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians.

Carson gently and repeatedly coaches his readers to pray more for the kinds of things that Paul prayed for (and perhaps less for the kinds of things we Christians often tend to pray for).

I found this book to be theologically stimulating, sometimes convicting, and always spiritually encouraging. Here is a discerning theologian who writes with a compassionate pastor's heart.

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Prayer Primer

This book is a selective primer on biblical praying, examining the prayers of Paul. Each chapter studies a particular prayer from his letters, exploring what Paul prays for and why. For example-in his analysis of 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12, Dr. Carson illustrates how Paul's anticipation of Jesus' return shapes what he prays for the people.

This book was inspirational to me in at least two ways: I find I am praying for people and needs in a more Christ-centered way. I have also grown in my understanding of what it means to pray to a sovereign God.

The reflection questions at the end of each chapter help to make this a very practical book. It would work well for individual or group study, taking one chapter at a time and steadily putting the new insights into practice. I heartily recommend it.

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Dr. Don doesn't find the need to cast his cares upon Christ.

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2M0SAS3KXL7J1 Unlike Dr. Carson I would encourage you to make your prayers personal and pray for more than "the success of the gospel". Here are three books to help you do that:

The Prayer of Jabez, 5th Anniversary Edition: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life (Breakthrough Series)

The Master's Healing Presence Bible (Bible Av)

The Complete Personalized Promise Bible: Every Promise in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, Written Just for You (Personalized Promise Bible) (Personalized Promise Bible)

Since Dr. Carson devotes a significant portion of this book--about prayer nonetheless--to the topic of hell and eternal conscious torment I will recommend another book for further study in agreement with him:

Eternal Christianity (Cronfel)

Since Dr. Carson's book is also commendably throughly Calvnistic I will take advantage of this oppurtunity to promote the Reformation with him:

Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Volume Set)

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