New Testament Prayer for Everyone

by Tom Wright

From Tom Wright's meditation on Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the 'Prayer is one of life's great mysteries. Most people pray at least sometimes; some people, in many very different religious traditions, pray a great deal. At its lowest, prayer is shouting into a void on the off-chance there may be someone out there listening. At its highest, prayer merges into love, as the presence of God becomes so real that we pass beyond words and into a sense of his reality, generosity, delight and grace. For most Christians, most of the time, it takes place somewhere in between those two extremes. To be frank, for many people it is not just a mystery but a puzzle. They know they ought to do it but they aren't quite sure how'

Genres: Reference

160 pages, Paperback

First published October 18, 2012

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

He also publishes under N.T. Wright.

Reviews

[An Te · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tom Wright delivers nuggets of wisdom and insights into our need for prayer in this compilation of entries on prayer littered across his 'For Everyone' series. It's devotional and part apologetic. It is gentle on the mind and a welcome salve for the soul. I'm beginning to like Tom's series as it's helping to bring me back into line with prayer, an indispensable activity for all children of God.

It's bringing to mind these two verses:

Matthew 7:7 - Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Acts 4:29-30: Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

A rousing book for any stage of life. He weaves in his own life experiences which makes the book that much more readable and relatable.

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautuful book. Infirmative, soothing and feeds my siul. A great book to work through in this time of Lent.

[Michael Wu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good

Helpful guide and meditation on prayer in the New Testament. But quite a few chapters seems to be recycled from his other works...

[John Garlington · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good prayerful reading for Lent

I decided to do some spiritual reading this Lent and found this very good. I didn't realise how many prayers there were in the New Testament.