Heard: Small Group Workbook: The Power and Promise of Christian Prayer - Paperback

by Greg Smith (Author), Dale Van Steenis (Author)

NOTE: This is the small group, companion workbook for "Heard: The Power and Promise of Christian Prayer." It divides the material in "Heard" into six study sessions, each containing a mix of fill-in-the-blank and questions for individual reflection and group discussion. DESCRIPTION OF "HEARD: " God is waiting for his people to pray. But the contemporary Western Church is blighted by a prayer famine. It is plagued with dry eyes, few tears and no fire in the gut. Conversation with God ought to be a part of the natural rhythm of our lives, like eating or sleeping, yet we have neglected this most basic need. Our churches have kept us so busy with activities, carefully-crafted music presentations and non-offensive preaching that we are often too tired to pray, and impatient when we do. As a result, altars are vacant, church members come in and go out the same, the local culture remains unchanged. Dale Van Steenis calls us to recapture our energy and excitement, to catch our "second wind" in prayer. God still answers. He said he would. Whenever God's people have turned to him in prayer, they have been heard.

Author Biography

Dale Van Steenis' humor, global experience, academic background and hunger for renewal have strengthened church leaders around the world. For twenty-five years he has served as director of Leadership Strategies International (LSI), training ministers and church workers in developing nations. LSI assists thousands of people annually through humanitarian assistance, medical aid, food, water-purification projects, and agricultural improvement programs. Dale and his wife Gloria are parents of four children and reside in Southern California.