The Contemporaries Meet the Classics on Prayer Book

	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	The Purpose of Prayer	7
	Why Should We Pray? 1931	7
	The Chief End of Prayer 1895	11
	True Prayer 1675	14
	The Main Business of Life 1988	16
	The Heart of the Life of Prayer 1926	19
	The Testimony of George Muller 1896	23
	The Lifeline of Prayer 2002	25
	The Adventure of Prayer 1988	28
	The Way of the Burning Heart 1984	32
	Prayer 1840s	36
Chapter 2	The Psalms As Prayer	39
	The Prayer Book of All Saints 1528	39
	How to Begin Praying 1650	41
	The Psalm As a House 1998	42
	An Anatomy of All Parts of the Soul 1540	45
	Learning to Pray in the Name of Jesus 1940s	47
	Praying by the Book 1987	50
	Praying in the Rawness of Life 1982	56
	Lament 1996	60
	Christ's Last Prayer 1930s	62
	Finding Timely Words 1970	63
Chapter 3	Patterns for Prayer	67
	Two Simple Ways of Praying 1710	67
	Luther's Way to Pray 1535	72
	Four Basic Steps to Conversational Prayer 1966	75
	The Jesus Prayer 1982	79
	Holy Reading 1989	82
	A Pattern for Prayer 1988	86
	How to Keep a Listening Prayer Journal 1994	91
	Practicing God's Presence 1690	96
Chapter 4	A Passion for Prayer	99
	Vehement Longings after God 1746	99
	The Superabundance of the Heart 1974	101
	Prayer As Wordless Longing 1993	104
	The Syntax of Prayer 1992	106
	Unceasing Prayer 1941	108
	Ask, and It Shall Be Given You 1895	111
	Importunity 2001	115
	Wrestling with God 1895	118
	Arguing Our Case with God 1740	119
	Praying for Our Children 1995	121
	Soldiers of Christ, Arise 1749	125
Chapter 5	The Posture of Prayer	129
	Biblical Prayer Postures 1998	129
	Postures for Prayer 1650	132
	Present Your Bodies 1974	133
	The Body at Prayer 1989	137
	Whatever Happened to Kneeling? 1992	141
	When the Knee Bends 2000	142
	Recollection 2001	145
	The Place of the Body in Family Worship 1996	146
	Wormwood's Advice 1946	148
Chapter 6	Problems with Prayer	151
	Resistance to Prayer 1989	151
	Hindrances to Prayer 1924	152
	The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life 1984	157
	The Problem of Moods 1915	159
	Depend on the Word, Not Feelings 1997	162
	Long Prayer 2001	165
	Prayer and Fasting 1931	169
	When God is Silent 1995	173
	What about Praying to "Daddy"? 1997	175
Chapter 7	Powerlessness and Prayer	181
	When You Try but Cannot Pray 1675	181
	Rules of Right Praying 1536	183
	Confessing Helplessness 1972	186
	The Inadequacy of Our Own Prayers 1996	187
	The Dark Night of the Soul 1998	190
	Prayer As Oneness with Christ 1991	194
	Praying in the Spirit 1977	196
	Setting the Will toward God 1945	199
Chapter 8	Public and Private Prayer	203
	Praying in the Five-Fold Form of the Collect 1998	203
	The Purpose of Public Prayer 1835	206
	Public and Private Prayer 1536	208
	Catching Fire 1997	211
	The Symphony of Prayer 1942	215
	The Trinity and Public Prayer 1983	216
	Solitude, Not Privacy 1985	223
	Learn to Be Alone 1961	224
Chapter 9	Pastoral Prayer	229
	Prayer and Preaching 1890	229
	The Minister's Role in Prayer 1890	232
	Prayer As Pastoral Care 2000	235
	Leading Public Prayer 1942	237
	The Priestly Expression of Prayer 2002	240
	Healing through P.A.I.N. 1997	242
	The Laying on of Hands 1992	245
	Anointing with Oil in the Name of the Lord 1934	248
	The Four Basic Kinds of Healing 1974	251
	Spiritual Direction 2001	254
Chapter 10	The Power of Prayer	257
	The Key of the Greater Work 1910s	257
	The Source of Power 1904	259
	The Power of Earnest Prayer 1740	260
	The Power of Praying Together 1885	263
	The Power of a Timid Prayer 1993	264
	Prayer As Public Good 1985	269
	God's Day of Power 1895	270
	Putting God on the Spot 1998	272
	What God Wants Most 1986	275
	The Laborers of Force 1906	277
	More Things Are Wrought by Prayer 1859	280
	Sources	281