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    Prayer and Listening (Lifebuilder Bible Studies)
    Prayer and Listening (Lifebuilder Bible Studies)
    Prayer and Listening (Lifebuilder Bible Studies)
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    Prayer and Listening (Lifebuilder Bible Studies)

    By Jan Johnson

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    How do we practice real conversation with God?

    Instead of prayer becoming an agenda of our needs for God to handle, how can we experience his presence as part of our everyday life? How do we hear what he is saying back to us?

    As we explore the disciplines of prayer and listening through these six sessions, we will draw closer to God in everything that we do.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIVP
    Release dateMar 28, 2021
    ISBN9781789743494
    Prayer and Listening (Lifebuilder Bible Studies)
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    Jan Johnson

    Jan Johnson is a spiritual director and retreat leader living in the Los Angeles area. She has written a number of books including Invitation to the Jesus Life and Enjoying the Presence of God (both NavPress). Many of her articles are posted on her website: www.janjohnson.org.

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      Prayer and Listening (Lifebuilder Bible Studies) - Jan Johnson

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      INTER-VARSITY PRESS

      36 Causton Street, London SW1P 4ST, England

      Email: [email protected]

      Website: www.ivpbooks.com

      © Jan Johnson, 2020, 2021

      Jan Johnson has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as Author of this work.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher or the Copyright Licensing Agency.

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      While any stories in this book are true, some names and identifying information may have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.

      Originally published in the United States of America in the LifeGuide® Bible Studies series in 2020 by InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois

      This edition published in Great Britain by Inter-Varsity Press 2021

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      ISBN: 978–1–78974–331–9

      eBook ISBN: 978–1–78974–349–4

      Printed in Great Britain by Ashford Colour Press Ltd, Gosport, Hampshire

      eBook by CRB Associates, Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire

      Inter-Varsity Press publishes Christian books that are true to the Bible and that communicate the gospel, develop discipleship and strengthen the church for its mission in the world.

      IVP originated within the Inter-Varsity Fellowship, now the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, a student movement connecting Christian Unions in universities and colleges throughout Great Britain, and a member movement of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. Website: www.uccf.org.uk. That historic association is maintained, and all senior IVP staff and committee members subscribe to the UCCF Basis of Faith.

      CONTENTS

      Getting the Most Out of Prayer and Listening

      ONE Conversation with God

      Genesis 15:1‑16; 17:15‑22; 18:1‑15

      TWO Praying with Authenticity

      Psalm 74:1‑23

      THREE The Prayer of Request

      Matthew 6:9‑13

      FOUR Listening to God in Prayer

      1 Chronicles 14:8‑17

      FIVE Praying for Others as Jesus Did

      Luke 22:31‑34

      SIX Practicing God’s Presence

      1 Thessalonians 5:16‑18

      Leader’s Notes

      GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PRAYER AND LISTENING

      For many people , prayer is a way to ask God to do what they want done. While requests are important, prayer also includes listening as we come together with God to know the mind of Christ about ourselves, our situations, and the people in our life (1 Corinthians 2:16). In this way prayer becomes a way of connecting with God. Through this two-way conversation God can train [us] to be godly (1 Timothy 4:7). God created us for a relationship with him and wants to make us into the same kind of thing as himself.

      ¹

      Here on this earth, we become disciples of Jesus and share in the life of Christ.

      ²

      This transformation of your soul is the hope to which he has called you (Ephesians 1:18) or, more poetically, Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).

      But if we’ve tried to be Christlike, this can seem like a cruel joke. How do we become people who automatically love our enemies and don’t grab the credit? Who naturally gives up power instead of wanting to take control? Some of us have been waiting a long time to become the tenderhearted, conscientious person our family always wished we’d become.

      THE SPIRITUAL FORMATION OF YOUR SOUL

      The key to this transformation—obedience—comes not from trying to be good. Trying to be good generally makes us obnoxious. When we succeed, we subtly look down on those who don’t do as well. When we don’t succeed, we beat ourselves up and obsess on our lack of

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