Prayer: A 14-Day Devotional by Tim Kellerනියැදිය
![Prayer: A 14-Day Devotional by Tim Keller](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimageproxy.youversionapi.com%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fyvplans%2F1240%2F1280x720.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
How do we actually learn how to pray?
In the summer after I was treated successfully for thyroid cancer, I made four practical changes to my life of private devotion. First, I took several months to go through the Psalms, summarizing each one. That enabled me to begin praying through the Psalms regularly, getting through all of them several times a year. The second thing I did was always to put in a time of meditation as a transitional discipline between my Bible reading and my time of prayer. Third, I did all I could to pray morning and evening rather than only in the morning. Fourth, I began praying with greater expectation.
The changes took some time to bear fruit, but after sustaining these practices for about two years, I began to have some breakthroughs. Despite ups and downs since then, I have found new sweetness in Christ and new bitterness too, because I could now see my heart more clearly in the new light of vital prayer. In other words, there were more restful experiences of love as well as more wrestling to see God triumph over evil, both in my own heart and in the world. These two experiences of prayer grew together like twin trees. I now believe that is how it should be. One stimulates the other. The result was a spiritual liveliness and strength that this Christian minister, for all my preaching, had not had before.
Prayer is the only entryway into genuine self-knowledge. It is also the main way we experience deep change—the reordering of our loves. Prayer is how God gives us so many of the unimaginable things He has for us. Indeed, prayer makes it safe for God to give us many of the things we most desire. It is the way we know God, the way we finally treat God as God. Prayer is simply the key to everything we need to do and be in life. We must learn to pray. We have to.
Excerpt from prayer by Timothy Keller
Reprinted by arrangement with Dutton, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © 2014 by Timothy Keller
In the summer after I was treated successfully for thyroid cancer, I made four practical changes to my life of private devotion. First, I took several months to go through the Psalms, summarizing each one. That enabled me to begin praying through the Psalms regularly, getting through all of them several times a year. The second thing I did was always to put in a time of meditation as a transitional discipline between my Bible reading and my time of prayer. Third, I did all I could to pray morning and evening rather than only in the morning. Fourth, I began praying with greater expectation.
The changes took some time to bear fruit, but after sustaining these practices for about two years, I began to have some breakthroughs. Despite ups and downs since then, I have found new sweetness in Christ and new bitterness too, because I could now see my heart more clearly in the new light of vital prayer. In other words, there were more restful experiences of love as well as more wrestling to see God triumph over evil, both in my own heart and in the world. These two experiences of prayer grew together like twin trees. I now believe that is how it should be. One stimulates the other. The result was a spiritual liveliness and strength that this Christian minister, for all my preaching, had not had before.
Prayer is the only entryway into genuine self-knowledge. It is also the main way we experience deep change—the reordering of our loves. Prayer is how God gives us so many of the unimaginable things He has for us. Indeed, prayer makes it safe for God to give us many of the things we most desire. It is the way we know God, the way we finally treat God as God. Prayer is simply the key to everything we need to do and be in life. We must learn to pray. We have to.
Excerpt from prayer by Timothy Keller
Reprinted by arrangement with Dutton, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © 2014 by Timothy Keller
About this Plan
![Prayer: A 14-Day Devotional by Tim Keller](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimageproxy.youversionapi.com%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fyvplans%2F1240%2F1280x720.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
New York Times bestselling author and renowned Pastor Timothy Keller explores the power of prayer, and how readers can make prayers more personal and powerful, forging a deeper connection with God.
More
අදාළ/සමාන සැලසුම්
![The Power of a Simple Prayer](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
The Power of a Simple Prayer
![Pray](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Pray
![Renew: Romans 8 With Timothy Keller](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Renew: Romans 8 With Timothy Keller
![Hearing The Voice Of God](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Hearing The Voice Of God
![Reading The Psalms With Timothy And Kathy Keller](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Reading The Psalms With Timothy And Kathy Keller
![Live By The Spirit: Devotions With John Piper](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Live By The Spirit: Devotions With John Piper
![STAY FIT: Strengthening Your Connection To Jesus](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
STAY FIT: Strengthening Your Connection To Jesus
![Pray Like Jesus By Pastor Mark Driscoll](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Pray Like Jesus By Pastor Mark Driscoll
![Worship Changes Everything](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Worship Changes Everything
![Goliath Must Fall: Winning The Battle Against Your Giants](https://www.bible.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd233bqaih2ivzn.cloudfront.net%2Fdefault%2F720x405.jpg&w=640&q=75)