God on Mute – Pete Greig
Alan E. Lewis:
“To pray is to confess not the abundance but the exhaustion of one’s verbal, intellectual, and spiritual resources. It is surrender…”
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Gut-level honest writing from personal experience. A journey – when God answers and especially the times when he is just so silent, prayer does not work and we come head on with the greatness of God.
Together with his wife, Sammy they founded the prayer movement ‘24-7 Prayer’ but also wrestles with the dark side of prayer while battling the disease that threatens his wife’s life.
One of the best books on prayer. Easy to read. No quick answers or quick-fixes but he leaves us with hope.
The book is divided into four sections:
Maundy Thursday (the how)
Good Friday (the why)
Holy Saturday (the where)
Easter Sunday (the when)
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Graffiti found in 1945 on the wall of a basement in Cologne, Germany, where a Jewish believer is thought to have been hiding from the Gestapo.
Ani Ma’amin wrote:
“I believe in the sun even when it isn’t shining.
I believe in love even when I am alone.
I believe in God even when he is silent.”
