Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home
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Title: Prayer - Finding the Heart’s True Home
Author: Richard J. Foster
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-06-062846-8
Notes & Comments
Pg.4 Prayer as a love song under disturbing situation
Pg.12 Anger and frustration
Pg.13 Spiritual greed
Pg.20 God to instantly appear at our call?
Pg.21 Two purification: stripping exterior and interior results
Pg.29 Personal Ebenezer, heart searching
Pg.30 Self-knowledge, offer our strength and weakness
Pg.31 sacrifice all: goodness and weakness
Pg.32 inward, magnet
Pg.41 origin sing: the lack of
Pg.42 broken and contrite heart
Pg.45-46 fire of sin, put out by small amount of tears
Pg.49 prayer of relinquishment: soul-satisfying rest
Pg.50 relinquish vs. resignation
Pg.53 Purpose of relinquishment and struggle
Pg.55 self-emptying prayer (Philippians 2)
Pg.57 to be formed, free from greed, avarice
Pg.58 golden triangle of formation by Dallas Willard
Pg.59 Ignatius retreat
Pg.60 Benedict
Pg.61 Humility Definition
Pg.63 solitude: letting go of our inner compulsion to acquire more wealth
Pg.68 afraid of commitment because fear of not able to fulfill covenant
Pg.72 covenant of Holy obedience
Pg.85 Obstruction to prayers
Pg.87-90 Adoration training: (1) watch creature, do NOT evaluate (2) habit of giving thanks (gratitude, compliments) (3) magnify God
Pg.93 fruit of the prayer of rest
Pg.96 passion to possess: difficulty of Sabbath rhythm
Pg.98 act but not to control
Pg.99 imperfect to reshape
Pg.110 goal of hymn, psalms
Pg.111 Eucharistic feast
Pg.112 C.S. Lewis: take and eat, not take and understand
Pg.116 Holy listening
Pg.117 body, posture
Pg.120 intimacy via regular association
Pg.122 mercy on me prayer (breath prayers)
Pg.123 samples of breath prayer: Exercise/Practice
Pg.134-135 Abba, father intimacy
Pg.138-139 glossolalia, tongues, holy laughter
Pg.144 receives God, do not manipulate God
Pg.149 Meditative prayer, transforming to obedience, lectio divina (devine reading), mind to hear reading
Pg.151-152 books help us on meditative prayer
Pg.156-157 Criteria to contemplative prayer
Pg.159-160 analogy of Union with God, purity
Pg.161 Contemplative prayer steps
Pg.174 contentment without excessive demands
Pg.182-183 prayer unanswered, answered
Pg.185 structure of petitionary prayer
Pg.187 definition of forgiveness
Pg.188 deliver – temptation, therefore to reveal our hearts
Pg.189 sin, not puppy-sins, power and influence without ref to God
Pg.192 Moses, Aaron and Hur back support, Joshua frontline
Pg.193 Holy Spirit, Christ (Son)
Pg.194-195 Pray in the name of Christ and content of prayer has to be in unity with His nature, learning how to become a branch
Pg.196 frustration
Pg.197 supplication definition
Pg.198 Korean Prayer Meetings
Pg.199 pray for missionaries in sick bed
Pg.200 pray for enemies, bitterness to banish
Pg.200 process in prayer, wait when uncertain on content
Pg.204 ministering holistic: mind, spirit, and body
Pg.209 anointing with oil on healing prayer, laying of hands
Pg.208 compassion of Jesus: putting own life in jeopardy
Pg.213 hindered faith prayers
Pg.219 heart enlarged to accept others
Pg.220 “wounded healers” by Henri Nouwen
Pg.221-222 Moses, Daniel: confessing sins of others as “we”
Pg.224 release burdens into arms of the Father, praying for enemies
Pg.225 repenting on behalf of others? Struggling love, wrestling
Pg.226 fasting
Pg.229 exercising authority given by God: discernment and prudence
Pg.239 The war: avarice, disobedience, distraction, privileges, status, hatred
Pg.241 prayers in action
Pg.247 bargain, argue, plead: to attempt to change God’s mind spiritual defiance
Pg.248 heal sickness in society besides curing diseases
Pg.249 liberate people, not binding them to us
Pg.250 repent for sins of the world
Pg.253 five questions: spiritual formation group
Pg.254 agape to God and neighbours
Title: Prayer - Finding the Heart’s True Home
Author: Richard J. Foster
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-06-062846-8
Notes & Comments
Pg.4 Prayer as a love song under disturbing situation
Pg.12 Anger and frustration
Pg.13 Spiritual greed
Pg.20 God to instantly appear at our call?
Pg.21 Two purification: stripping exterior and interior results
Pg.29 Personal Ebenezer, heart searching
Pg.30 Self-knowledge, offer our strength and weakness
Pg.31 sacrifice all: goodness and weakness
Pg.32 inward, magnet
Pg.41 origin sing: the lack of
Pg.42 broken and contrite heart
Pg.45-46 fire of sin, put out by small amount of tears
Pg.49 prayer of relinquishment: soul-satisfying rest
Pg.50 relinquish vs. resignation
Pg.53 Purpose of relinquishment and struggle
Pg.55 self-emptying prayer (Philippians 2)
Pg.57 to be formed, free from greed, avarice
Pg.58 golden triangle of formation by Dallas Willard
Pg.59 Ignatius retreat
Pg.60 Benedict
Pg.61 Humility Definition
Pg.63 solitude: letting go of our inner compulsion to acquire more wealth
Pg.68 afraid of commitment because fear of not able to fulfill covenant
Pg.72 covenant of Holy obedience
Pg.85 Obstruction to prayers
Pg.87-90 Adoration training: (1) watch creature, do NOT evaluate (2) habit of giving thanks (gratitude, compliments) (3) magnify God
Pg.93 fruit of the prayer of rest
Pg.96 passion to possess: difficulty of Sabbath rhythm
Pg.98 act but not to control
Pg.99 imperfect to reshape
Pg.110 goal of hymn, psalms
Pg.111 Eucharistic feast
Pg.112 C.S. Lewis: take and eat, not take and understand
Pg.116 Holy listening
Pg.117 body, posture
Pg.120 intimacy via regular association
Pg.122 mercy on me prayer (breath prayers)
Pg.123 samples of breath prayer: Exercise/Practice
Pg.134-135 Abba, father intimacy
Pg.138-139 glossolalia, tongues, holy laughter
Pg.144 receives God, do not manipulate God
Pg.149 Meditative prayer, transforming to obedience, lectio divina (devine reading), mind to hear reading
Pg.151-152 books help us on meditative prayer
Pg.156-157 Criteria to contemplative prayer
Pg.159-160 analogy of Union with God, purity
Pg.161 Contemplative prayer steps
Pg.174 contentment without excessive demands
Pg.182-183 prayer unanswered, answered
Pg.185 structure of petitionary prayer
Pg.187 definition of forgiveness
Pg.188 deliver – temptation, therefore to reveal our hearts
Pg.189 sin, not puppy-sins, power and influence without ref to God
Pg.192 Moses, Aaron and Hur back support, Joshua frontline
Pg.193 Holy Spirit, Christ (Son)
Pg.194-195 Pray in the name of Christ and content of prayer has to be in unity with His nature, learning how to become a branch
Pg.196 frustration
Pg.197 supplication definition
Pg.198 Korean Prayer Meetings
Pg.199 pray for missionaries in sick bed
Pg.200 pray for enemies, bitterness to banish
Pg.200 process in prayer, wait when uncertain on content
Pg.204 ministering holistic: mind, spirit, and body
Pg.209 anointing with oil on healing prayer, laying of hands
Pg.208 compassion of Jesus: putting own life in jeopardy
Pg.213 hindered faith prayers
Pg.219 heart enlarged to accept others
Pg.220 “wounded healers” by Henri Nouwen
Pg.221-222 Moses, Daniel: confessing sins of others as “we”
Pg.224 release burdens into arms of the Father, praying for enemies
Pg.225 repenting on behalf of others? Struggling love, wrestling
Pg.226 fasting
Pg.229 exercising authority given by God: discernment and prudence
Pg.239 The war: avarice, disobedience, distraction, privileges, status, hatred
Pg.241 prayers in action
Pg.247 bargain, argue, plead: to attempt to change God’s mind spiritual defiance
Pg.248 heal sickness in society besides curing diseases
Pg.249 liberate people, not binding them to us
Pg.250 repent for sins of the world
Pg.253 five questions: spiritual formation group
Pg.254 agape to God and neighbours
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