| Acknowledgments |
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11 | (2) |
| Introduction: An Invitation to Love |
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13 | (5) |
| Practice: Knowing Our Story of Prayer |
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18 | (5) |
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Part 1 What We Need to Unlearn about Prayer |
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1 What If a Wandering Mind Is a Gift? |
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23 | (12) |
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Practice: Prayer When Our Minds Wander |
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32 | (3) |
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2 What If Prayer Can Be a Place to Avoid God? |
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35 | (14) |
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Practice: Prayer beyond Avoidance |
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46 | (3) |
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3 What If Prayer Doesn't Meet My Expectations? |
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49 | (12) |
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Practice: Praying to a New Father |
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59 | (2) |
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4 What If God Wants My Heart of Sin and Pain? |
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61 | (36) |
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Practice: Praying My Sin and Pain |
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75 | (2) |
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Interlude: An Invitation to Relearn Prayer the Lord's Way |
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77 | (15) |
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Practice: The Lord's Prayer |
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92 | (5) |
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Part 2 Pray without Ceasing |
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Introduction: A New Rhythm of Prayer |
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97 | (2) |
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5 The Prayer Book of the Soul |
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99 | (18) |
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Practice: Praying the Psalms |
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115 | (2) |
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6 Intending to Be with God |
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117 | (10) |
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Practice: Prayers of Intention |
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123 | (4) |
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7 Who Am I, Really? Collecting Our Hearts to Him |
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127 | (14) |
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Practice: Prayers of Recollection |
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137 | (4) |
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141 | (14) |
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Practice: Prayers of Examine |
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152 | (3) |
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9 Seeing Ourselves and Others in the Love of God |
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155 | (16) |
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Practice: Prayers of Petition and Intercession |
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167 | (4) |
| Conclusion: The Struggle and Joy of Petition |
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171 | (12) |
| Group Leader's Guide |
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183 | (8) |
| Appendix 1 A Guide for Personally Praying the Psalms |
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191 | (20) |
| Appendix 2 A Guide for the Prayer of Intention |
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211 | (4) |
| Appendix 3 A Guide for the Prayer of Recollection |
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215 | (2) |
| Notes |
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