The Papa Prayer
Learn the revolutionary way to talk with God!
Like millions of Christians, Dr. larry Crabb has always considered his prayer life a weakness – "dull, intense only in crisis, occasionally meaningful and passionate but mostly lifelessly routine." But for everyone who struggles to pray in a way that matters, who is bored with prayer and doesn't know where else to turn, this groundbreaking book whispers of hope for change.
Something new and real and deep started happening in him, Crabb says, when he began practicing the four steps of what he calls the PAPA prayer – a revolutionary conversational approach to talking with and enjoying God. As this fellow seeker shares his journey and education in the mysteries of prayer, he guides us to see ourselves and God in a different light . . . which will alter the way we talk – and listen – to Him.
Top Highlights
“Missionary and evangelist E. Stanley Jones wrote, ‘The first thing in prayer is to get God. If you get Him, everything else follows. Allow God to get at you, to invade you, to take possession of you. He then pours His very prayers through you. They are His prayers—God-inspired, and hence, God answered.” (source)
“The Bible indicates at least five distinct ways that we can communicate with God through prayer. We can relate with Him, worship Him, thank Him for who He is and what He does for us, intercede for others in response to their needs, and petition Him for blessings we’d like Him to provide.” (source)
“The true center of prayer, its real point, is relating to God. When we restore relational prayer to its rightful place, then petitionary prayer is restored to its rightful and powerful place as an expression of our love for God, not as the chance to get whatever we want for ourselves.” (source)
“It’s a way to know God so well that the deepest desire of His heart actually becomes the deepest desire of ours, and that frees us to ask God for what we really want with confidence that He’ll move heaven and earth to grant our requests, because what we want now matches what He wants.” (source)
“The problem, of course, is that our relationship with God is so shallow that the pleasure it brings really is less than the pleasure we feel when life goes well. That was one reason for my alarm.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : The Papa Prayer: The Prayer You've Never Prayed
- Author: Crabb, Larry
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publication Date: 2007
- ISBN: 9781418575779
Dr. Larry Crabb is a well-known psychologist, conference and seminary speaker, Bible teacher, popular author, and founder/director of NewWay Ministries. He is currently Scholar in Residence at Colorado Christian University in Denver and Visiting Professor of Spiritual Formation for Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta. Dr. Crabb and his wife of forty-six years, Rachael, live in the Denver, Colorado area. For additional information please visit www.newwayministries.org