The Church@Prayer: 52 Weeks at the Throne of Grace

by Hugh Wesley Carrington

Overview

Are you struggling with planning your prayer meetings? Are you thinking there's no way you can study and discuss prayer for 52 weeks? Yes, you can! This 52 Weeks of Prayer Initiative (52-WPI) is just what you and your congregation needs. The Church@Prayer: 52 Weeks at the Throne of Grace is a practical guide containing 52 essays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732613218
Publisher:	Bridge Press, Inc.
Publication date:	10/21/2020
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Hugh Wesley Carrington, Ph.D., is founder of Bridge, Inc. Hugh helps organizations optimize performance through training and development of their members at all levels and the streamlin- ing of organizational processes. He is an accomplished, dynamic speaker, and blends his love of education, the study of people, and research into his process-driven approach to organizational learning and development. Before anything else, Hugh is a Christian who believes in the power of prayer. In addition to leading Bridge, Inc., Hugh is currently also an Adjunct Professor at Long Island University in the School of Business, Department of Social Work, and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Hugh has held several departmental positions in local churches of a denomination that numbers almost 20 million worldwide. He is a frequent presenter at local churches and related events and has had the opportunity to observe how we as Christians approach prayer. He has had the opportunity to implement what he teaches, including his signature House of Prayer process, and knows that it works. Hugh holds a M.S. in Human Resource Management, a Ph.D. in Sociology, a M.A. in Higher Education Administration, and a BA in Marketing Education. Hugh resides in Stamford, Connecticut, and is married to the former Maxine Cenac. He is the adoring father of a college sophomore, Serina Jordan Carrington, and a preschooler, Hugh Wesley Carrington, Jr.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

MONTH 1

Week 1 Back To Basics

Week 2 The Church's Primary Function

Week 3 Spiritual Waiting

Week 4 Praying With Purpose

Week 5 On Your Way to Pray

MONTH 2

Week 6 Persistence in Prayer

Week 7 Prayer and Consistent Praise

Week 8 Prayer and Revelation of Jesus

Week 9 Show Yourself to the Priests

MONTH 3

Week 10 Progressive Prayer

Week 11 Challenging God Through Prayer

Week 12 A Closer Relationship

Week 13 Connecting with the King

MONTH 4

Week 14 Temples of Prayer

Week 15 Remarkable Secrets

Week 16 Instructions Included

Week 17 A Straight Line

MONTH 5

Week 18 Two or Three: Families and Prayer

Week 19 I've Heard Your Request

Week 20 The Blessings of Intercessory Prayer

Week 21 Get on the Wall

Week 22 A Quiet and Peaceful Life

MONTH 6

Week 23 Thy Will Be Done

Week 24 No Glory

Week 25 After the High

Week 26 What Are You Hungry for?

MONTH 7

Week 27 You Gotta Sing!

Week 28 Show Me Your Glory

Week 29 In That Moment

Week 30 Tear Up the Roof

Week 31 Sweet-Smelling Incense

MONTH 8

Week 32 Praying for a Second Chance

Week 33 You Have Not

Week 34 Start Praying!

Week 35 When, If, and Then

MONTH 9

Week 36 Fully Armed, but Prayerless

Week 37 The Progression of Sin

Week 38 Delivered?

Week 39 Wait for It

MONTH 10

Week 40 I'm Only Human

Week 41 Where Is the Answer?

Week 42 Just Say the Word

Week 43 Only by Prayer

Week 44 God Still Delivers

MONTH 11

Week 45 Neglected Opportunity

Week 46 Transformation Through Prayer

Week 47 Prayer and Ministry

Week 48 It's Harvest Time

MONTH 12

Week 49 Send Me

Week 50 An End of Praying

Week 51 Prayer Must Give Way to Action

Week 52 I've Prayed, Now What?

BONUS ESSAY

Same God!

House of Prayer Indicator Assessment

Notes to the Reader

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

"In his first book, Inevitable and Imminent, Dr. Carrington makes a strong evangelical case that the central task of effective churches is grounded in the church's prayer life. But this is not easily achieved and is even harder to maintain. In this new volume, The Church@Prayer: 52 Weeks at the Throne of Grace, Carrington offers a methodology for maintaining that commitment with weekly reflections on biblical texts that directly address prayer's centrality and offers space for personal or corporate reflection within its pages. His message is simple, yet challenging; prayer works, prayer is work, and prayer leads to work. One senses from its pages Carrington's profound commitment to prayer's efficacy and its potential to transform this broken world of ours."

-The Rev William Weisenbach

"Thank you for giving me this amazing opportunity to read and process this wonderful book. The great paradox is that, while I found your musings to be quite inspiring, I also found them to be incredibly convicting. No pastor, church leader, believer, or individual who is serious about growing their spiritual relationship with God can read this book and not be encouraged to invest more effort in prayer. I believe The Church@Prayer: 52 Weeks at the Throne of Grace should be a handbook for every church and a guide for starting a serious journey into the efficacy of prayer. My prayer is that this volume will become the launching pad of the revival that is so greatly needed in our world today. But that revival must be started by the church at prayer. Thanks again for this wonderful resource."

-Pastor Hugh Marriott

"As I began to read The Church@Prayer: 52 Weeks at the Throne of Grace, I was quickly reminded of just how far some of our churches have strayed from the biblical model Christ gave us about the importance of prayer. I can literally feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in the bold convictions that Dr. Carrington asserts throughout these pages. As a church, we must now allow Christ to revive our spiritual condition. And when we pray with purpose, the church will come forth again, just as Lazarus did when Jesus called him forth from the grave. Amazing! You'll have to get the book and read that essay to find out how that can actually happen. This book is truly a must-read for all spiritual leaders who desire to put first things first: prayer."

-Mithra Williams

"It's interesting how Dr. Carrington went straight at the cancer and not the symptom of it in dealing with the spiritual morbidity within the Christian church. Thereafter, he places the church on a path to recovery and spiritual well-being for fifty-two weeks. The Church@ Prayer: 52 Weeks at the Throne of Grace highlights how the church has perhaps been doing everything right and one thing wrong-little or serious lack of the discipline of prayer. This is the reason for the cancer. Dr. Carrington cogently illustrates the diminishing returns from such a practice. I particularly like how he connects the theory and praxis of the discipline of prayer-each week being a link in a golden chain. And this chain remains as strong as each link remains unbroken. The Church@Prayer is a great work that promises transformational benefits both personally and for the corporate church."

-Pastor Ainsworth Joseph

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