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Prayer is hard. Often, unless circumstances demand it--such as an illness or saying grace before a meal--most of us simply do not pray. This kind of prayerlessness can leave us with a distressed spirit and practical unbelief characterized by fear, anxiety, joylessness, and spiritual depression.

A Praying Life is a prayer guide that has encouraged thousands of Christians to pursue a vibrant prayer life full of joy and power and has helped them learn how to pray faithfully and courageously. A life of prayer invites you to a life of connection to God. When Jesus describes the intimacy that He seeks with us, He talks about joining us for dinner (Revelation 3:20). This book reminds readers that prayer is simply making conversation with God a rhythm of daily Christian life.

A Praying Life includes chapters about:

• How to deal with unanswered prayer
• How to start a prayer journal
• Does prayer make a difference?

Now with added chapters addressing prayers of lament and further guidance for using prayer cards, Paul Miller invites you to foster prayer that regularly hopes, trusts, and expects God to act. Learn to develop helpful habits and approaches to prayer that will enable you to return to a childlike faith and witness spiritual growth today!

This book will be like having the breath of God at your back. Let it lift you to new hope. --Dan B. Allender, PhD, author of Bold Love

Who Is Jesus?
His name is recognized the world over. But how many of us fully understand what He was like as a person? Honest, powerful, humble, full of mercy and light--Jesus was love personified, the full potential of what we were intended to be.

Get to know Jesus and witness His love unfold in the Gospels in a new and insightful way. In this encouraging and convicting look at Jesus' life on earth, Paul Miller investigates the answers to questions such as:

• How do you love someone when you get no love in return?
• How do you love without being trapped or used?
• How do you love when you have your own baggage?
• When do you take care of yourself?
• How do you love with both compassion and honesty?

The Gospel accounts, combined with Miller's own life stories, will uplift your spirit, give you a new perspective, and encourage you to love like Jesus.

For a glimpse of our great Savior, open this book! You'll be glad you did. I was! --Max Lucado, bestselling author

To see Jesus is to see what love looks like. Paul Miller gives us a fresh look in this wonderful book. --Joni Eareckson Tada

If Jesus or Jesus' saving grace is just an abstraction to you, Paul Miller will be a great help in making His love a living reality to your heart. --Timothy Keller, pastor

Love Walked among Us is authentic 'shoe leather' Christianity. Anyone who wants to grow in his or her relationship with God and other people will profit from this book. --Jerry Bridges, author and speaker

Paul Miller, Bestselling Author of A Praying Life, on the Transforming Power of Praying Together

In our current culture, the church and prayer are often dismissed as irrelevant. But when believers gather and pray together, powerful things happen: the Spirit equips the saints for ministry, the helpless are met with help, and believers experience the joy of being led by the Spirit of Jesus. In this book, Paul E. Miller, bestselling author of A Praying Life, casts a vision for a return to the simple yet life-changing practice of praying together.

Through personal stories and biblical examples, Miller teaches the why, what, and how of praying together. Readers will learn how praying with other Christians can transform their communities into beacons of hope and be given practical strategies--such as finding a prayer partner and prioritizing a structured prayer time--to implement these changes in their own church.

• Ideal for Group Study: Small groups, Sunday school classes, and others will find helpful strategies to think through and discuss
• Engaging and Personal: Features real life stories, word pictures, and charts to help readers understand the content
• A Word to Pastors Miller closes several chapters with thoughtful reflections specifically for church leaders
• Foreword by Dane C. Ortlund: Author of the bestselling book, Gentle and Lowly, who praises A Praying Church, calling it winsome and compelling

How do you love with no love in return?
How do you love when no one notices or cares?

Best-selling author Paul Miller tackles these tough questions at the heart of our struggle to love head-on. Drawing from the book of Ruth, A Loving Life offers the help we need to embrace relationship, endure rejection, cultivate community, and reach out to even the most unlovable around us as we discover the power to live a loving life.

Una vida de oraci n es una mirada honesta a las dificultades que hay para orar, a las oraciones sin respuesta y a los xitos de la oraci n. El autor Paul Miller comparte sus percepciones y conclusiones sobre c mo conectar las piezas quebrantadas de su vida y permitir que la oraci n, aun la mal elaborada, llene las brechas con sentido y contenido. Los lectores apreciar n el enfoque realista y la naturaleza pr ctica de Paul, que los ayudar a ver que su relaci n con Dios puede crecer y su comunicaci n con l puede llegar a ser mejor. Padres y madres descubrir n que estas experiencias de vida familiar son especialmente tiles. Incluye consejos sobre c mo usar herramientas tales como las tarjetas de oraci n y el llevar un diario.

A Praying Life is an honest look at the difficulties of prayer, unanswered prayers, and successes in prayer. Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of your life and allow prayer--even poorly delivered--to fill the gaps with meaning and substance. Readers will appreciate Paul's down-to-earth approach and practical nature that will help you see that your relationship with God can grow and your communication with Him can get better. Parents will find his family-life experiences especially helpful. Includes tips on using tools such as prayer cards and journaling.

This book will revolutionize the way you look at your suffering.
Joni Eareckson Tada, Founder, Joni and Friends

Do we have the wrong map for the Christian life?

Life's inconveniences, disappointments, and trials can leave us confused, cynical, and eventually bitter. But the apostle Paul traces out the path of dying and rising with Jesus--what Paul Miller calls the J-Curve--as the normal Christian life.

The J-Curve maps the ups and downs of daily life onto the story of Jesus. It grounds our journeys not in some abstract idea but in union with Christ and his work of love. Understanding our lives in light of the J-Curve roots our hope, centers our love, and tethers our faith to Christ.

Qui n es Jes s? Su nombre es reconocido en todo el mundo. Los cristianos afirman seguirlo. Los musulmanes lo honran como a un profeta. Y muchos rabinos jud os lo consideran un gran maestro. Todos saben sobre Jes s, pero cu ntos de nosotros comprendemos a plenitud c mo era l como persona?

En El Amor camin entre nosotros, Paul Miller nos invita a conocer a Jes s, a observar su vida y su amor mientras se revelan en la narrativa de los Evangelios. El libro investiga preguntas tales como: C mo amar a alguien cuando no se recibe amor, sino abandono o ingratitud? C mo amar sin sentirse atrapado o usado por la otra persona? C mo amar cuando tenemos nuestros propios problemas? Cu ndo cuidar de nosotros mismos? Cuando usted es compasivo, la gente lo utiliza, pero cuando es honesto, la gente se enoja; entonces, c mo amar con compasi n y honestidad al mismo tiempo? La vida de Jes s ejemplifica, en todos los aspectos, el potencial pleno de cu l fue su intensi n para nosotros y c mo debimos haber sido. Cuanto m s leemos, m s lo conocemos y m s inclinados nos sentimos a seguir su ejemplo perfecto.

Who Is Jesus? His name is recognized all over the world. Christians claim to follow Him. Muslims honor Him as a prophet. And many Jewish rabbis regard him as a great teacher. Everyone knows about Jesus, but how many of us fully understand what He was like as a person?

In Love Walked Among Us, Paul Miller invites us to get to know Jesus, to observe His life and His love as they unfold in the Gospel narratives. The book investigates such questions as: How do you love someone when you get no love in return, only withdrawal or ingratitude? How do you love without being trapped or used by another person? How do you love when you have your own problems? When do you take care of yourself? When you are compassionate, people use you, but when you are honest, people get angry--so how do you love with both compassion and honesty? In every way, Jesus' life exemplifies the full potential of what we were intended to be. And the better we know Him, the more we will be drawn to follow His perfect example.