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God doesn't demand hectic church programs and frenetic schedules; he only wants his people to know him more intimately, says top-selling author D. A. Carson. The apostle Paul found that spiritual closeness in his own fellowship with the Father. By following Paul's example, we can do the same. This book calls believers to reject superficiality and revolutionize their lives by embracing a God-guided approach to prayer.

Previously published as A Call to Spiritual Reformation, this book has now been updated to connect more effectively with contemporary readers. A study guide, DVD, and leader's kit for the book are available through Lifeway and The Gospel Coalition.

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Learning to Pray like Paul

God doesn't demand hectic church programs and frenetic schedules; he only wants his people to know him more intimately. The apostle Paul found that spiritual closeness in his own fellowship with the Father. Praying with Paul calls believers to reject superficiality and revolutionize their lives by embracing a God-guided approach to prayer. By following Paul's life-shaping principles, we can hear God speak to us today.

"Carson shows how the apostle Paul kept eternal values at the center of prayer. . . . [This book] is a manifesto for profound, other-centered, God-guided praying. Such prayer is not caught up in the tyranny of the urgent but the urgency of the eternal."
--Christianity Today

"The greatest need for churches today is not education, evangelism, or programs but a deeper knowledge of God. [This] book contributes to filling that need by assisting those who read it to a fuller life of prayer."
--Review and Expositor

"This work is one of the best recent efforts that integrate biblical praying with the whole Christian life."
--Master's Seminary Journal

"The reader is guided, gently yet persuasively, towards a reformation in personal dealings with God. This excellent and timely book can be heartily commended."
--The Banner of Truth

A study guide, DVD, and leader's kit for Praying with Paul are available through The Gospel Coalition (thegospelcoalition.org).

About the Author

D. A. Carson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is emeritus professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and is the author or editor of more than fifty books, including The God Who Is There and How Long, O Lord? He is one of the founders of The Gospel Coalition and an active guest lecturer in academic and church settings around the world.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Academic; 2nd edition (January 20, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 232 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080109710X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801097102
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.59 x 9 inches

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D.A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has been at Trinity since 1978. Carson came to Trinity from the faculty of Northwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he also served for two years as academic dean. He has served as assistant pastor and pastor and has done itinerant ministry in Canada and the United Kingdom. Carson received the Bachelor of Science in chemistry from McGill University, the Master of Divinity from Central Baptist Seminary in Toronto, and the Doctor of Philosophy in New Testament from the University of Cambridge. Carson is an active guest lecturer in academic and church settings around the world. He has written or edited about sixty books. He is a founding member and currently president of The Gospel Coalition.

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Chris

A call to spiritual reformation through Biblically faithful prayer

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2020

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“Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation” by D.A. Carson, is a helpful corrective to much of what passes for prayer in the modern church. If you spend much time in groups that pray you understand the situation on the ground. Much of group prayer and, indeed, personal prayer is devoted to the non-spiritual self—call it iPrayer. Carson uses selected prayers of Paul from Scripture as a helpful measuring rod against which we can view our own prayers. This corrective is especially helpful, in fact the only reason it is helpful, is because Paul’s prayers are inspired (God breathed). Because Paul’s prayers are inspired, then learning to pray like Paul is not only spiritually helpful, it is spiritually essential.

Carson does not attempt to cover every prayer of Paul, but the prayers he does cover, he covers in helpful, scholarly and biblically faithful depth. Carson is a scholar. But Carson writes with mind and emotion. Carson calls for a spiritual reformation of the church through prayer and yet Carson does not browbeat nor does he write to produce emotionalism on the positive side or guilt on the negative side. Instead, Carson faithfully exegetes the inspired text of Scripture faithfully, cogently and ardently.

The Church is called to pray. Our interaction with our Creator is through prayer. Our Lord provided His Church with the pattern of prayer. And God provides us further direction through the prayers of Paul. If we choose not to follow the examples of Our Lord, and others, in Scripture, our prayers will be shallow, vapid, self-serving and empty. But if we choose to learn from the biblical record, our prayers will be faithful to Scripture, full of power because we are praying inspired Scripture and our prayers will be focused on the glory of God and much less focused on ourselves.

This book is no less than a call to revival in prayer. May God use this book to drive people to the only God-breathed book—the Bible—to reform our hearts, to reform our prayers, and to reform Christ’s Church. Happy reading!

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Bereanwarrior

Excellent Book On Helping Your Prayer Life

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017

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Thorough treatment on the subject of prayer. I don't like listening to Carson, but he is extremely smart and this book is well written. I would basically have to write a cliff notes version of the book to explain it all, so instead I would tell you to go read the first chapter for free on a kindle, and let what you read there determine if this is what you are looking for. Should you buy it, you will not be disappointed.

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Vicki A. Small

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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2021

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D. A. Carson has pulled out of the prayers of Paul both insights into the meaning and applications to our own prayer life. It is encouraging, instructive, and in places, convicting. I highly recommend Praying with Paul for anyone who senses a need to deepen her or his prayer life.

This book was a gift to a dear friend. Reuben is 96 years old and a real gift, himself. I had not asked him if he would like to read the book, but just ordered it. Then the questions: Would he be able to read it? I have a Kindle copy and live a few hundred miles from him, so I couldn't determine the print size. So if he could read it, would he enjoy it?

When I talked to him two nights ago, the answer to both was an enthusiastic "Yes!!" My friend is a retired pastor, then college professor of religion and philosophy, and Sunday School teacher to mostly professional adults. In fact, he taught his class until his church closed due to the pandemic. I am so thrilled that he is enjoying this book, as I am. So we both enthusiastically recommend it!

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larry fout

If you want help to learn the Dynamics of prayer.. it's not here

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2020

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I often wonder why some authors write as if their material is being graded by a doctorial review board ...
I did not enjoy and therefore do no recommend this book..
For a Prayer manual I will leave it to the author's own words..
"Still, I am aware how little of the biblical material on prayer this short book has covered. For example, this book has not probed any of the psalms, and many of the psalms are prayers."

"I would not want someone to treat this book as if it were a how-to manual on prayer."

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Virginia Engineer

Best Book on Prayer

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2018

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Dr. Carson takes a humble look at various prayers of Paul to the end of helping us shape our own prayer life. This is not cheerleading; rather, it is thought-provoking. I'll probably need to read it several times in order to let it all soak in. (This is in contrast with most books on prayer, in which I get most of what it says by about the half-way point.) This is by far the best book on prayer that I've read.

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Ronnie Nichols

Wonderfully encouraging !

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2022

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D.A. Carson is one of my favorite commentators and theologians. This book on the prayers of Paul is an outstanding expression of his heart for the body of Christ. Through a study of the prayers of Paul he challenges us to pray in the will of God and teaches us the importance and proper standards for our prayer life. This book is a gem, and I hope to use it in the future for reference and recommendations. This would make an outstanding home group, prayer group, or Sunday School text. Very enlightening, encouraging, and convicting!

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2021

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Fantastic book!
Carson writes in an accessible way as he breaks down some of Paul’s prayers. He helped me to understand not only the content of the prayers, but the context as well; and he taught me to consider how both of those things can and should influence my own prayers.

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Synth

Excellent, compelling book on prayer

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2017

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The book is an excellent examination of the prayers of Paul. It provides clear exposition, deep insights, and practical guidance in understanding and emulating those prayers. If you desire to learn how to “pray the Bible” to enrich your spiritual life and grow in grace, this book provides an outstanding and thorough introduction on how to accomplish that end. Highly recommended.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2016

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Excellent, obviously have not had time to read it all yet but a good start

Antony Joseph

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2017

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Very good book for improve personal prayer life

molly dee

overcoming mediocrity

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2015

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I've long been fascinated by Paul's prayers, by the differences in the ways he prayed and the way we pray, in the powerful possibilities if we prayed that way too. Carson unwraps the concepts behind each phrase and shows us just what could happen if we lifted our hearts from our mediocre prayer life and began to reach out to the Lord for the things Paul was reaching out for.

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Justine Mckenzie

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Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2017

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D. A Carson's rocking my world.

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