Jesus and Prayer (Jesus Collection) - Softcover

Fosua, Abena Safiyah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0687090717 ISBN 13: 9780687090716

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2002

Synopsis

This study will cover prayer as a practice and as an integral part of the ministry of Jesus. Scriptures studied in this resource will include those that show Jesus praying and teaching to pray; discourse on the purpose and urgency of prayer; and the prayers of others, such as Anna and Simeon, the disciples, the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. This volume will include the Lord's Prayer, Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane, his "high priestly prayer," and prayers from the cross.- 8 sessions

Chapter titles include:

The Habit of Prayer

Our Father in Heaven

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

Prayer Parables

Prayer and Healing

The John 17 Prayer

Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane

Prayers on the Cross

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Rev. Safiyah Fosua has roots in both Kansas and Oklahoma. Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University of Evanston, Illinois; a Master of Divinity degree from Oral Roberts Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma; and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the United Theological Seminary of Dayton, Ohio, in Afrocentric Pastoring and Preaching.

Safiyah writes weekly lectionary-based preaching helps and articles for the General Board of Discipleship's worship web page and has written for Upper Room publications, Cokesbury's Daily Bible Study, Urban Ministries, Inc., and contributed to the Women of Color Study Bible. Among her published works are Mother Wit: 365 Meditations for African-American Women (1996), Jesus and Prayer (2002), and a tract titled Learning New Habits (2005). Safiyah also served as the associate editor of the Africana Worship Book, series (2006-2008) and the Companion to the Africana Worship Book (2008). Currently, Safiyah is a member of the Africana Hymnal Study Committee for the United Methodist Church and a writing coach for GBOD's Open Source Liturgy Project empowering writers to produce ecumenically-grounded contextual, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic liturgies for use in local church worship.

Dr. Fosua is a clergy member of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference. Her pastoral experience includes ministry in the large downtown church, the unique ministry of the rural circuit, and the ministry challenges of the small inner-city congregation. Safiyah Fosua is married to Rev. Dr. Kwasi I. Kena. Prior to her current appointment as Director of Preaching Ministries for the General Board of Discipleship, Safiyah and her husband, Kwasi, spent a number of years as missionaries in Ghana, West Africa. The couple has two adult sons, and two grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0687090717
• ISBN 13: 9780687090716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106