A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers

D.A. Carson

ISBN 10: 0851109764 / ISBN 13: 9780851109763

Published by Inter-Varsity Press 16/10/1992, 1992

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Synopsis: In a series of probing expositions, interspersed with chapters of practical counsel about praying more effectively, Dr Carson challenges us to engage in spiritual reformation both as individuals and as churches.

From the Back Cover: Don't be put off by the lofty title - this is a very practical
book about how we can learn from the Bible to pray in line with God's
plans.

Don Carson argues that the most urgent need of today's Christians in the
West is a closer knowledge of God and that a crucial step towards this is
the way we pray. As we seek to live in accordance with God's plans and our
place in them as revealed in the Bible, so must we seek to pray. Carson
examines eight prayers from the letters of Paul. He proposes that we can
learn from them how to pray in keeping with God's purposes, as Paul does.

Paul's prayers flow from his deep commitment to God's people, and his joy
as he sees God working in the churches to whom he writes (2 Thes 1:3; 1
Thes3:9). The ground of his prayer is the extraordinary grace by which
believers in Jesus are first saved, according to which we are bit by bit
made perfect, and by which our Lord is glorified in our lives (1 Thes 1:12;
Eph 1:7). Paul knows that the things he asks for are available only on the
basis of this grace. He prays always with Jesus' triumphant return at the
end of history in mind, when the church is to be presented perfect and
flawless in God's presence (1 Thes 3:13;Eph 1: 9-10). His prayer's aim is
Jesus' glory, through the growing holiness of his people, and their glory
as members of Christ's body (1 Thes 1:12). Thus he asks, for example, that
the believers' love for each other might grow, together with their grasp of
the gospel and their moral understanding, so that they might be able to
discern what is best in God's eyes (Phil: 1-11). He asks that they might
have the power to know how great Christ's love is, that they might become
all that God wants them to be (Eph 3: 14-21). What a challenge it is, to
pray with such great things in mind.

It would be a very rare Christian who has always found it easy to pray. The
book also addresses commonly-experienced difficulties with prayer.

This easy-to-understand, biblical book is to be recommended to anybody
seeking to relearn to pray effectively and in keeping with God's plans.

Rosemary Lambley, Nucleus (CMF)

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities ...
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press 16/10/1992
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good