Deepening
Our
Prayers
Heart
of our hearts,
Soul
of our souls,
Take
our prayers
And
use them to draw us closer to You.
Prayer
is about meeting God.
In
praying for the world, we meet God in times of deepest thanksgiving, and
deepest despair.
We
come face to face with the moments when the last thing we want to do is pray.
We
struggle through wondering if prayer really matters
…and
why bad things happen
…and
what God does with the fervent prayers of our enemies.
If we are willing to listen, praying for the world becomes
a
loving course in prayer itself.
If we are willing to listen, it brings us into the deepest love and knowledge
of
the One who made all things that are, and ever will be.
In
early 2005, the creator of World In
Prayer was invited to teach an online course on “Praying for the World” for
CALL (
We
are honored to make the full course materials available to you here.
Praying for the World (Complete Course)
(4.5 mg., 100 pages)
(see links below to browse chapter by
chapter)
About the course materials
Reflections, scripture, graphics, international news,
folk songs, hymns, prayer exercises and discussion questions
Appropriate for small groups or personal study
Designed for use over 7 sessions
Cost
You are welcome and encouraged to
make copies of these materials for personal or church use! The only thing
we ask—if you use them, write and tell us how you used them. We also welcome your comments on the course! Email us at:
worldinprayer@aol.com
And, if through using these materials, you find yourself giving thanks to God—we would be honored if you made a thanksgiving donation to your favorite international charity (please do not send donations to World In Prayer), asking that the acknowledgement be sent to World In Prayer c/o St. John’s, 1055 S. Lower Sacramento Rd, Lodi, CA 95242
Accessing the Course Materials
To
view the course materials, you’ll need the free Adobe Reader. If it’s not installed on your computer, you
can download it at www.adobe.com
Use these links to browse through the
course chapter by chapter:
What
the class is about ~ Contents ~ How to use the materials
~About
the author
What leads us to pray for the world ~ What we
think “prayer” is
~ Using the Psalms ~ Recognizing our own
prayer patterns
Music links: 
Prayer in times of disaster ~ Poverty,
illness, and other on-going needs
~ Filling the gaps in our awareness
Music links: 
Loving your enemies ~ Finding people to blame
~ Blessing enemies
~ Prayers by enemies ~ Truth-telling
and forgiveness
Music
links: 
Is it possible to praise at all times? ~
Finding joy and sources of
thanksgiving everywhere ~ When God answers
prayer
How can praying for the world be integrated into our worship?~ Are
our churches perceived as places to turn in times of international
crisis?
~ How are our faith communities blind to the needs of others?
Music links: 
What does it mean to pray
for the world as
Christians, in
the light of
the crucified and risen Christ?
Music links: 
A word about the music links above: In a live classroom, we could have played recordings of the hymns and folk songs mentioned in the class materials, and there would have been no violation of copyright laws. But this is an electronic classroom. So, we’ve compromised. We’ve posted the music on the website—but only identified them by number, so as to minimize the chance of them being illegally passed around on a file-sharing network. The music titles and sources are listed in Appendix B. If you find that you like one or more of them, please support the artists by buying the recordings legally!
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and the stories of your own journeys into prayer for the world.
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