And I feel like the same is true for the Christian, that without prayer we are zapped and empty of the strength that we need to live. Granted, she’s okay now, but it’s like she comes out, and we all know that for a baby to come out and not be able to breathe on their own, that unless they get that breath, they’re going to be zapped of the strength that they need to live and to grow. My daughter was born prematurely about a year and ½ ago and so for the first week of her life she couldn’t breathe on her own. It’s something that comes instinctively, right? The absence of it shows that there’s something wrong, that there is a lack of life there. Breathing is not something that you have to be taught how to do per se.
How so? Expand on that for us.Īs I thought about this, I don’t know if the metaphor stands on all four legs, but I really do feel like this one is about as close as it gets, especially when you think about the concept of breathing. You emphasize that prayer is breathing, and that this is the best metaphor for prayer. I’ve often wondered in dealing with a healthy church, how can we talk about the marks of a healthy church very long until we get to this matter of prayer and how the church prays together. It’s not only a good book, I think it was quite a bit overdue. So that was the goal – the church, how our praying together really shapes the churches that we are a part of. And so, the goal of this book is really just trying to help cement in the minds of people the importance of praying together and how vital that is in the life of any church. But what I haven’t read is where those two great truths intersect. I’ve read a lot of stuff on the nature of the church and how important it is in God’s plan for history. I’ve read a lot of stuff about my personal prayer life and all of that and I’ve been incredibly helped by it. In this book, my hope is really just to insert a puzzle piece that I feel like is missing when it comes to conversation and instructions on prayer. Great to have you with us!įirst, tell us just what you are after in this book. John, welcome, and congratulations on your new book. It really is a great little book, and we’re talking to Pastor Onwuchekwa about it today. I’m Fred Zaspel, executive editor here at Books At a Glance, and I’m talking about the new book by John Onwuchekwa, Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church. It’s not just another book on prayer – it’s one of the best books on prayer I have read.
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