Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.
One of the most adored books on living in God’s presence comes from an unlikely source— a man who was maimed as a young soldier and later became a footman “who was clumsy and broke everything.” That is the early life of Nicholas Herman before he became Brother Lawrence.
Christians, while they were still held in the bonds of Jewish exclusiveness, did not clearly comprehend that they were called to form a religious society differing altogether from the ancient theocracy. They were conscious of a new and special relationship established between those who had been baptized in the name of Christ, but they regarded themselves rather as the true Israel than as the Christian Church. As Christianity extended its conquests among the heathen, their ideas widened, and, as we have seen in the theology of St. Paul, the true conception 332of the Church, the idea of a willing people gathered out of the whole world, of a regenerated race formed anew in Christ Jesus, was one of the most precious results of the mission of the Apostles.
A biblical work; Practical Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer is an exegetical work by Thomas Manton that is considered a real blessing for the soul by many. It examines the divine matter and order of the Lord’s Prayer that is admirable and essentially external and composed wisdom of God, dictating it to his disciples. The book encourages arguments and regular petitions to inspire hope. The book takes into consideration the gracious nature of God that is inclined towards granting our requests, directing us to call upon him, specifically by the title ‘Our Father in heaven’ to address his love and power, and his attention to raising our affections and our confidence. The author further explains that the connectivity between our happiness and the glory of God. He concludes that our desires are to be directed towards the good things that conduct us and not the evils that obstruct this happiness.
Intercession or praying for others is considered as one of the vital components of faith and prayer. Intercessory Prayer Training Manual by Harvest is a course that is part of the Harvestime International Institute, a program that equips believers to harvest spiritual fruit effectively. The fundamental topic of the program is to teach what Jesus taught, which transformed men who were fishermen, tax collectors, and other types of people into reproducing Christians who reached out to their communities with the Gospel in a powerful way. This manual is a single course in one of several curriculum modules that take Christians from visioning to deputizing, multiplying, organizing, and mobilizing to fulfill the aim of evangelization.
It challenges Christians to unite with others through intercession, may we all be up for this challenge.
