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Book Description<\/h2>\n

To Isaac Watts, prayer was more than a duty required in the worship of God. It was ‘the conversation which God allows us to maintain with himself above, while we are here below…in which the soul of a saint often gets near to God, experiences great delight and, as it were, dwells with his heavenly Father for a short time before he comes to heaven.’<\/p>\n

But Watts knew that most Christians need help in the use of this great privilege, so that our prayers should be both acceptable to God and ‘a delightful and profitable exercise to our own souls and to those that join with us’.<\/p>\n

In this helpful and practical guide, Watts deals in turn with the nature of prayer, prayer viewed as a gift which can be developed, prayer as dependent on the fruits of divine grace, and the assistance of the Spirit of God in prayer. In his final chapter he brings forward several arguments to persuade all Christians to develop and use ‘this holy skill of conversation with God’.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nPreface<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIntroduction<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCHAPTER 1: THE NATURE OF PRAYER<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInvocation<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAdoration<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nConfession<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPetition<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPleading<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProfession, or Self-Dedication<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThanksgiving<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBlessing<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAmen, or the Conclusion<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCHAPTER 2: THE GIFT OF PRAYER<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat the Gift of Prayer Is<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nForms of Prayer, Free or Conceived Prayer, and Praying Extempore<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Content of Prayer<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Method of Prayer<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExpression in Prayer<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Voice in Prayer<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGesture in Prayer<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGeneral Directions on the Gift of Prayer<\/td>\n102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCHAPTER 3: THE GRACE OF PRAYER<\/td>\n109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Grace of Prayer, and How It Differs from the Gift<\/td>\n109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGeneral Graces of Prayer<\/td>\n113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGraces that Belong to Particular Parts of Prayer<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDirections to Attain the Grace of Prayer<\/td>\n119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCHAPTER 4: THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER<\/td>\n124<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProofs of the Assistance of the Spirit of God in Prayer<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow the Spirit Assists Us in Prayer<\/td>\n134<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCautions about the Influences of the Spirit<\/td>\n147<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDirections to Obtain and Keep the Spirit of Prayer<\/td>\n157<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCHAPTER 5: PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS TO LEARN TO PRAY<\/td>\n167<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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