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My book Exodus for You is now available in Portuguese.

As I posted last month, I’m delighted to see this because there’s a lack of good Christ-centred expository helps on Old Testament literature. This is one reason why I was so keen to write Exodus for You, 1 Samuel for You and 2 Samuel for You – even though books on the Old Testament are far from being money-spinners!

The Portuguese version of Exodus for You is available from here in Brazil and from here in the UK.

This song (which I co-wrote) is from Mission to Dendros, the latest children’s CD from Michael J Tinker. The album is available here and there’s still time (just) to get a free set of postcards by pre-ordering the album before its release date on October 1, 2019.

My book 1 Samuel for You is now available in Portuguese.

I’m delighted to see this because there’s a lack of good Christ-centred expository helps on Old Testament literature. This is one reason why I was so keen to write 1 Samuel for You and 2 Samuel for You – even though books on the Old Testament are far from being money-spinners!

It’s available from here in Brazil and from here in the UK.

 

[image error]Here’s the latest children’s CD from Michael J Tinker on which I’ve written or co-written the lyrics for half a dozen of the songs. It’s available from here with a free set of album postcards for each pre-order before the release date on October 1, 2019. Here’s a sample …

My book Enjoying God is now available in Portuguese.

I think this is the fastest translation of any of my books – it’s only one year since the publication of Enjoying God in English.

It’s available from here in Brazil and from here in the UK.

 

 

A friend recently asked me for advice on leading a time of prayer. Here’s what I came up with. The context they assume is a small group, Bible study or gospel community. But you could adapt them for other contexts.

Say that anyone can pray, but nobody has to pray.
Suggest people keep their prayers short, but don’t wait for others.
Don’t get people praying in groups if unbelievers are present so they are not pressured into praying before they are ready.
Suggest people pray for one thing at a time and encourage people to listen to others so the time of prayer has the feel of a conversation.
Invite people to identify matters for thanks as well as matters for request.
If people are poor at giving thanks, split the time into a time of praise and thanksgiving and a time for prayers of request.
Invite people to pray through the passage, reading a verse or two at a time and suggesting people respond in thanks, praise, confession or request as appropriate.
Use any discussion of prayer needs to reinforce a gospel culture and gospel priorities. You can doing this asking how we should pray for a need that it is raise or what we’re going to ask God for.
Avoid spending a lot of time discussing what we might pray for and no much time actually praying – our job is not to problem-solve each issue, but to present it before God.
Don’t let a time of prayer drag on – leave people wanting more not less.

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A new song I’ve co-written with Phil Moore and Ben Slee featured on the Sunday Worship on BBC Radio 4 this morning (Sunday 21 July). The song is called “Eternal Father, Gracious King (Lord in Your Mercy)”. I’ll post the lyrics, lead sheet and a recording at some point soon. But in the meantime you can listen online to the service which came from week one of this year’s Keswick Convention using this link …

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000700k

The song begins at the 29’42” mark. But why not listen to my good friend Julian Hardyman preaching first!

@KeswickC @cornerstonewshp #KesConv2019