Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools
An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
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4.7 • 56 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious promises, and yet, people find prayer to be boring, obligatory, or confusing. Join Tyler Staton, author, pastor, and national director of the 24/7 Prayer movement, as he invites you to discover the incredible gift of prayer.
Within the pages of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, Staton addresses common roadblocks to prayer and gives you the confidence to come to God just as you are. Through timely biblical teaching, powerful storytelling, and insights on historic Christian practices, Staton gives you the tools you need to:
Express your doubts and disappointments about prayerDiscover and practice multiple postures of prayer, including silence, persistence, confession, and moreUnderstand and embrace the wonder and mystery of prayer in everyday lifeOpen or reopen the line of communication with your Creator and experience afresh his divine power on earth
If you're feeling disheartened, disappointed, or distracted in your prayer life, let Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools be your guide as you learn to enjoy prayer in its purest form: a vital, sustaining, powerful connection with God that is more real and alive than you could have ever imagined.
Praise for Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools:
"No book has ever left me wanting to pray more. In Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, Tyler Staton opens our eyes and hearts to the beauty, mystery, and value of prayer in the life of every believer and skeptic."
--Christine Caine, bestselling author and founder of A21 and Propel Women
"'Prayer is a search for help outside the self.' Could any statement be more important for our time? Could any act be more essential to spiritual life in our cultural moment? This is a book for our desperate times. My friend Tyler Staton is a world-class leader, a gifted pastor, an extraordinary writer, and, above all, a man of prayer. By reading this book, you will be learning from a master."
--John Mark Comer, founder of Practicing the Way and author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
Customer Reviews
Solid book on prayer
I found this to be so helpful and practical. I love that he included stories from people in each chapter. If you are looking for help in regards to your prayer life I would definitely recommend! And listen to the accompanying podcast.
A Must Read
As a follower of Jesus, I can honestly say I’ve struggled in my personal prayer life. I can remember when this book was announced the title immediately captured my attention, I knew it would be a must read for myself. After finishing this book, I wanna say thank you to Tyler who has modeled a life of prayer throughout the course of his lifetime. The personal stories of his own, as well as those others he knew were compelling.
As I concluded the epilogue, I was encouraged as well as challenged by this statement, “For Jesus and his earliest followers, communion with God marked the passage of time. Everything else happened a certain distance before or after prayer. Everything else was prioritized around prayer rather than prayer fitting in around competing priorities. Communion with the God of love was the center of life, the anchor for their every day.”
This book has been (subjectively) the best I’ve read on prayer and the life Jesus not only modeled, but also desired for us. A must read!