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Praying Together: The Priority and Privilege of Prayer in Our Homes, Communities, and Churches is unavailable, but you can change that!

Nearly all Christians would affirm the centrality of prayer for a healthy Christian life. And yet, for many, prayer is often a challenge, requiring intense personal commitment and self-discipline. However, as Megan Hill points out in  Praying Together, our normal approach to prayer leaves out a crucial component: other people. While personal prayer is important, God designed the church to be a...

unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies.”2 At the age of ten, I asked my father (a pastor) if I could join him at our church’s small Wednesday night prayer meeting. On dark New England winter evenings, he and I would set out through the snow to find a group of three or five or, just maybe, seven faithful saints warming themselves in the light and heat of the church library. Mrs. Gray was always enthroned