The Pastor in Prayer

Public prayer is a difficult thing, especially for one who is leading worship.  It takes a lot of work to do it well.  And perhaps the biggest struggle for many is that it also takes a vibrant prayer life at home.  I just bought a copy of The Pastor in Prayer which is a collection of pastoral prayers Charles Spurgeon gave during worship services.  It’s quite humbling to hear how this man devoted to prayer was able to lead his flock in worship.  I purchased the book on a recommendation of Carl Trueman’s and I’d like to pass the recommendation on myself.  Get a copy and while you’re at it, get the The Valley of Vision to read at home if you don’t have one already.

 
 

4 Responses to “The Pastor in Prayer”

  1. Camden, you will also want to make our readers aware of Samuel Miller’s Thought’s on Public Prayer.

  2. Robert M Walker says:

    It’s old, but it is useful:

    A new directory for the public worship of God : founded on the Book of common order, 1560-64, and the Westminster directory, 1643-45 – Free Church of Scotland (1898)

    Available at the Internet Archive:

    http://ia331432.us.archive.org/1/items/newdirectoryforp00free/newdirectoryforp00free_bw.pdf

    Robert M Walker

  3. There is also a great free web resource, based on Matthew Henry’s A Method for Prayer, called Pray the Bible: http://www.matthewhenry.org

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