Benson Manual of Intercessory Prayer

This work is divided into various parts. The first part is a study on prayer, and the later parts are sample prayers. I believe Benson is either a Catholic or Anglican priest. At first glance (me being Protestant), I would say that I dislike the idea of “canned prayers” altogether. After reading through some of these prayers though, I began to realize that Benson focuses this work on assembling preciously worded prayers for every occasion. I think the meaningless repetition of prayer is useless and a sin, but I must admit that some of these prayers are nicely worded for public services or for certain occasions when “you just don’t know how to pray for somebody.” See 117 A Prayer for Lunatics for example. Excellent little prayer.

Anderson, T. – Prayer Availeth Much

This is a good book on prayer. Chapters: Fellowship of Prayer, Making our requests known to God, God’s peace obtained in answer to prayer, praying that glorifies God, Praying without doubting, Praying with Desire, God’s manifestation in answer to prayer, intercessory prayer, three essentials in prayer, asking and receiving, seeking and finding, immortal prayers of saints, and Christ pleads his will.

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