Prayer (祷告)

How Praying Together Shapes the Church

Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body―but it often doesn’t come quite as naturally. In fact, prayer in the church often gets subtly pushed to the side in favor of pragmatic practices that promise tangible results.

This book focuses on the necessity of regular prayer as a central practice in the local church―awakening us to the need and blessing of corporate prayer by examining what Jesus taught about prayer, how the first Christians approached prayer, and how to prioritize prayer in our congregations.

共同祷告在教会中的作用是什么？

祷告之于基督徒，就像呼吸之于人，都是必不可少的，但是祷告往往不是自然而然的事。事实上，教会中的祷告常常被巧妙地推到了一边，人们更倾向于实用主义做法，因为这些做法承诺能带来切实可见的结果。

本书聚焦于常常祷告的必要性，指出常常祷告是地方教会中最重要的操练。作者考查了耶稣对祷告的教导，讲述了初代基督徒是如何祷告的，讨论了在教会中如何优先考虑祷告，帮助我们正确认识共同祷告的必要性及其带来的祝福。