The Life of Prayer

Name: The Life of Prayer
Author: A. B. Simpson

Albert Benjamin Simpson (1843–1919) was a Canadian-born Presbyterian pastor who ministered in New York City and founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance. After a healing experience he preached Christ as Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King — the 'Fourfold Gospel' represented in our library — and built a missionary movement that sent workers worldwide. His devotional Days of Heaven on Earth is also widely read.

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First published: 1890
Category: Prayer
Length: 24k words · about 2 hours
Chapters: 6

About this book

Simpson explores prayer through Christ’s teaching, opening with the Lord’s Prayer in Luke 11 and its vision of prayer as a child’s conversation with the Father. He considers God’s encouragement to ask, the meaning of praying in Jesus’ name, faith in prayer, and sin as a hindrance. The chapters call readers to pray persistently, trustfully, and with lives aligned to God’s will.