TY  - BOOK
AU  - Appathurai, S
AU  - Appathurai,S
TI  - Why Do We Pray ? :  The Practical Dimensions of Prayer
SN  - 8171097650   
U1  - K30 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Bombay
PB  - St.Paul Publications
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; I The wounded world ...17  1. Types of wounds ...21  A. Emotional wounds ...21  Signs ofemotional woundedness ...22  B. Cultural wounds ...24  a. False values in culture ...25  b. Caste system ...27  c.Wrong religious culture ...32  d. General discrimination ...34  c. Exploitation ...35  2. Causes of wounds ...36  a. b. Wrongdoing ...37  b. Improper use of freedom ...39  c. Addiction ....42  II : Be healed ...45  1. What is healing ? ...46  a. Jesus and healing ...47  Wholistic healing ...48  Healing in the early church ...49  Imperativeness of faith in healing ...50  Power of faith ...51  a. Invention of atomic bomb ...53  b. Human landing on the moon ...54  2. Steps towards healing ...55  Awareness of one`s woundedness ...56  Acknowledging one`s woundedness ...57  Accepting respondibility for one`s behaviour ...59  A strong desire to be healed ...61  a. Desire to be healed is god`s gift ...62  Willingness to take necessary steps towards healing ...63  a. Imperativeness of surrender to god`s will ....64  Changing one`s own ....66  3. Why do people live in their woundedness ? ...67  III : Significance of prayer ...69  1. What is prayer ...70  a. Definitions of prayer ...72  b. Prayer a means to know god`s will ...73  2. Prayer and healing ...74  Why do we pray ? ...75  a. The unfailing efficacy of prayer ...76  b. The mystery of unanswered prayers ...78  c. The fundamental evangelical dispositions for prayer ...80  Impotrtance of prayer in healing ...81  Healing power of prayer ...83  a. Healing power of meditation and contemplation ...85  b. Healing power of prayer of praise ...86  c. Healing power of prayer of thankgiving ...87  Should we use medical remedies? ...90  Healing power of god`s word ...91  Prayer heals our inner wounds ...94  a. Inner healing in the scripture ....96  b. Effects of inner healing ...97  3. Reconciliation and healing  ...99  Prayer enables us to be reconciled ...101  Prayer enables us to forgive ...105  Forgiveness prerequisite for healing ...107  4. Healed persons ...109  a. Mahatma Gandhi ...110  b. Nelson mandela ...111  c. St john of the cross ...112
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