Description
Book SynopsisPsychiatrist and pastor Dr Pablo Martinez explains how our temperament and personality affect our prayer life.
Trade Review`A profound, practical and personal book in which the skill of the psychiatrist and the gentleness of the pastor are combined … I cannot imagine any reader failing to be helped by it, as I have been myself.’ -- John Stott
Table of ContentsContents
About the Author 6
Foreword by John Stott 7
Introduction to the First Edition 9
Introduction to the Revised Edition 11
Part 1: The Psychology of Prayer
1. Different Prayers for Different People Prayer in relation to temperament 14
2. Overcoming Difficulties Emotional problems and prayer 47
3. The Therapeutic Value of Prayer Prayer – a love relationship 91
Questions and Answers
The most frequently asked questions on prayer 125
Part 2: The Apologetics of Prayer
4. Prayer: Psychological Illusion? 134
A psychiatrist’s viewpoint
5. Are All Prayers Alike?
Christian prayer and Eastern meditation 154
Notes 171
