PRAYER

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JOHN BUNYAN

‘Prayer is a sincere, sensible, and an affectionate pouring out of the soul to God.’ Even in today’s secular world, scholars continue to be fascinated by the influences behind John Bunyan’s famous allegories, The Pilgrim’s Progress and The Holy War. In the pages of this book, we discover part of the real secret of Bunyan’s greatness. He was a man whose life was profoundly God-centred, and consequently he was a man of prayer. Two essential works on prayer Bunyan are here brought together: • Praying in the Spirit, written in 1662 in Bedford gaol, expounds what he calls ‘the very heart of prayer.’ In clear and simple terms he defines what it means to pray with the spirit, deals with difficulties in prayers, and shows how ‘the Christian can open his heart to God as a friend.’ • In The Throne of Grace, he explains how to approach God’s throne in prayer and gives a rich, practical exposition of the blessings God’s people receive from the high priestly ministry of Jesus Christ.