Why do so many struggle to pray? Dr Pablo Martinez, a medical doctor and psychotherapist, suggests that our basic personality type strongly affects how we pray, and what we pray about. Extroverts may struggle to develop a regular prayer life; introverts will be more likely to set time apart. Thinking types find prayer more satisfactory if accompanied by pen and paper; feeling types may long for intimacy with God; intuitive types tend to be innovators and visionaries, and may have a more mystical bent; sensation types often have a particular capacity for spontaneous prayer; and so on. The purpose of this book is to help us understand, and work with, our own spiritual path.
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Psychiatrist and pastor Dr Pablo Martinez explains how our temperament and personality affect our prayer life.
ContentsAbout the Author 6Foreword by John Stott 7Introduction to the First Edition 9Introduction to the Revised Edition 11Part 1: The Psychology of Prayer1. Different Prayers for Different People Prayer in relation to temperament 142. Overcoming Difficulties Emotional problems and prayer 473. The Therapeutic Value of Prayer Prayer – a love relationship 91Questions and AnswersThe most frequently asked questions on prayer 125Part 2: The Apologetics of Prayer4. Prayer: Psychological Illusion? 134A psychiatrist’s viewpoint5. Are All Prayers Alike?Christian prayer and Eastern meditation 154Notes 171
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`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.’
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Psychiatrist and pastor Dr Pablo Martinez explains how our temperament and personality affect our prayer life.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780857211521
Publisert
2012-01-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Monarch Books
Vekt
198 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

Forfatter

Biographical note

Trained as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, Pablo Martinez works at a Christian hospital in Barcelona. He has also developed a wide ministry as lecturer and counsellor. A former President of the Spanish GBU (the equivalent of the UCCF), he is still deeply involved with student ministry. He is a former Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Spanish Theological Seminary, and has spoken several times at Spring Harvest.