26 Ways To Pray The Alphabet

In Mercy & Melons, each letter of the alphabet calls forth two words: a word that celebrates an ordinary thing, and another word that names a holy quality about God. Those pairings speak to each other. For those who pay attention to those pairings, they discover something about prayer and about God. This companion guide to Mercy & Melons offers a practical guide to living and exploring and praying those pairings in our daily life--as we look for beauty and hope in the "ordinary" things around us. Each of the 26 chapters focuses on four ways to explore those pairings: Ask PracticeImplementCe.

In Mercy & Melons, each letter of the alphabet calls forth two words: a word that celebrates an ordinary thing, and another word that names a holy quality about God. Those pairings speak to each other. For those who pay attention to those pairings, they discover something about prayer and about God. This companion guide to Mercy & Melons offers a practical guide to living and exploring and praying those pairings in our daily life--as we look for beauty and hope in the “ordinary” things around us. Each of the 26 chapters focuses on four ways to explore those pairings: Ask Practice Implement Center “Praying the alphabet allows us to be thorough in our prayers because each letter conjures up something we might not otherwise have remembered: mercy, melons. Suddenly, we can taste both.” Use this companion along with Mercy & Melons or as its own guide to prayer, for a retreat, for Lent, or any time you want to explore praying in new ways.

A Christian ABC book with unique, visual, and enjoyable ways to learn the basics of Christianity. This book guides you from A to Z with special Biblical lessons of love for all ages. Each letter is educational and has spiritual significance. In these 26 letters, you will find close to 100 ancient and modern images used in the past 2000 years to express Christianity.

In the next thirty-one days, allow God to transform your prayers, your hearts, and those you love and pray for. Experience the transforming power of God s Word brought to life. Break down barriers and bring forth healing, love and God s power. Draw strength from God s grace; proclaim freedom, life and prosperity into marriages and ministers hearts and lives."

This book has twenty-six prayers and reflections based on the alphabet to memorize and guide you. Each illustrated prayer focuses on the different names and qualities of God.

A one-year devotional guiding readers through the entire Bible.

Using rhythm and rhyme, My ABC Prayers uses the alphabet to teach children to pray in simple but meaningful ways. This book includes prayers of praise, thanksgiving, and petition, introducing young children to the many ways they can communicate with their heavenly Father. J is for JOYThank you, God, for times to giggle.For times of fun and JOY.Thank you for the happy daysYou give each girl and boy.

Mercy & Melons is a collection of lyrical meditations that encourage the reader to pray the alphabet. Each chapter focuses on a letter of the alphabet and an accompanying spiritual practice. By naming an everyday object and a theological theme readers are given elegant takeaways to spark the imagination as well as engage the practice of prayer. In the Hebrew acrostic tradition, praying the alphabet served as a pathway to memorization as well as a prompt for thoroughness. Even more so, praying the alphabet puts all of the letters into God’s presence for God to arrange the letter of a person’s unspoken prayers. Drawing on this rich tradition, the book adds two dimensions. First, it encourages eyes to see the word made flesh in the nouns—the melons and grasshoppers of daily life. And second, draws the reader into the word by asking the reader to articulate and name the specific ways that came alive for them each day. Praying the alphabet is a practice as timeless as the Old Testament and for every day that ends in Y. This book offers momentum for the journey of prayer and paying attention. Mercy and Melons