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Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home by Richard Foster

***** the Author

***** J. Foster is the author of many best selling books, which includes the most famous "Celebration of Discipline and Streams of Living of Water." He is also ***** founder ***** Renovare an infrachurch movement that is dedicated to the restoration of ***** Church in all her comprehensive expressions. In addition, his is a general editor of the forthcoming ***** Spiritual Formation Study Bible (1).

***** is undoubtedly one of the foremost modern writers ***** speakers on Christian spirituality. His childhood was among Evangelical Friends. While, he spent his adult life among friends pastor and a pr*****essor of theology ********** Friends University, ***** the ***** positions he has held. Foster frequently made reference to Quaker historical figures and his own Quakerism both in his books and speaking (1).

Introduction

***** J. Foster, the best-selling ***** has offered t***** time to his readers an ardent, persuasive, ***** perceptive introduction on prayer to comprehend, understand, and practice it in *****s many ways, from the simple ***** of starting again to continuous prayer. One of ***** focus points ***** the book is the clarification on ***** process of prayer, answers ***** general misconceptions, and explained the way into prayers of meditation, relaxation, sanctify, mercy, and healing (2).

Another important point in the ***** is that ***** ***** revealed the means for o*****rs to have the experience of prayer at a thoughtful heart-level, which according to him is not merely a place ***** sentiment and feelings, but it contains a focal point where ***** human soul is changed and enjoys a new oneness with God. As Foster said:

Nothing feels more right, more like wh***** we are created ***** be and to do. Yet at the same time ***** are confronted with great mysteries. Who hasn't struggled ***** ***** puzzle of unanswered prayer? Who ***** wondered how a finite person c*****n commune with the infinite Creator of the universe? Who hasn't questioned whether prayer isn't merely psychological manipulation after *****? We do our **********, of course, to answer these knotty questions but when all is said and **********, there is a sense in which these mysteries remain unanswered and unanswerable... At such times we must learn to become comfortable with the mystery (*****)."

Analysis of the book (Strengths & Weakness)

The main strength of ***** book is ***** this logically written book revealed what ***** is all about, and the writer is someone who has himself practiced prayer, loved praying and c*****fully and completely understood its meaning and importance (2,3).

One can hardly points out the *****aknesses ***** ***** ***** as the author has ***** in-depth ***** through research and discovered ***** various aspects of *****, whether it is an ordinary prayer or extraordinary. ***** believes that the root is a relationship, ***** is encouraged by God ***** which c***** be developed by all, no matter ***** experience *****y have (2).

***** plus point in the book is his concise description of