John Woods reviews Prayerfulness by Peter Adam.
Peter Adam is a distinguished scholar, whose writings take a rich deep dive into 2,000 years of Christian theology and spirituality. This same rich depth is on display in this beautifully produced hardback volume. Adam helps readers to think carefully about what it means to develop prayerfulness.
His recipe for prayerfulness involves understanding what prayer is, using the rich resources we have available in the prayers that are embedded in the Bible, and making use of some of the excellent set prayers that can be found in places like the Book of Common Prayer. The idea suggested here is that we learn to use these prayers as a launchpad for praying our own prayers and learn the discipline of putting our own prayers into words.
Adam gives examples of some of his own prayers, many of which I have used profitably on PrayerMate.
The book concludes by navigating how we can pray through every stage and circumstance of our lives, blessings, bumps on the road, and the buffeting of Satan.
Many of us find that our approach to prayer is somewhat hit and miss. Adam helps to reminds us of how to develop a habit of intentionality in our praying.
PRAYERFULNESS: Cultivating the Bible-enriched prayer life By Peter Adam
Matthias Media. 342 pages. £18.99
ISBN 978 1 922 980 266
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