Hi Everyone,

This sounds like a great book.

Is it on BookShare?

Okay, what does  PAPA  stand  for in the book "Papa Prayer??

I mean, we know Jesus is our Papa, Daddy, Father, God, and so on. <smile>

Thanks much.

Blessings,

Pat Ferguson
At 09:39 PM 8/5/2013, you wrote:
>I read the entire book Doris and her husband recommended today and 
>found it well worth the time.  Unfortunately, to describe a form of 
>unstructured prayer, you have to be structured, thus the book reads 
>as a formula.  He makes it clear, on the other hand, it in no way is 
>a formula and after reading the whole book, I would agree; he is not 
>teaching prayer as a formula to follow.  His techniques, or outline 
>of P A P A is easy to remember and that is the purpose of his 
>outline structure.  He also shows how his form of prayer can become 
>easy and automatic by following the PAPA outline.  His description 
>of each point is down to earth and the cases to which he relates as 
>a counselor, psychologist, and minister, is excellent.  On a scale 
>of 1 to 100, I've rate the book a 95.  I feel he left things out but 
>as he admits in the book, he is just in first grade and still in the 
>learning stage.  I, on the other hand, haven't even gotten to the 
>school door yet, haha.  The things with which I disagreed weren't 
>all that important but the basic format he uses is most certainly 
>Scripturally documented and Biblical in practice and I would have no 
>problem recommending it to anyone wishing to learn how to pray.  I 
>know what it takes to explain the form of prayer he is describing 
>because it is very similar to what I do except I can teach someone 
>how to pray this form of silent prayer in one email message or in 5 
>minutes, if my voice holds out that long.  In fact, it is so simple, 
>it's the reason most people don't believe it; it is not quite enough 
>work in their minds.  Christianity is mostly taught as a form of 
>works.  I, on the other hand, fell into that trap and worked my butt 
>off trying to be the best Christian I could be and hoped and prayed 
>God noticed me.  In a followup message, I will explain to you the 
>type of Christian I am now and you will see we don't have to work at 
>prayer because the work has already been done.  While I am thinking 
>about it, one thing with which I definitely disagreed was his 
>explanation of why our prayers are not answered.  Basically he says, 
>it is because our relationship with God must be developed first and 
>then we can graduate up to the point we can petition God.  This is 
>not true but he did not belabor the point so I won't either.
>
>Phil.
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