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. > >