"What Is In the Book?"

Someone is likely asking, "What is in this book?" I'm glad you asked. The book breaks down into three parts. The first is a series of 31 Confessions of Sin. One of my sons suggested the number so that a reader could use one each day in their times of personal prayer and Bible reading. And yet, a Minister could use one a week if they chose, and so cover 31 weeks.

The next section are prayers for the church of God and the world. Once more, there are 31 so that they could be used, once a day, or a pastor could lead his congregation with one each week. These prayers move our attention away from just me, myself and I to others and their circumstances. And the final section is simply a collection of specific prayers for specific situations.

Remember, each of these prayers is either shaped by a passage of Scripture, or guided by Scripture. That's why the Scripture index in the back of the volume fills about three pages of references. This is meant to be a resource a person can return to again and again.

Here is the Table of Contents:

Introduction xix

PART I

REMEMBER NOT MY TRANSGRESSIONS

1. For Reformation Sunday 3

2. Sin, in Subtle and Significant Ways 4

3.We Have Not Loved 5

4. Sober Judgment 6

5. Let No Iniquity Get Dominion 7

6. Evil, Unbelieving Hearts 8

7. Light With Darkness 9

8. Functioned Like Atheists 10

9. Sheep Gone Astray 11

10.Wash Me 12

11. My Iniquities Have Gone Over My Head 13

12. My Hope 14

13. Heal Me 15

14. Sin Is Lawlessness 16

15. Lost Sheep 17

16. In Distress 18

17. New Every Morning 19

18.We Did Not Serve You 20

19.We Are Not Hidden From Your Face 21

20. Keep Back Your Servant 22

21. Misused Freedom 23

22.We Have Done Wickedly 24

23. Out of Our Hearts 25

24. Unite My Heart 26

25. If We Do Not Repent 27

26. You Awaken Us 28

27. Loved the World 29

28. Sought Out Other Salvations 30

29.Wealth 31

30. Abundance and Possessions 32

31. Not Being Or Doing What You Require 33

PART II

GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD

1. A New Year 37

2. Harvest 39

3. Reconciled 41

4. Help Us, Lord 43

5. Matthew 5:44–46 45

6. Matthew 6:19–34 48

7. Psalm 23 51

8. Psalm 111 54

9. The Lord’s Prayer 57

10. Psalm 113 60

11. Psalm 11 63

12. Psalm 119:161–168 65

13. Psalm 87 67

14. Psalm 36 70

15. Psalm 93 72

16. Psalm 131 75

17. Psalm 127 77

18. Psalm 2 79

19. Psalm 128 81

20. Heidelberg Catechism 116–129 83

21. Psalm 146 86

22. Psalm 111:1–4 89

23. Devastation and Renewal 92

24. Stronghold for the Oppressed 94

25. The Lord’s Prayer 96

26. “Now Thank We All Our God” 99

27. Come, Holy Spirit 101

28. 1 Kings 8:45 103

29. Psalm 147:11 105

30. Shalom 107

31. Christ is Risen 110

PART III

YOUR FACE, O LORD, DO I SEEK

1. Children, in Utero and Miscarried 115

2. Heartbroken 116

3. Messed-up Lineage 117

4. For the Oppressed 119

5. The Entrapped 120

6. Troubled in Home and Heart 121

7. Rocky Marriages 122

8. Anxiety 123

9. Those in Prison 124

10. Crime Victims and Their Families 125

11. Addictions 126

12. Media 127

13. Sexual Sins 128

14. Those with Disabilities 129

15. Those Deluded 130

16. How to Aid 131

Scripture Index 133