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    God Never Meant Prayer To Be A Mystery!
    God Never Meant Prayer To Be A Mystery!
    God Never Meant Prayer To Be A Mystery!
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    God Never Meant Prayer To Be A Mystery!

    By Roger Henri Trepanier

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    In this very important book, the author dispels the mystery surrounding prayer, beginning with what God declares it to be and what its elementary truths are. The content ranges from benefits of prayer to its hindrances, even including an examination of what some call ‘The Lord’s Prayer,’ and offering suggestions for its use. There is also a frank discussion on the do’s and don’ts of prayer. This is the author’s fifteenth book in The Truth Seeker’s Library series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoger Henri Trepanier
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781370474189
    God Never Meant Prayer To Be A Mystery!
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    Roger Henri Trepanier

    Roger Henri Trepanier is an evangelist, author, and counselor, who has been serving God on his field of service since 1999. One hundred and seven books have been published so far in five different series, all available in print format and as an eBook for any type of eBook reader. He is a widower with three adopted children, all now married.The author's two websites have been closed. To access the author's books, please type, "Roger Henri Trepanier, books" in any search engine. All the author's books are available in print and ebook formats for all devices.

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      God Never Meant Prayer To Be A Mystery! - Roger Henri Trepanier

      The Truth Seeker’s Library

      God Never Meant Prayer

      To Be A Mystery!

      Copyright 2016 by Roger Henri Trepanier

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2016 by Roger Henri Trepanier

      All Rights Reserved

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the author. An exception is granted to a reviewer who wishes to quote a brief passage or two as part of a public review of this book.

      Scripture taken from:

      The NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE ®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      This book is dedicated to Therese, my dear sister in the faith and in the flesh, who had been praying for such a book!

      "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

      Matthew 7:11

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Chapter One

      So, what is prayer?

      Chapter Two

      The first elementary truth to remember about prayer is that it will be to God our Father!

      Chapter Three

      The second elementary truth to remember about prayer is that it will be in Jesus’ Name!

      Chapter Four

      The third elementary truth to remember about prayer is that it will be by faith!

      Chapter Five

      Contrary to what we might think, God delights in our coming to Him to with our requests!

      Chapter Six

      Being aware that there can be hindrances to God answering our requests in prayer!

      Chapter Seven

      Examining the different categories by which prayer can be classified

      Chapter Eight

      Analyzing what some would call ‘The Lord’s Prayer’

      Chapter Nine

      Examining what some of the benefits of prayer are!

      Chapter Ten

      God does indeed speak to His own during prayer!

      Chapter Eleven

      Frankly speaking!

      Chapter Twelve

      A last word

      Addendum

      For those who may not as yet know God

      The Next Book

      End Page

      INTRODUCTION

      This book is being written for two reasons. The first, and most important, is that on July 10th, 2016, while in prayer with God, He gave His servant the go-ahead to write this book, and even gave the title. Now, to be frank, I was really surprised when He did this, as I was not expecting it. About two months ago, my dear sister Therese, to whom this book is dedicated, asked me to write a book on prayer. I said to her at the time that there likely was not enough material on prayer in God’s word, the Bible, to write such a book. She has not been a believer for very long and she felt a need in this area of her life, which is not an unusual request, and is even Biblical, since we see one of The Lord Jesus Christ’s own disciples make such a request to Him one day, as we read at Luke 11:1, It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples."

      Now the second reason for writing this book, and would likely also be why God has led His servant to write it, is because a few weeks ago, I was listening to a sermon on the internet, from a very conservative site relating to the faith, where this minister stated that if one ever heard another believer say that God told Him or that God spoke to him, then one was to run away from that person as fast as one could. Well, I had a quick and ready answer for that so-called minister. I shut him off promptly! What came to mind at the time, and what made me react as I did was because I was thinking of prayer. How can one have prayer without expecting God to speak to us through His Son by His Holy Spirit in our human spirit as we come to Him and unburden ourselves as His children yet on earth? Prayer was never meant by God to be just a one-way conversation!

      A little later on in this Introduction, one will read that I have written over 535 Devotional Commentaries on portions of God’s word since January 14th, 1980, which is when God saved me, and also preached 52 sermons over a period of four years, from 1996 to 1999, and the reality is that all the material for this work was given by God while His servant was in prayer with Him. In other words, God spoke to His servant through His Son by His Holy Spirit in my spirit, giving me the illumination that I needed relating to certain passages of God’s word, or relating to the message for the sermon that was being prepared. After all, I was not free to write what I wanted to write in those Devotional Commentaries, or what I wanted to speak in those sermons. Those who heard God’s servant then needed to hear from God, not a mere man, or what was the point of giving a sermon! Our purpose for gathering as believers on a Lord’s Day is to meet with God!

      Similarly with the writing of these books, the background material has been from more than 100 studies of God’s word done over the years. Readers, especially when reading Christian books, have a right to expect to hear the truth expounded, which can only come from God. No matter how intelligent or how educated one might be, when it comes to putting forth the truth of God in a sermon or in a book, then one better be of one heart, mind, and purpose with God, or else one is wasting one’s time and everyone else’s as well. Therefore, rest assured dear readers that God does speak to us and one of his prime ways of doing so is when we are in prayer with Him! This is one truth, among others, that will be shown to be true in this book, and should also be true in a believer’s experience.

      What should also be mentioned, as we bring this Introduction to a close, is that after

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