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When God's People Pray. Zondervan, DVD, 2007.

With Jim Cymbala, bestselling author of Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire--a powerful new small group DVD that will help you and your church tap into the transforming power of prayer. Discover the power of God to restore hope, ignite faith, work miracles, and change lives--through prayer.

Prayer can change lives and circumstances like nothing else can. What are the keys that unlock its power, that turn prayer from a mere activity into a vital link with God and all his resources? In this DVD, Jim Cymbala, pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle, shows you and your small group truths about prayer that God has used to turn his own church from a tiny, struggling inner-city congregation into a vital, thriving community of believers who pray with passion, focus, and faith.

Featuring teachings by Jim Cymbala and video interviews of ordinary people who have received extraordinary answers to their prayers, these six sessions will help you pray with new confidence.

Six sessions
1. God’s Heart for Us
2. The Amazing Power of Prayer
3. Obedience in Prayer
4. The Word of God and Prayer
5. Why Prayer Matters
6. Creating a Prayer Ministry in Your Church

Thoughtful Christian Study Materials

Downloadable, concise, single session studies usable in many settings for adult and teen groups. 

Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference. Zondervan, 2006, DVD and Audio CD.

In this six-session ZondervanGroupware™ video curriculum, award-winning author Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat—the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect—of our relationship with God: prayer. What is prayer? How does it work? And more importantly, does it work? In theory, prayer is the essential human act, a priceless point of contact between us and the God of the universe. In practice, prayer is often frustrating, confusing, and fraught with mystery. Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? is an exploration of the mysterious intersection where God and humans meet and relate.

Yancey explores such questions as: •Is God listening? •Why should God care about me? •If God knows everything, what’s the point of prayer? •Why do answers to prayer seem so inconsistent and capricious? •Why does God seem sometimes close and sometimes far away? •How can I make prayer more satisfying?

Audio CD of Author's book also available.  p

Praying with Another for Healing. Merton Foundation/Paulist Press, 1983, VHS.

From a seminar given by Linn Ministries Jesuits Matthew and Dennis Linn Guide to being with another in a healing way. Includes examples of a wide variety of hurts, such as sexual abuse, depression, loss of a loved one, etc.  @ VHS tapes with 8 segments. 

Wounded Healer. Franciscan Communications, 1990, VHS.

This video is based on the true story of an alcoholic Roman Catholic priest, and his recovery through the support of a simple laborer who is himself a recovering alcoholic. Several years later the tables are turned, and it is the priest who comes to the assistance of the man who helped him. A contemporary version of the Good Samaritan parable.  16 min.

Healing Life's Deepest Hurts. Regal, 2002, Paperback.

Ed Smith demonstrates the effectiveness of a revolutionary approach to freeing people from the emotional pain that comes from lifelong fears, shame, false guilt, and anxiety. The method helps individuals who suffer deep hurts to let the Holy Spirit speak a healing word to them, dispelling the lies in their memory that cause the pain. The book is an introduction to Theophostic ministry, which takes its name from the Greek words meaning God and light. And the ministry’s name sums up its dramatic healing power because it illuminates the darkness of troubled souls with the light of Christ.

School of Healing Prayer 1. Christian Healing Ministries, 1998, Audio Cassette.

The MacNutt's and special guests discuss various areas of life that healing prayer can be a part of.  These include forgiveness, birth, and physical healing.  12 cassette tapes. 

School of Healing Prayer 2. Christian Healing Ministries, 2002, Cassette Tapes.

From Francis and Judith MacNutt.  These audiotapes cover areas of healing ministries including recovery, intimacy, abuse, mental illness, divorce, miscarriage and sin.  12 tapes.

The Power of Prayer. Group, 1997, VHs.

Four volume video docu-drama explores the experience of prayerfulness through American history.  35 min each, study guide available. 

The Heart Has its Reasons. Journey Comm, 1984, VHS.

A video documentary about Jean Vanier and the L'Arche community for people with mental handicaps.  57 min.