Bøger af Nick Fawcett

Arranged thematically to assist the reader, each of these prayers has been carefully adapted and revised for individual use from Nick's Prayers for Public Worship books. Prayerfully Yours is offered not as a substitute for, but as a supplement to, personal prayer.

Do you find it hard to pray? Does prayer seem divorced from your daily routine, an activity only for the religious few? It shouldn't, for even in the most ordinary moments can provide the backdrop to a living encounter with God. In Touching Down, Nick Fawcett draws inspiration from things as mundane as a feather duster, a shopping cart, and even a burst pipe to show how prayer can touch down to earth in such a way that life in turn is touched by heaven.

Imagine everything we see, hear, think, and feel speaking to God. Touched by His Hand explores that possibility, cutting through religious jargon and stereotypes. It offers a resource for worship and daily devotion, a way of seeing all life as prayer, and of bringing all prayer to life.

Rest for Our Souls uses everyday experiences as insipration for prayer. This collection of prayers encourages readers to look for God more carefully and intentionally in the world around us. The more we do, the more we will recognize God working in our lives.

While the entire Bible is important, certain verses capture our imagination or speak to us in a way that few others can begin to. Who can forget the words of the 23rd psalm, the parables of Jesus, or the wonderful teaching of Paul in 1 Corinthians on the gift of love? These are just some of the countless passages to have encouraged, comforted, strengthened, and inspired Christians across the centuries. In this selection of readings, reflections, and prayers, Nick Fawcett highlights some of the most unforgettable passages in the epistles of the New Testament and the book of Revelation. Drawn from his book Daily Prayer and from three of his Fawcett Bible Studies, here are readings to encourage, renew, and inspire.

In Heaven Touchinging Earth, the commonplace and the ordinary provide the backdrop to an encounter with God so that every part of life might be enlightened by his presence. Does prayer seem remote from daily life? Out of touch with the modern world? It can. Yet to be worth anything, faith must relate to our day-to-day existence, touching us where we are.

In this selection of fourteen readings, reflections, and prayers, Nick Fawcett highlights some of his most unforgettable passages in the Gospels. Drawn from his book Daily Prayer and from three of his Fawcett Bible Studies, these readings from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are made to encourage, renew, and inspire.

For clergy, chaplains, and those with pastoral responsibility, requests to conduct blessings are frequent and diverse. While no book can cover every contingency, God Bless You provides a resource covering a broad spectrum of life both within the church and further afield.

A Walk and a Prayer by Nick Fawcett shows us God is always there in the everyday experiences of life--in our work and leisure, in everything and anything that might be talked about when friends get together. Celebrate and respond to that truth through these down-to-earth prayers.

Few passages in Scripture are better loved than the Beatitudes. The verses have an innate beauty, a poetry about them that appeals to something deep within, but what do they actually mean? In this selection of readings, reflections, and prayers, Nick Fawcett seeks to explore what each of the eight Beatitudes has to say to us today. Drawn from his book Daily Lent Reflections, here are readings to encourage, renew, and inspire as we seek more faithfully to exhibit beatitude attitudes in our daily lives.

Prayer can seem like a closed book to many. God can feel remote from daily life and thus hard to communicate with. A World in Need approaches things from a different perspective, exploring through down-to-earth prayers how he can speak in the most ordinary of experiences and so help us to respond in turn.

In this selection of nine readings, reflections, and prayers, Nick Fawcett offers brief thoughts and prayers on Matthew's version of the Lord's Prayer and on the teaching of Jesus that preceded it. Drawn from his book Daily Lent Reflections, we begin where Jesus began, focusing on the need to make time and space for God in personal devotion. From here we move to a recognition that prayer is not about imposing our wishes on God but about seeking his will and guidance. This leads us into the Lord's Prayer itself--so familiar, so well loved, yet with so many hidden depths still to be explored.

While the entire Bible is important, certain verses capture our imagination or speak to us in a way that few others can begin to. Who can forget the words of the 23rd psalm, the parables of Jesus, or the wonderful teaching of Paul in 1 Corinthians on the gift of love? These are just some of the countless passages to have encouraged, comforted, strengthened, and inspired Christians across the centuries. In this selection of readings, reflections, and prayers, Nick Fawcett highlights some of the most unforgettable passages from the Old Testament. Drawn from his book Daily Prayer and from three of his Fawcett Bible Studies, here are readings to encourage, renew, and inspire.

Father, Forgive explores faith from a different perspective through down-to-earth prayers. The prayers in this book bring to light particular difficulties that we face every day and causes us to acknowledge our errors and turn to God for forgiveness. Each prayer will inspire repentance and renewal.

In Grateful Praise provides several unique prayers that readers can use for daily worship. These simple prayers touch on regular, everyday moments, such as dropping off a child at school or going to the hairdresser, to promote inspiration, praise, and thanksgiving toward God.

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