When God Is Silent: Let the Bible Teach You to Pray

"For Christians, one of our earliest lessons-and greatest gifts-is learning how to pray. And yet many of us believe our prayer lives fall short. In When God Is Silent, John Koessler posits that this has nothing to do with motivation or method. Our problems are relational. Prayer is a conversation that moves primarily in one direction: from the believer who prays to the God who hears. God's silence does not mean that He is unresponsive. We always have God's attention. This book does more than answer questions like how and why we should pray-it also invites us to gain a sense of God, of His goodness, and the rich welcome that is waiting for us every time we approach Him in the name of Jesus Christ"--