Jim Prestidge

Today's world has brought awareness of where we are going and with it anxiety. Thinking people advocate looking for a new direction to take. Ordinary people feel that their lives could be much better.We see need and inequality on our doorstep and everywhere. Public conscience is pricked, but people feel unable to do anything. Politicians struggle to balance conflicting demands and policies. Quality of living has gone out of our lives.People ask, where is God? A better question is, where are we, in relation to God? Prayer for tomorrow's world brings out fundamental things to rethink and put right. It looks at what the Bible has to say. The book stimulates our thoughts, as we seek God's way into a future that he can bless.

Today's world has brought awareness of where we are going and with it anxiety. Thinking people advocate looking for a new direction to take. Ordinary people feel that their lives could be much better.We see need and inequality on our doorstep and everywhere. Public conscience is pricked, but people feel unable to do anything. Politicians struggle to balance conflicting demands and policies. Quality of living has gone out of our lives.People ask, where is God? A better question is, where are we, in relation to God? Prayer for tomorrow's world brings out fundamental things to rethink and put right. It looks at what the Bible has to say. The book stimulates our thoughts, as we seek God's way into a future that he can bless.

Jesus said answers a need to collect together the things which Jesus told his followers and to examine them. The gospels tell Jesus' story. In it is embedded his teaching. Jesus said finds a consistent message in the many things that he said. Jesus addressed all sections of the community. There were the masses who followed him, the twelve whom he chose, the professional scribes and Pharisees and the religious leaders. He had a different approach to each. The overall message was the same. It is God's message to us. Jesus said does not try to form a doctrine out of the sayings of Jesus, or to fit them into a doctrine. It simply aims to uncover what Jesus said. The book is for thinking people, looking for greater depth to their Bible study.

Jesus said answers a need to collect together the things which Jesus told his followers and to examine them. The gospels tell Jesus' story. In it is embedded his teaching. Jesus said finds a consistent message in the many things that he said. Jesus addressed all sections of the community. There were the masses who followed him, the twelve whom he chose, the professional scribes and Pharisees and the religious leaders. He had a different approach to each. The overall message was the same. It is God's message to us. Jesus said does not try to form a doctrine out of the sayings of Jesus, or to fit them into a doctrine. It simply aims to uncover what Jesus said. The book is for thinking people, looking for greater depth to their Bible study.

The book is a course of seven Bible studies. They address matters such as What is God's Kingdom? What is God's plan for man? What is christianity really about? The studies came from an extended examination of what Jesus taught, as recorded in the four Gospels, and what the prophets and apostles had to say. It was presented originally as an inter-church Lent course. The studies give an alternative approach to christianity, having in mind christians who want to delve more thoughtfully into their faith. It also addresses the 35% of western populations who may consider themselves christians but do not go to a church, and the churches to which they do not go. The studies promote a relationship with God and a living out of our faith.

The book is a course of seven Bible studies. They address matters such as What is God's Kingdom? What is God's plan for man? What is christianity really about? The studies came from an extended examination of what Jesus taught, as recorded in the four Gospels, and what the prophets and apostles had to say. It was presented originally as an inter-church Lent course. The studies give an alternative approach to christianity, having in mind christians who want to delve more thoughtfully into their faith. It also addresses the 35% of western populations who may consider themselves christians but do not go to a church, and the churches to which they do not go. The studies promote a relationship with God and a living out of our faith.

Prayer is communication with The Father, fundamental in Jesus' life on earth, and to ours too, as christians. To live the christian life we need to be in touch. The author has been concerned to deepen and broaden our prayer life, and thus promote our relationship with God and our christian service. The book does not give a method for prayer, rather to extend horizons, as each reader finds their own way to pray for the churches and the community, and themselves. Doing God's Will is not our trying, but our responding to his prompts. God understands us; we need to understand how He is working. Then we will be productive servants. The Lord's vineyard is our world and it is to everyone's advantage, christian or otherwise, to prosper it.

Prayer is communication with The Father, fundamental in Jesus' life on earth, and to ours too, as christians. To live the christian life we need to be in touch. The author has been concerned to deepen and broaden our prayer life, and thus promote our relationship with God and our christian service. The book does not give a method for prayer, rather to extend horizons, as each reader finds their own way to pray for the churches and the community, and themselves. Doing God's Will is not our trying, but our responding to his prompts. God understands us; we need to understand how He is working. Then we will be productive servants. The Lord's vineyard is our world and it is to everyone's advantage, christian or otherwise, to prosper it.