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ISBN:	1601781938 (ISBN13: 9781601781932)
Edition Language:	English

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Title	:	Lifting Up Our Hearts - 150 Selected Prayers from John Calvin
Author	:	John Calvin
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 293 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2012 by Reformation Heritage Books
Categories	:	Religion. Faith. Prayer

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"In this book you will find 150 of Calvin's prayers, arranged by subject, along with the Scripture passage on which Calvin was lecturing. Each prayer relates to the theme of the biblical text Calvin was expounding, which is why the Scripture text has been included. With the Spirit's blessing, the prayers will awaken your affections for the glory of God and point you to Christ, the one of whom all the Scriptures speak. Prayers are arranged thematically in sections, and each section begins with a quotation from the "Institutes of the Christian Religion." ~from the introduction

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Selected from the prayers which accompanied Calvin's weekday expositions of the Old Testament, this little collection is worth having on one's shelf. Like the collects found in the Book of Common Prayer, each prayer manages to combine eloquence with economy of language in a way that's rarely heard these days. The petitions are typically framed by a remembrance of God's character and/or actions on our behalf along with a confident appeal to Christ's intercession, with expectation of the ultimate



John Calvin (10 July 1509 27 May 1564), né Jehan Cauvin, re-translated from Latin Iohannes Calvinus into Jean Calvin in modern French, was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic

Selected from the prayers which accompanied Calvin's weekday expositions of the Old Testament, this little collection is worth having on one's shelf. Like the collects found in the Book of Common Prayer, each prayer manages to combine eloquence with economy of language in a way that's rarely heard these days. The petitions are typically framed by a remembrance of God's character and/or actions on our behalf along with a confident appeal to Christ's intercession, with expectation of the ultimate