This work seeks to answer many of the doubts of everyday believers about prayer and divine providence, especially in relation to human suffering.
Praying successfully is not merely getting whatsoever and everything you want, but, rather, enjoying intimacy with God, whatever may happen. If blessings, let us delight in them and praise him; if hardships, let us hold his hand and go through it, overcoming challenges by faith, as faithful witnesses of Christ and with a view to the day of his glorious return.
Prayer is the focal point of our communion with God. Talking to him prepares us for everything in our lives. We reaffirm our belief in him and thankfully ask him to give us orientation, help, strength and consolation.
Faith is not groundless, blind, senseless confidence. It has the soundest ground in God's revelation of his power, which came to us by the recordings of the prophets and apostles. By raising Jesus from the dead, God substantiated our faith in the eschatological glory. So, we may be as assured regarding our glorious future as we are regarding his manifestations of power in the past. What else can make faith more robust? Human reasoning?
"Undoubtedly worthy of becoming a modern classic on the theology of prayer. Rich in research, biblical foundation, and deep devotion to the importance of this fundamental privilege for believers in Jesus Christ."
- Jeanette Morris, author and editor
Glauner da Silva Pereira is a Brazilian theologian and author. He earned the degrees of Bachelor, Honours Bachelor, and Master of Theology from the University of South Africa. He wrote Virtue Is the Origin of All Happiness:
Manual of Universal Proverbial Wisdom, a two-volume work in Portuguese.
"You are a systematic theologian in heart and marrow (Afrikaans proverb)."
- Adrio König, former professor of Systematic Theology at the University of South Africa and author of several theological works, among which is Here Am I! A Believer's Reflection on God.
