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Thursday’s EMA book recommendations
If we’re going to persevere in ministry, then we must persevere in our faith. We’ve chosen some titles which will help you keep going with an ever-deepening walk with Christ Jesus.
Psalms by the Day is Alec Motyer’s follow up to Isaiah by the Day. It’s a daily devotional based on the psalms which will encourage and teach you. Surveys repeatedly show how dry preachers’ own devotional life has become, and this title will really help.
Barbara Duguid and Wayne Duguid Houk have written Prone to wander, a book of confessional and celebratory prayers. From time to time we all need help praying and whilst we have to find our own words, the words of others can often be a help, encouragement and teacher as we seek to pray faithfully. Given our conference theme, this is an important title.
Thirdly, today we want to recommend an older book but one which is very useful to those in ministry for the long term. John Piper’s When I don’t desire God is one of favourite of his books with lots of practical and realistic help for those dry times.