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Take Words With You
- 03/27/10
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My friend Tim Kerr, pastor of Sovereign Grace Church in Toronto has given me permission to post the manual for prayer he has titled Take Words With You. It is a small book that contains 1600+ scripture promises & prayers to help God’s people pray more effectively. The promises are arranged around the cross—it’s purposes & rewards.
It is ideal for printing and using during times of private or corporate prayer. In fact, you’ll see that you can easily print it in 8.5” x 6.5” format and spiral bind it if you so desire. Here is how Tim introduces this little book:
Many years ago I discovered a precious truth regarding prayer: God loves to hear his own words prayed back to him! When a small child crawls up on the lap of their father and says, “Daddy when are you going to take us to the zoo like you promised?” the father smiles and assures his child he has not forgotten and is very much looking forward to doing what he promised (when the time is right). In the same way, our heavenly Father delights to hear us remind him of his promises to us. The Bible is in fact a great big prayer manual that should fill and guide our prayers each and every day.
It is hoped that the many promises of God written here will be prayed back to God in prayer as we seek to enter into God’s purposes accomplished for us through Christ’s cross. Sometimes we remember the gist of a promise but cannot remember what was said or where it is found in Scripture. This manual has been written to make that process easier by organizing the promises of God by categories and themes.
Click below if you’d like to download it for your own use. Feel free to pass it around or print it as you see fit.
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Comments (9)
Tim, Do you know if this book is available already printed and bound? I did a Google search and also checked Amazon, but didn’t find it.
I didn’t see it on Amazon either….
No it’s not. It’s available only in this form.
I am a Pastor who has just been going through the Sermon on the Mount, and just finished the portion on Prayer. I have to say, at first glance, this seems like an invaluable tool. Can I use this in my church?
This is a tremendous resource; thanks so much!
But could someone PLEASE do something like this using the NASB text? As far as I am aware, there is NOTHING out there like this using the NASB - no Bible promise books, nothing. It’s a shame, really.
Tim, I’m glad you were able to post this. It’s a great resource. My church has been going through Hebrews 11 and had been discussing Enoch and walking with God. We were sharing with one another what helps us in our closeness in our walk with the father. I think this will be a great resource. I was preparing to write about what we shared with one another on a blog I’ve begun and will link to your post. Grace and peace.
Not to be a stick in the mud (I’m hoping to get this printed up soon), but I’m assuming that Crossway has granted permission for this? I ask more out of curiosity because I was thinking about doing a similar kind of project the other day, but the ESV copyright seems to require written permission (and acknowledgment of it in the work, which I don’t see) in a case like this. Maybe I’m misunderstanding the copyright.
Thanks for this excellent resource.
The following can be found on page 3:
“This publication containsThe Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright 2001by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.ESV Text Edition: 2007.All rights reserved.
Compiled by Tim Kerr, 2010.”
Yes, sorry, I should have been more specific.
I was thinking that according to the guidelines described at http://www.crossway.org/page/esv.copyright the use in this case, where the quotations of the ESV text make up more than 50% of the total work, would require written permission and include the copyright information they provide (i.e. the “Used by permission” bit that you see on the linked page).
I guess that’s what I’m really trying to figure out—does a use such as this require the permission of Crossway. It would appear that it does, but I don’t know. I guess I can always just ask them if I really need to know, huh? : )