{"id":4933,"date":"2015-05-26T09:07:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T13:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=4933"},"modified":"2015-11-03T15:35:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T19:35:33","slug":"the-focus-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2015\/05\/26\/the-focus-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Focus of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4934\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2015\/05\/bronica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4934\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2015\/05\/bronica-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"I still have one of these, though I haven't used it in ages.\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2015\/05\/bronica-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2015\/05\/bronica-768x735.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2015\/05\/bronica-600x574.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2015\/05\/bronica-115x110.jpg 115w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2015\/05\/bronica-250x239.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2015\/05\/bronica.jpg 836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I still have one of these, though I haven&#8217;t used it in ages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prayed for yourself lately?<\/p>\n<p>You probably have. We all do. We\u2019re supposed to.<\/p>\n<p>But there are two important parts of prayer we often miss, or come at the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p>Balancing those three elements is the point of a devotional I\u2019m finishing up for New Tribes Mission, <em>The Focus of Prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Kindle version will be free, and there will also be a free study guide. We\u2019ll also make a print version, which will incorporate the study guide, but because of production costs, we\u2019ll have to charge for that.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll keep you posted when it\u2019s ready to go. And you can help.<\/p>\n<p>This week I need to finish two sets of revisions to the book, and write the study guide. That\u2019s on top of writing about a half-dozen articles. Any one of those tasks is too much for me. But nothing is too much for God. Please pray for the strength, perseverance, creativity and wisdom to get through what I can get through, and well; and to be patient about what I cannot get through.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, if you\u2019d like to know more about the six books I\u2019ve written, you can take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/ian-fallis.com\/\">my author blog<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IFallis\">my author page on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Update: The book is now <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.ntm.org\/the-focus-of-prayer\/free-book-download\">available through New Tribes Mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayed for yourself lately? You probably have. We all do. We\u2019re supposed to. But there are two important parts of prayer we often miss, or come at the wrong way. Balancing those three elements is the point of a devotional I\u2019m finishing up for New Tribes Mission, The Focus of Prayer. The Kindle version will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1198],"tags":[45,9375],"class_list":{"0":"post-4933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ministry","7":"category-prayer-request","8":"tag-pray","9":"tag-writing","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}