To You I Lift Up My Soul

It is a strange phenomenon. When someone leads public prayer, many begin to have a truckload of ideas flood their minds and pour out of their mouths that take them across the landscape, from Ziklag to Kadesh. Others freeze and can barely get a request to come out, especially a petition that makes any intelligible sense. One remedy for roaming and rambling or stammering and stumbling is to type out public prayers. Whether leading a congregation in a corporate confession of sin, or a communal series of prayers, it helps to know there is a thought-out beginning, middle, and an end. This little book is a compilation of a number of prayers for such occasions. This volume hopes to give praying people examples and tools to aid in both private and public prayers. It is also for ministers who would like samples of how to lead public prayers. These prayers are set up to cover either 31 days or 31 weeks. Michael W. Philliber is a twenty-year active duty Air Force veteran (1979-1999). Two years after he retired from the service, he graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary and was ordained in 2001 in the Presbyterian Church in America. He has been Senior Pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Oklahoma City since 2016. He is the author of Gnostic Trends in the Local Church and a prolific book reviewer. He has posted over 350 book reviews on his blog, mphilliber.blogspot.com.