I have been writing about prayer for the last few weeks now, and I want to share some resources that I have found useful in thinking and writing about prayer.

First I watched/listened to the 2011 Desiring God Pastors Conference messages on prayer.  I found the messages by Joel Beeke and Francis Chan to be particularly helpful, as well as the Panel Discussion.

Second, I read a lot of books:

• Fresh Encounters by Daniel Henderson, I have already written about here.  It was particularly helpful in thinking through the importance of praying together, as well as ideas to start and lead times of prayer. 
• A related book, The Church That Prays Together by Elmer Towns and Daniel Henderson, features the prayer ministries of ten different churches, a few of which I found to be helpful in my church context. 
• The Family at Church by Joel Beeke gives half of the book to considering the importance, history, purpose, and implementation of regular prayer meetings.  (The other half of the book is about listening to sermons.)
• Developing a Healthy Prayer Life by James W. Beeke and Joel R. Beeke gives 31 short meditations on personal prayer.  This was the source of some of the prayer quotes to ponder I featured the last few weeks.

I am in the middle of some other books about personal prayer which I may mention in future posts as I finish reading them.

Finally, for a treasure trove of resources on prayer meetings, I invite you to visit PrayerMeetings.org.