Publisher's Synopsis
"As Jesus told his disciples so many years ago, he tells his followers today to make use of and trust in prayer, not to lose heart even in the most challenging of times. Although prayer may seem an odd place to start amidst the suffering, injustice, pandemics, and other problems within our world today, without prayer we are more likely to give in, with no clear answers in sight. Many Christians understand that prayer is an intimate manner of talking to God, but prayer also strengthens our relationship with our Creator, allowing us to put our trust and faith in him. Without prayer, we turn away from God, and begin living a life on Earth that is unlike that of heaven. Jill Duffield uses The Upside Down, Backward Life of Disciples to address this and other uncertainties that Christians may come across when reading through Scripture, whether in church or otherwise. When living as a disciple of God, one must not compare themselves to others,