The Way of Perfection Reading Schedule Fall 2011-Spring 2012

The other book we are studying this year is The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila.

St. Teresa of Avila is an unsurpassed teacher of Christian prayer and spirituality. In The Way of Perfection, St. Teresa gives practical counsels and advice on prayer, destined originally for the few nuns who embraced the reformed Carmelite life she established. As a handbook for spiritual formation, it presented them with the basic Christian spirituality undergirding their Constitutions and Rule. More and more today, Teresa's instructions speak to all those interested in prayer, providing them with basic guidelines for praying and showing how to avoid potential pitfalls.

• Oct. 19 Intro; Prologue; Chapter 1
• Nov. 9 Chapters 2-7
• Dec. 14 Chapters 8-12
• Jan. 18 Chapters 13-18
• Feb. 8 Chapters 19-23
• Mar. 21 Chapters 24-30
• Apr. 18 Chapters 31-35
• May 16 Chapters 36-42

Intercessory Prayer Reading Schedule Fall 2011-Spring 2012

This year we are reading The Beginner's Guide to Intercessory Prayer by Dutch Sheets in tandem with The Holy Bible

General Instructions:
1--Each month you will receive a list of scriptures to read and reflect on as we did over the summer, using the same format with your prayer diary:
What does the passage teach you about prayer--either directly stated or implied?
Does my praying take this teaching into account?
Observations on praying with this scripture.
Resolutions or changes you are making as a consequence of what you have learned.

2--After you have done this exercise (and only after!) read the assigned chapter in the Sheets book and examine the way he makes use of these same scriptures in relation to intercessory prayer.

FOR OCTOBER 12

Luke10:38-42
Genesis 18:17-33
Psalm 73

Read Chapter 1: The Priority of Intercession

FOR NOVEMBER 2

2 Chronicles 7:14
I Kings 18, 1; 36-46
Numbers 14: 10-24
Ezekiel 22: 23-31

Read Chapter 2: The Plan of Intercession

FOR DECEMBER 7

John 14:6
Hebrews 10:19
I John 2:1
I Tim. 2:5
Acts 3:1-10
I John 3:8

Read Chapter 3: The Person of Intercession

FOR JANUARY 11

2 Cor. 5:17-20
Acts 6:7-7:2, 51-59; 8:1-4; 9:1-22
Eph. 2:11-3:21

Read Chapter 4: The Purpose of Intercession

FOR FEBRUARY 1

Acts 10
2 Cor. 4: 3-6
2 Cor. 10: 3-6
Acts 1: 1-5; 2:1-5

Read Chapter 5: The Prize of Intercession

FOR MARCH 14

Gen. 28: 10-19

Read Chapter 6: The Place of Intercession

MORE MONTHS TO COME ....