Robert Gelinas - The Mercy Prayer: The One Prayer Jesus Always Answers

Praise for The Mercy Prayer

Robert Gelinas reminds us that Gods love is the orientation to life, the air we breathe, and the sky above usnot something we earn or deserve but something God graces upon us because God loves us.

Scot McKnight, professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary, author of The King Jesus Gospel

In The Mercy Prayer Pastor Robert Gelinas shows why he is recognized in Denver as one of the true spiritual fathers of our city. His explanation of the prayer that God always answers is life-giving and life-changing and has the power to change a community.

Geoff Surratt, managing director, Exponential

Robert Gelinas doesnt just teach or talk about mercyhe is the living embodiment of one of Gods greatest gifts. This book will awaken your hearts cry for mercy and readiness to extend it to others.

Margaret Feinberg, author of Wonderstruck (www.margaretfeinberg.com)

In The Mercy Prayer, Robert Gelinas revolutionizes our prayer lives by challenging us to boldly ask for what God is waiting to grant: his mercy. This book has made the most prayed prayer in the Bible, my most prayed prayer in life.

Elisa Morgan, publisher, FullFill; speaker; author of The Beauty of Broken: My Story and Likely Yours Too (www.elisamorgan.com)

Robert Gelinas dives deep into the biblical waters of understanding Gods mercy and revolutionary love for us. His practical theology and insightful examples provide a wonderful resource for Christian formation. May readers be led to the daily journey of the transformational gift this book explores.

Efrem Smith, Regional Catalyst with the Evangelical Covenant Church; author of The Post-Black and Post-White Church

Both challenging and captivating, this arresting reflection on the mercy we receive from God invites us, in turn, to grant mercy to the hurting and desperate travelers in our own lives. Timely and redeeming. Healing and beautiful. Conceived and written as only Robert Gelinas could do it. A book to keep and share.

Patricia Raybon, author of My First White Friend and I Told the Mountain to Move

We live in a world that is thirsty for mercy and hungry for grace. My friend, Pastor Robert, does a remarkable job of showing that God wants to give both in abundance. This book is healing, helpful, and hopeful.

Pastor Brady Boyd, New Life Church, Colorado Springs; author of Sons and Daughters

Ive been singing kyrie eleison nearly every Sunday since I was a child in the Lutheran church, but hadnt really reflected on the significance of this prayer until I read Roberts book. I cant wait to sing it again next Sunday, with a whole new perspective. In our work among Denvers homeless, we are always on the lookout for resources to give hope to those who struggle on the margins of society, as well as those who serve in hard places. Robert writes with our people in mind. This book is full of hope.

Dr. Jeff Johnsen, executive director of Mile High Ministries, Denver; ordained member of the Street Psalms Community

Fifty years from now, if Christians are widely known as merciful people who have a passion for God and a commitment to justice, people who easily and freely esteem their neighbors above themselves, then Robert Gelinas and his family will be remembered as pioneers who helped show us the way.

Dr. Miriam Dixon, pastor, Golden First Presbyterian Church

Robert Gelinas lives his life under the strong and enduring promise of Gods mercy. This makes his prayer more than a lifeline... but rather of way of life. The Mercy Prayer ushers the faithful follower and the skeptic to a place where they have a front row seat to the character of God and the message of Jesus. Ringing from the pages of scripture and echoing the heart of Godyes, Lord, have mercy.

Dan Wolgemuth, president and CEO, Youth for Christ USA

The Mercy Prayer appears to be a small, easily read volume. Do not be deceived! I found myself stopping to reflect, to pray, to think about where I am in the book and where others I know and love are. Within one day I could easily have given out five copies. The Mercy Prayer is a book whose time has come for this generation. Many thanks to Robert Gelinas for sharing his wisdom and deep faith with us, his readers.

Deborah Rillos, Director of Spiritual Formation, Golden First Presbyterian Church

I have known Robert for over 20 years and he has always had an uncanny ability to make the Scriptures come alive. What do you do when you are suffering? When temptation has besieged you? When you are in pain? You ask for mercy. In the pleading, We are asking God to step in, to look at our situation, and supernaturally intrude upon our circumstances and change the course of our lives (p. 90). Knowing Robert the way I do, these are not only his words, this is how he has lived his life. He embodies the mercy. I highly recommend this book because it represents a life of study in Gods deepest mercies, and a life of living Gods deepest mercies.

The Rev. Stace Timothy Tafoya, rector, Church of the Epiphany, Denver

If ever a generation needed the renewed awareness of a God who is forever rich in mercy, it is now! Robert Gelinas masterfully compels us to pray out, breathe in, and pass on the comfort and assurance that God hears our cries for mercy and faithfully comes to our relief. A powerful reminder to restore hope. Gods intervention is just a plea away.

Dwight Robertson, president, Kingdom Building Ministries; author of You Are Gods Plan A

Ive whispered my own desperate pleas for mercy. Ive sat with others as they cried for relief. But not until reading The Mercy Prayer have I seen how elemental this form of communion with God really ispulsing with every beat of our hearts.

Scott Dewey, codirector, Center for Transforming Mission

In The Mercy Prayer, Robert Gelinas reminds us that prayer is not only a practice but a relationship. Both pastoral and profound in spirit, Gelinas reveals how God uses this relationship to transform our perspectives so that we can better share his mercy with others. This excellent book will revolutionize your ministry by revolutionizing your life.

Edward Gilbreath, author of Reconciliation Blues and Birmingham Revolution

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gelinas, Robert, 1969