Book 7 of 11 · Living It Out

The Inverted Gospel at Home

Liturgies, Prayers, and Practices for Recovering a Descending Faith

BOOK 7 OF 11
A BOOK MEANT TO BE PRAYED, NOT ONLY READ THE INVERTED GOSPEL AT HOME Liturgies, Prayers, and Practices for Recovering a Descending Faith GRANT D MUHL Book 7
Living It Out

The Inverted Gospel at Home

Liturgies, Prayers, and Practices for Recovering a Descending Faith

Author Grant D Muhl Research & Editorial Content Powered by International Theology and Ministry Research Association Publisher Strathdon Press First Edition Forthcoming
15 Chapters/Sections4 PartsBook 7 of 11
What This Book Offers

The series’ first book meant to be prayed rather than read. Written for families, small groups, worship leaders, and individuals who want devotional and liturgical material to practice what Books One and Two argue for, plus congregations running a teaching series based on the earlier volumes and wanting matching devotional content.

A deliberate change of genre: a devotional and liturgical companion rather than an analytical or historical one. Where every other volume in the series argues or explains, this one supplies actual, usable prayers, confessions, and liturgies — drawing on the doctrinal structure of Book One (the twenty doctrines, four Parts) as its organizing scaffold.

Part One

Prayers for Hard Seasons

A historic prayer of confession recovered, a litany of ‘Thy Will Be Done,’ and prayers for when healing has not come.

Part Two

The Twenty-Week Devotional

Companion devotions keyed directly to Book One’s own twenty doctrines, for family or small-group use.

Part Three

Liturgies for the Church Calendar

Congregational liturgies for lament, thanksgiving, sending, and renewal of vows.

“A book meant to be used, not just read.” — from the Conclusion
How This Book Is Organized
PART I

Learning to Pray Differently

  • Introduction — Why Words Shape Prayers, and Prayers Shape Faith
  • A Historic Prayer of Confession, Recovered
  • A Litany of ‘Thy Will Be Done’ for Hard Seasons
  • Prayers for When You Are Not Healed
PART II

A Twenty-Week Family or Small-Group Devotional

  • Companion Devotions for Part I — Faith, Sovereignty, Man, Presence
  • Companion Devotions for Part II — Authority, Covering, Autonomy, Gifts, Identity
  • Companion Devotions for Part III — Sanctification, the Cross, Grace, Provision, Suffering
  • Companion Devotions for Part IV — Kingdom, Hope, Warfare, Prayer, Judgment, Mission
PART III

Liturgies for the Church Calendar

  • A Liturgy of Lament for a Grieving Congregation
  • A Liturgy of Thanksgiving That Doesn’t Require a Victory Testimony
  • A Sending Blessing for Ordinary Vocation
  • A Renewal of Vows for a Congregation Choosing the Descending Gospel
PART IV

For Personal and Family Use

  • A Daily Examen Adapted for This Series
  • Bedtime Prayers for Children That Don’t Teach Performance
  • Conclusion — A Book Meant to Be Used, Not Just Read
Tone & Editorial Notes
Prayed, Not Just Read

The only volume in the series written substantially in the second person and in prayer form rather than analytical prose. Content should be judged on its usability in an actual service or family setting, not its argumentative structure.

Best Drafted With a Liturgist

The volume best suited to input from worship leaders, liturgists, and pastoral poets rather than historians or theologians — though all included Scripture and doctrine should still be checked against the same standards applied throughout the series.

Pray Along Before It Publishes

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