This post is not actually about fasting, because I forgot to include Foster's recommended reading about prayer. Here are the Bible passages:
The pattern of prayer: Matthew 6:5-15
The prayer of worship: Psalm 103
The prayer of repentance: Psalm 51
The prayer of thanksgiving: Psalm 150
The prayer of guidance: Matthew 26:36-46
The prayer of faith: James 5:13-18
The prayer of command: Mark 9:14-29
And here is the reading list, in biographical order:
The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Ávila (French Catholic Carmelite mystic and religious reformer, 1515-1582) (he suggests the Kavanaugh & Rodriguez translation of 1979 from Paulist Press)
How to Pray by Jean Nicolas Grou (French Jesuit priest and mystic, 1731-1803) (the Dalby translation of 1973 from The Upper Room)
With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray (South African Dutch Reformed pastor and missionary, 1828-1917)
Power Through Prayer by E.M. Bounds (American Methodist attorney and pastor, 1835-1913)
Prayer by Ole Hallesby (Norwegian Lutheran theologian and concentration camp survivor, 1879-1961)
Prayer, the Mightiest Force in the World by Frank C. Laubach (American Congregational missionary and mystic, 1884-1970)
Prayer Power Unlimited by J. Oswald Sanders (New Zealander Evangelical Christian author and speaker, 1902-1992)
The Prayer Ministry of the Church by Watchman Nee (Chinese Nonconformist religious leader and prisoner of faith, 1903-1972)
Steps to Prayer Power by Jo Kimmel (American Anabaptist freelance writer and speaker, 1931- )
True Prayer by Kenneth Leech (English Anglican priest and Christian socialist, 1939-2015)
The pattern of prayer: Matthew 6:5-15
The prayer of worship: Psalm 103
The prayer of repentance: Psalm 51
The prayer of thanksgiving: Psalm 150
The prayer of guidance: Matthew 26:36-46
The prayer of faith: James 5:13-18
The prayer of command: Mark 9:14-29
And here is the reading list, in biographical order:
The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Ávila (French Catholic Carmelite mystic and religious reformer, 1515-1582) (he suggests the Kavanaugh & Rodriguez translation of 1979 from Paulist Press)
How to Pray by Jean Nicolas Grou (French Jesuit priest and mystic, 1731-1803) (the Dalby translation of 1973 from The Upper Room)
With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray (South African Dutch Reformed pastor and missionary, 1828-1917)
Power Through Prayer by E.M. Bounds (American Methodist attorney and pastor, 1835-1913)
Prayer by Ole Hallesby (Norwegian Lutheran theologian and concentration camp survivor, 1879-1961)
Prayer, the Mightiest Force in the World by Frank C. Laubach (American Congregational missionary and mystic, 1884-1970)
Prayer Power Unlimited by J. Oswald Sanders (New Zealander Evangelical Christian author and speaker, 1902-1992)
The Prayer Ministry of the Church by Watchman Nee (Chinese Nonconformist religious leader and prisoner of faith, 1903-1972)
Steps to Prayer Power by Jo Kimmel (American Anabaptist freelance writer and speaker, 1931- )
True Prayer by Kenneth Leech (English Anglican priest and Christian socialist, 1939-2015)