Davek Le’lohim Books
Praying with the Bible Series
Praying with the Torah
Praying with the Torah presents prayer in a way unlike anything else. Rather than leading readers in reiterating scripted prayers, this book explores how the Bible presents prayer, in both positive and negative perspectives. If you’re searching for a comprehensive look at the way the Bible presents how to pray—and if you want to learn from the earliest followers of God how the practice of prayer is intended to be used— then you’ll treasure Praying with the Torah as an essential resource. This book is the first installment of the Praying with the Bible Series by R.A. Sweeney
Praying with the Former Prophets
Praying with the Former Prophets continues where Praying with the Torah left off. In this book, we will take the next steps in walking through the Scriptures to learn the wisdom God has shown us about prayer. We are diving further in, exploring each prayer with more depth and discovering new and more complex applications of God’s wisdom in regard to prayer. Praying with the Torah left off at the end of Deuteronomy, and Praying with the Former Prophets picks up in Joshua.
Praying with the Latter Prophets
Praying with the Latter Prophets continues where Praying with the Former Prophets left off. In this book, we go deeper into the Scriptures to grow in the wisdom God has shown us about prayer in the texts. Our study will look deeper into the context of the prayers and will explore the nuances of the original language more. Through these books, we gain a much more complex understanding of prayer. Praying with the Former Prophets left off with Kings, and Praying with the Latter Prophets picks up with Isaiah, Jeremia, Ezekiel, and the Book of the Twelve.
Praying with the Book of Praises
Praying with the Book of Praises continues the journey begun in the Praying with the Bible Series. This volume turns to the Psalms—the songs and prayers of God’s people across generations. In these pages, we explore the heart-cries of lament, the soaring hymns of praise, and the steady petitions for God’s deliverance. We will look closely at how the psalmists brought every emotion before the Lord and discover how their words can shape our own prayer lives today.
Sacred Holidays Series
The Shoot of Jesse
For hundreds of years, the followers of Jesus throughout the world have celebrated Christmas and the Advent season with a Jesse Tree. This tradition walks through the story of the Messiah, from creation through resurrection. The Shoot of Jesse brings the whole tradition into a single collection.
As the nation of Israel crumbled under the weight of their own sin, God spoke through the prophet Isaiah that He would, one day, send a new and better King David, to rule the world in righteousness. The Shoot of Jesse tells the story of God creating Adam as the king of all creation, Adam’s abdication of his crown, and God’s long-term mission to reestablish a righteous king of creation. The story is presented in daily increments, from December 1st through December 25th. Each day tells a piece of the story, drawing closer to Jesus’s enthronement as King of all creation as Christmas draws closer.
Each day presents a piece of the narrative, summarized in language for both children and adults (adult discretion is encouraged). The narrative is complimented by excerpts of key passages of Scripture and contemplative visual artwork. Physical ornaments of the images are also available to accompany the book.
The Shoot of Jesse provides you with everything you need to learn the story, teach the story, relive the story, and rejoice in the story of our great King Jesus, year after year.
Davek Kids
Enosh and the Elohim
With gentle storytelling, rich imagination, and timeless truth, Enosh and the Elohim invites children into a world where even broken things can be made new.
Perfect for bedtime reading or thoughtful conversation, this tale reminds young hearts that true greatness is found in humility, and the best kind of power is love.
Christian Living Series
Prayers from the Time of Jesus
In the period surrounding the time when Jesus walked the earth, the followers of God prayed in a variety of ways. Among those ways was a collection of scripted prayers they recited throughout the day, in specific circumstances, and in diverse activities. These prayers were beautiful and poetic. They demonstrated a passion for the Scriptures and intimacy with them, as the prayers were clearly inspired by specific passages of God’s words.
Prayers from the Time of Jesus presents these Hebrew and Greek prayers, along with the passages of Scripture that inspired them. R.A. Sweeney translated the Scriptures as close to a word-for-word definitional translation as possible. But for the prayers, he took more liberty with word choice to capture the feelings, emotions, and connotational range that the prayers and inspiring Scriptures communicate.
As passionate Wyoming outdoor enthusiasts, Sweeney and Aivazian set these prayers against a backdrop of Wyoming landscapes. The beauty of the Wyoming outdoors provides the perfect compliment to God’s word, adding stunning visual demonstration to the captivating literary beauty of the text.