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2008 Prayer Focus for Nu Faith Community UMC
I am about to do a new thing – Isaiah 43: 19
Day |
Focus |
Scriptural Focus |
Sunday |
Passionate Worship |
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Monday |
Radical Hospitality |
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Tuesday |
Extravagant Generosity |
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Wednesday |
Faith Forming Relationships |
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Thursday |
Risk-taking Mission and Service |
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Friday |
Connectional Ministry |
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Saturday |
Fervent Prayer and Diligent Study of Scripture |
WHY WE PRAY
Our prayers on the keyboard of earth trigger hammers on the piano strings of heaven.Genesis 1:26 tells us that God made us in His image and gave us dominion over all the earth and all the creatures. God is NOT in authority in our lives unless we give our lives to Him, because He gave dominion to us. We have a free will and God will not violate our free will. Without prayer and a yielded will, God is limited in what He can do in our lives.
To pray is to triumph. We pray to ask for protection. All the water in all the world cannot sink a boat unless the water gets inside the boat. Nor can all the trouble in the world harm us unless it gets inside us. “The LORD will keep you from all harm...” Psalm 121:7Prayer is a means of being obedient to our Lord God. Obedience is willingly submitting to the process that God has chosen for us to be conformed to the image of His Son. By loving God above all else, our greatest longing will be to conform our lives to His will.
We learn His will through studying the Bible, communication with Him in prayer, and communication with other Christians. Prayer helps us achieve our destiny within His ministry.We pray because God wants us to pray to Him. “If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 “He prays to God and finds favor with Him, he sees God’s face and shouts for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state.” Job 33:26 Praying brings God’s favor and great joy. More prayer info:
The Bible contains prayers and canticles (songs) that give us words to pray and praise. Many, such as the Lord's Prayer, the Magnificat, and the Canticle of Simeon, have become part of the common prayer of the church liturgy. Yet any of these may also give voice to our own joys, yearnings and struggles. We truly pray the Lord's Prayer when we take each phrase and make it our own, finding its truth reflected in our beliefs, needs, fears and aspirations. Mary's Magnificat can become our own song of exultation, hope and trust. There are times when we recognize with her that "the Mighty One has done great things for me" (Luke 1:49). We may know from experience what it means to be lifted up from lowliness, or we may see the emptiness of those who seem powerful and self-satisfied. Thus, we know that the truths spoken in Mary's words are universal because they are so personal. Sometimes we can personalize a passage of scripture by placing our own name in it. Some passages from the books of the Prophets lend themselves to becoming personal prayers as we make ourselves the recipients of God's Word. Ready to try it? NEXT STEP... Choose A Verse »
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