Pray First | Week 2
Many of us often approach prayer as carefully-curated, randomly-collected, or desperately-uttered words spoken into the void in the hope that they might somehow affect the REAL world, though they be nothing more than ritual in practice to us. But this is not the truth, the reality, the essence of prayer. Prayer is not empty phrases bandied to the darkness. Prayer is not feeble liturgy badly remembered. Prayer is not about vainly hoping that I just get what I want because I want it so desperately, not really believing that it will make a difference in the end. In fact, it is SO much more! Prayer has a purpose. Prayer has power. And prayer is with and through and for and by and in and about and to and from the most beautiful, glorious, dynamic person in the cosmos.
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Message Series Description:
One of the oldest, most universal religious practices is prayer. It’s the connection between the divine and humanity, whether formal or spontaneous, and is found in virtually every faith practice known, in one form or another. Yet with how common it seems to be, it’s often one of the most neglected practices for those who follow Jesus. While we’ll learn about God, talk about God, even surround ourselves with God-related things, the actually connection between us and our Savior can be quite … tenuous. Discovering what prayer really is and how we can engage with it will transform our faith from a stale religion into a vibrant relationship with the Author of the cosmos.
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