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A Prayer for Every Day of All Seasons, Especially Lent and Passiontide
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2024-02-10T21:00:26.000Z
2024-02-10T21:00:26.000Z
Salvatore Anthony Luiso
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<div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>A Prayer for Every Day of All Seasons, Especially Lent and Passiontide<br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Richard of Chichester served the Lord as a priest and bishop in England in the 13th Century. He was a contemporary of both Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The Wikipedia article about him says that although he was born into a high social class (the gentry), and could have continued to remain in it, he chose an ascetic life "of study and the Church". As a bishop, he was a clerical reformer, who, the article says:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>[. . .] showed much eagerness to reform the manners and morals of his clergy, and also to introduce greater order and reverence into the services of the Church.[5][11]</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion regard him as a saint.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Nowadays he is best known as the author of a short prayer which is attributed to him. He is said to have uttered the original version of it on his deathbed. In it, Richard first thanks the Lord Jesus Christ, and then asks Him to have mercy upon him, and commends his spirit to Him. It was recorded in Latin.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The Wikipedia article contains a few versions of it in English. The versions which are best known are so different from the original that the only resemblance they have to it is that they are addressed to the Lord Jesus.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Following is the version which was published in <em>The Churchman's Prayer Manual</em> (1913), compiled by G.R. Bullock-Webster, M.A.:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong> For all the benefits Thou hast given me,</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong> For all the pains and insults Thou hast borne for me.</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>O most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother,</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong> May I know Thee more clearly,</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong> Love Thee more dearly,</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong> Follow Thee more nearly.</strong></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The first part of this version is close to the first part of the original one; the second part is unlike anything in the original. Ironically, the petitions of the second part have become famous, and thereby spread Richard's name, while the first part has not.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The phrase "Day by day" has been added to those three petitions to create a song that was published in the hymnal <em>Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition</em>, from which was derived the song "Day by Day" of the musical play <em>Godspell</em>. In these two songs, "know Thee more clearly" has been changed to "see thee more clearly".</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Both the petition to know the Lord more clearly and the petition to see Him more clearly are according to His will. So are the petitions to love Him more dearly and to follow Him more nearly. Therefore, we who petition the Lord with them should confidently believe that He hears us and grants us that for which we ask, as His perspicacious, loving, and faithful follower and friend John teaches:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.<br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>—I John 5:14–15</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> With or without the phrase "day by day", all three of these petitions are fitting for prayer every day of every season.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The portion of Richard's prayer in which He gives thanks to the Lord is also so fitting, but it is especially fitting for the liturgical seasons in which special attention is given to the sufferings our Lord endured during His earthly ministry: namely, Lent and Passiontide.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Just as the original version of Richard's prayer was used to make the derivative version presented in this article, so we can use this version to make other derivative prayers.</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div></div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> One way we could do this is by making the petitions more specific in accord with the liturgical season in which we are praying. For example, one could pray the first petition as follows as follows:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;">Advent</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">May I know/see Thee in Thy coming more clearly</span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;">Christmastide</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">May I know/see Thee in Thy nativity more clearly</span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;">Epiphanytide</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">May I know/see Thee in Thy manifestations more clearly</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;">Lent</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">May I know/see Thee in Thy temptations more clearly</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;">Passiontide</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">May I know/see Thee in Thy suffering and death more clearly</span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;">Eastertide</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">May I know/see Thee in Thy resurrection more clearly</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div></div><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;">Ascensiontide</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">May I know/see Thee in Thy ascension more clearly</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;">Pentecost</span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">May I know/see Thee in relation to the Holy Spirit more clearly</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Two other changes we might want to make are restoring Richard's two petitions. That is:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">1. As Richard pleaded for the Lord to have mercy on him, we plea likewise, as we all need the His mercy every day, whether it be our last one or not.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">2. As Richard commended his spirit to the Lord, we commend likewise, as He can care and preserve them better than we can—perfectly, in fact—not only at the point of death in this world, but at all times and in all places. (See Psalm 31:5, Luke 23:46, and Acts 7:59 for other examples of a man commending his spirit in prayer.)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> None of this is to say that Richard's version, or any of the other versions attributed to him, are in some way lacking, and cannot or should not be prayed as they are.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Whether or not one observes Lent, Passiontide, or any other liturgical season, I recommend praying the version of Richard's prayer in this article, with confidence in the Lord Jesus that He hears us and grants us its petitions.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> May the Lord Himself be greatly blessed, honored, and glorified with all of the versions of the prayer attributed to Richard of Chichester. Amen.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>Questions for consideration<br /> </u></strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">1. What do you think about the version of the prayer attributed to Richard of Chichester which is present in this article?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">2. Would you like to pray this prayer? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">3. Would you like to pray this prayer every day of a liturgical season, such as Lent and Passiontide? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">4. Would you like to make a new version of this prayer that is a derivation of it? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">5. If you would like to make such a new version, what would you like to say in it?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">6. Does I John 5:14–15 affect the way you pray? If so, how and why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">7. Would you like I John 5:14–15 to affect the way you pray? If so, how and why? If not, why not?</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">This article was written based upon the Wikipedia article about Richard of Chichester. These are some of its bibliographic details:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Page name: Richard of Chichester</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Author: Wikipedia contributors</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Publisher: <em>Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Date of last revision: 7 February 2024 09:06 UTC</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Date retrieved: 10 February 2024 09:09 UTC</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Permanent link: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_of_Chichester&oldid=1204544124">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_of_Chichester&oldid=1204544124</a></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Page name: Richard of Chichester</span></div></div></div></div></div>
Some Ideas for the Observance of Advent
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2023-11-30T09:00:40.000Z
2023-11-30T09:00:40.000Z
Salvatore Anthony Luiso
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/SalvatoreAnthonyLuiso
<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Some Ideas for the Observance of Advent</strong></span><br /> <strong> </strong><br /> Time flies! As I write this article, we are almost at the end of the traditional Western church year. This means we are almost at the beginning of a new church year: or, in other words, from the first day of the season of Advent. (This year, 2023, the first day of Advent is Sunday, December 3rd.)<br /> <br /> If you are interested in observing Advent, I suggest that before it begins you prayerfully consider and decide how you will observe it.<br /> <br /> There are multitudes of resources we can use to observe this season, such as a collection of Advent devotions. Many are accessible online. Some are available for free. Some were prepared from the perspective of a particular church tradition, e.g. Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, and Baptist, and others were not.<br /> <br /> The movement <strong>Advent Conspiracy</strong> is a source of such resources. I recommend it. Its website says:<br /> <br /> <strong>Advent Conspiracy was founded on the radical idea that we can celebrate Christmas humbly, beautifully, and generously. Advent is the story of a wondrous moment when God entered our world to make things right. It is the greatest story ever told and it changes everything—including the way we celebrate Christmas.</strong><br /> <br /> If you would like to learn more about Advent Conspiracy and the resources it offers, I suggest you use this link: <a href="https://adventconspiracy.org/">https://adventconspiracy.org/</a><br /> <br /> Of course, one can also observe Advent in worthwhile ways without any of the Advent resources I have mentioned, such as by reading passages of the Scriptures—in both the Old Testament and the New Testament—which are related to Advent, and meditating on them.<br /> <br /> Remember that traditionally Advent is not only about the the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ: that of His Incarnation and Nativity. It is also about His second coming: when "the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works" (Matthew 16:27 (AV/KJV)).<br /> <br /> I heartily recommend the daily observance of Advent with one or more suitable spiritual disciplines.<br /> <br /> Following is a list of seven such disciplines:<br /> <br /> 1. Reading passages of the Scriptures which pertain to the advents of the Lord<br /> 2. Praying psalms which pertain to the advents of the Lord (such as Psalms 24, 40, 96, and 98)<br /> 3. Memorizing one or more verses of the Scriptures which pertain to the advents of the Lord<br /> 4. Studying the advents of the Lord<br /> 5. Meditating on the advents of the Lord<br /> 6. Singing one or more songs (such as hymns) which pertain to the advents of the Lord<br /> 7. Thanking and praising the Lord for His advents, including what He did in His first advent and what He will do in His second<br /> <br /> I have written about other ideas for the observance of Advent in my article "The Penitential Psalms, Advent, and Lent", which can be on this website here: <a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics1/the-penitential-psalms-advent-and-lent">https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/the-penitential-psalms-advent-and-lent</a><br /> <br /> And, of course, there is also the aforementioned discipline of using a collection of Advent devotions.<br /> <br /> May God the Father bless the observance of Advent to the sanctification, edification, and preparation of His church for His only begotten and beloved Son, through the gracious ministrations of the Holy Spirit, to His glory. Amen.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Questions for consideration</strong></span><br /> 1. Do you think you give enough attention to the advent of the Incarnation and Nativity of Christ? If so, why? If not, why not?<br /> 2. Do you think you give enough attention to the advent of the return of Christ? If so, why? If not, why not?<br /> 3. Would you like to observe Advent by practicing spiritual disciplines—especially ones which involve the advents of Christ? If so, why? If not, why not?<br /> 4. Would you like to learn more about the advents of Christ? If so, why? If not, why not?<br /> 5. What are some other spiritual disciples one could perform which involve the advents of Christ?<br /> 6. Would you like to thank and praise the Lord Jesus for the advent of His Incarnation and Nativity? If so, why? If not, why not?<br /> 7. Would you like to thank and praise the Lord Jesus for the advent of His return? If so, why? If not, why not?</p></div>
The 12 Pray!s of Jesus
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2023-08-21T23:27:07.000Z
2023-08-21T23:27:07.000Z
Phil Miglioratti
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PhilMiglioratti942
<div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>The 12 <em>Pray!</em>s of Jesus</strong></span></div>
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<div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:14pt;"> <strong> Pray! with God…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “Jesus went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer with God.” Luke 6:12 NASB2020</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! with Faith…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.”” John 11:42 NLT</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! for All Who Have Faith… </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me.” John 17:20 CEV</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! that All Will Have Faith…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.” John 17:21 NLT</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! where You Can Be Alone…</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray.” Luke 5:16 </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! when You Feel Alone…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “Then about that time Jesus shouted, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”” Matthew 27:46 CEV</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! for Close Companions…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “Simon, stay on your toes. Satan has tried his best to separate all of you from me, like chaff from wheat. Simon, I’ve prayed for you in particular that you not give in or give out. When you have come through the time of testing, turn to your companions and give them a fresh start.” Luke 22:31-32 MSG</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! with Close Companions…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on a mountain to pray.” Luke 9:28 NLT </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! for The Children…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong> </strong> “Some people brought their children to Jesus, so he could place his hands on them and pray for them.” Matthew 19:13 CEV</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:14pt;"> <strong> Pray! for Your Enemies… </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you.” Matthew 5:44 </span>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! this…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon.” Luke 11:2 NLT</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Pray! Up; Don’t Give Up…</strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> “One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.” Luke 18:1 NLT </span></div>
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A Template - The 7 “Hurray!”s of The Lord's Prayer
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/a-template-the-7-hurray-s-of-the-lord-s-prayer
2023-06-30T18:04:55.000Z
2023-06-30T18:04:55.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">A Template - </span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><span style="font-family:'arial black', sans-serif;">The<span class="gmail_default"> </span><span class="gmail_default">7</span> "<em>Hooray!"</em>s of The Lord's Prayer</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Phil Miglioratti @ The Reimagine.Network</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Matthew 6:9-13<span class="gmail_default"> -</span>New Living Translation</span></p>
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<p><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:14pt;"> <em><span class="gmail_default">"</span>Our Father in heaven,may your name be kept holy.<span class="gmail_default">"</span></em></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span class="gmail_default">"</span>May your Kingdom come soon.<span class="gmail_default"> </span>May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.</em><span class="gmail_default"><em>"</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span class="gmail_default">"</span>Give us today the</em><em> food</em><em> we need<span class="gmail_default">."</span></em></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;">H<span class="gmail_default">ooray! - God Desires To <u>Provide</u> For Our Needs</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span class="gmail_default">"F</span>orgive us our sins,<span class="gmail_default"> </span>as we have forgiven those who sin against us.<span class="gmail_default">"</span></em></span></div>
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<div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:14pt;">Hurray! - God <u>Pardons</u> Us From Sin</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span class="gmail_default"><em>"</em></span><em>And don’t let us yield to temptation<span class="gmail_default">."</span></em></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><span class="gmail_default">Hooray! - God <u>Prepares</u> Us For Trials and Testing</span><br /> </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><span class="gmail_default">"R</span>escue us from the evil one.</em><span class="gmail_default"><em>"</em></span></span><br />
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Hooray! - God's Power <u>Protects</u> Us From the Evil One</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><em>“The kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours forever. Amen.”</em><br /> </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;">H<span class="gmail_default">ooray! - God Is Worthy of <u>Praise</u></span></span></div>
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Pray. In Your Community. For Your Community.
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2023-03-06T17:28:36.000Z
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em>By Chuck Lawless on Mar 03, 2023</em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Many of us walk through our neighborhoods on regular walks. Almost all of us drive through our communities on a daily basis. What we often fail to do is use these times to pray. If I were praying during either of these opportunities, here are some things I would look for to focus my praying:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Evidence of children in a home.</strong> Maybe there are toys in drive or a swing set in the back yard. Perhaps the kids are playing outside. When I see these evidences, I pray for (a) wisdom for parents, and for (b) grace that the parents and the children would know the Lord. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>“For Sale” signs in the yard.</strong> Here, I pray that the family moving out would experience a gospel witness and find a church home wherever they’re moving. I then pray for the family moving in that (a) if they’re believers, we could join forces to reach the neighborhood, or (b) if they’re not believers, someone—beginning with my wife and me—would be a witness to them. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Places of worship.</strong> If it’s a church, I pray that the true gospel would be preached there. If the place of worship represents another non-Christian faith, I pray God would turn its adherents to the true gospel—and that Christians in the community would be loving witnesses to them. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Homes in apparent disarray.</strong> Often, those signs indicate some kind of chaos in that home. That could be anything from family conflict to unemployment to health issues to aging homeowners—but prayer is in order. God knows what’s going on behind the closed doors. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Neighbors also walking or driving through the neighborhood.</strong> I may or may know the person, but simply seeing him or her deepens and focuses my burden for my neighbors. Somehow, briefly looking with gospel intentionality into the face of someone created in the image of God changes my heart. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Places of education.</strong> As a Christian educator, I know how much we need prayer every day. How much more that seems apparent for administrators, teachers, and students in the public school system! I pray particularly that Christians of all ages in that context would be strong witnesses for Christ within that setting. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Sites of government leadership.</strong> Paul told us to pray “for kings and all those who are in authority” (2 Tim 2:2)—and seeing the place where leaders serve reminds me to pray for them. Frankly, I need this reminder to pray salvation and wisdom for folks with whom I often disagree politically. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Places of business.</strong> I typically pick one place of business as I drive to work each day and pray for its owners. More recently, I’ve begun praying for any business I visit (e.g., a grocery store, a restaurant, a barber, a gas station, etc.). The prayer targets are right there in front of me—I just have to be intentional. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Places of “life and death” service.</strong> Here, I’m thinking of places like hospitals, fire stations, police departments, prisons, funeral homes, and cemeteries. Because I believe Christ and the gospel are the key to abundant and eternal life, I pray for those who deal with life and death issues every day. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>My own home and workplace.</strong> Sometimes we pray for other people and places but fail to pray for ourselves. I’m still developing this habit, but I now pray for our home and for the seminary where I serve every time I park in the driveway or in the parking lot. </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;">I hope these ideas encourage and help you to pray! </span></p>
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CHAT With The Author ~ Phil Miglioratti @ Reimagine.Network Interviewed Carolyn Carney, Author of “The Power of Group Prayer: How Intercession Transforms Us and The World”
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/phil-miglioratt-reimagine-network-interviewed-carolyn-carney-auth
2023-01-01T19:47:58.000Z
2023-01-01T19:47:58.000Z
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<p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>“The Power of Group Prayer: How Intercession Transforms Us and The World”</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">[This interview is included in the <a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/leadership-lab-learn-the-art-of-facilitating-collaborative-prayer" target="_blank">Leadership Lab</a>: Learn The Art of Facilitating Collaborative Prayer or Planning]</span></p>
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<p id="E410" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E411" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">"When we learn to intercede with others...</span></em></span></p>
<p id="E412" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E413" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">Our hope for change grows</span></em></span></p>
<p id="E414" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E415" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">Our prayers are emboldened</span></em></span></p>
<p id="E416" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E417" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">We can pray longer with increasing energy and inspiration</span></em></span></p>
<p id="E418" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E419" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">We come to understand God differently."</span></em></span></p>
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<p id="E422" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E423">PHIL>>> Carolyn, this statement at the beginning of your book is crucial to understanding why corporate prayer is </span><span id="E425">transformingly</span><span id="E427"> different.</span><span id="E428" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault"> It seems the key is to reimagine prayer by learning how to pray with others.</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E432" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-2"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E433">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E434">Yes! Typically, I don’t believe we have many good models of how to pray effectively with others. Often our examples in church </span><span id="E435">are</span><span id="E436"> that of the “pastoral prayer,” where the pastor prays in front of the congregation for 3 or 5 minutes in a monologue. Or in mainline churches, like the Episcopal church, where we have the “Prayers of the People.” Here, one person prays many short paragraphs, interspersed by “Lord, in your mercy…”, to which the people respond, “Hear our prayer.” In both instances, we are together in a room, but I would not say that we are necessarily, praying </span><span id="E437">together.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E439" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-2"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E440">Another example that I use in the book is one of my first experiences at my church’s Wednesday night prayer meeting. We divided up into same sex small groups. I remember ours had about a dozen women. I’d say now, that was too many to pray effectively together. We all shared prayer requests, which were dutifully written down, ostensibly, so that we could keep praying on our own during the week. When we finished with the sharing of requests, there was not too much time left to pray. One person started and named each request one by one, so that there was not much left to pray for. I do not doubt the sincerity of the woman’s prayer</span><span id="E441"> or that she desired God to be at work in each of these situations, but </span><span id="E442">I also think we can do better at</span><span id="E443"> praying </span><span id="E444">together</span><span id="E445"> than that.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E447" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E448">I use this analogy of building a highway through the mountains in the book. Simply put, when you build a highway you have to know what is blocking the highway from going through and remove it, and then bring in what needs to be there in order to have the highway. So, when Paul is looking for a job, we just don’t ask God, “Lord, please give him a job.” We think of all the things that are in the way of Paul getting the job that he wants: short-sightedness, despair, </span><span id="E449">a lack of jobs in his field, </span><span id="E450">being stuck. Then we pray in what </span><span id="E451">we believe</span><span id="E452"> Paul </span><span id="E453">may </span><span id="E454">need: a connection, encouragement, imagination, </span><span id="E455">trust that God sees him, </span><span id="E456">etc. </span><span id="E457">A group of four could spend an energizing time praying for Paul’s job, if they used short sentences and added to what the previous person prayed. I call this “praying in agreement,” where we make an audible paragraph together, by one person praying 1-2 sentences, the next person taking something that the first person has prayed a little bit deeper, and the next person doing the same and so on and so forth, until there is a bit of a pause, and then a new subject is brought up. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E460" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><strong><span id="E461">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E462" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">Unpack for us what happens when we present our praise and petitions in a group (triad, small group, congregation)...</span></strong></em></span></p>
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<p id="E465" class="x-scope qowt-li-7_1 qowt-list qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E466">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E468">When I pray with other people in a group, and we pray well together, focused on something intentional, I understand that I am not the only person who cares about this, or sees something wrong. My hope grows because I hear other people asking God to work along some of the same lines I have asked God to work.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E469" class="qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E470" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">•Our prayers are emboldened</span><span id="E471" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">...</span></span></p>
<p id="E472" class="qowt-li-3_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E473">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E474">Someone recently asked me if I had the gift of faith. I said, “No. In fact, I think I am mostly a pessimist. But when I pray with others, I hear their expressions of faith in God being at work in an area I no nothing about or have long ago given up on. When they pray passionately for something, as I listen to their prayer, something changes in me and my prayers are birthed in a new boldness.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E475" class="qowt-li-6_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E476" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">•We can pray longer with increasing energy and inspiration</span><span id="E477" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">...</span></span></p>
<p id="E478" class="qowt-li-6_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E479">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E480">OH, this is one of the sweetest things about praying in agreement with other like-hearted followers of Jesus – I can pray for hours! </span></span></p>
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<p id="E482" class="qowt-li-6_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E483" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">•We come to understand God differently</span><span id="E484" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">...</span></span></p>
<p id="E485" class="qowt-li-6_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E486" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">CAROLYN>>></span><span id="E487" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">And then after praying, not only am I drawn closer to God, I have a clearer understanding of his activity in the world. I see his grace and generosity, his authority and compassion, his steadfastness and condescension. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E490" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><strong><span id="E491">PHIL>>> Agree or Disagree: Most prayer meeting formats simply call for individuals to take turns around the circle praying their personal </span><span id="E492" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">need/fix/want </span><span id="E493">list rather than facilitating a group conversation. </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p id="E495" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E496">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E497">Agreed. And this is why prayer meetings are typically boring to many folks. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E500" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E501" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">"Prayer that transforms is the kind of prayer that helps to move mission forward."</span></em></span></p>
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<p id="E503" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E504">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E505" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">How does corporate/group praying move mission forward differently than individual intercession?</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E507" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E508">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E509">Corporate/group praying only moves mission forward when </span><span id="E510">mission</span><span id="E511"> is the central focus of why the group is gathering together to pray. If the group gathers to pray for individual needs, then mission will not move forward. But if groups gather together and pray the way that I suggest in the book, then I believe mission will move forward. </span></span></p>
<p id="E513" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span id="E514" style="font-size:12pt;">We don’t like to be told that the way we are praying is wrong. It feels like an insult, because prayer is such a private matter. Well, it is, when we are praying in private! But when we are together as a group, we should pray differently. If a group is gathering together from a particular church, we should not be spending most of our time in prayer concerning ourselves with Aunt Susie’s hip surgery, because Aunt Susie lives a thousand miles away! </span></p>
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<p id="E516" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E517">What is the role of your church in the community? What could it be? What reach could the church have? These are the things that we need to be praying about and concerning ourselves with when we gather together to pray. It’s not that I don’t care about Aunt Susie, but is there not another place of prayer </span><span id="E518">where I can bring that important request? If the church has one evening a week where we gather together to pray, let’s make good use of that time. And if we do, if we pray with great intention about the mission of the church, then, mission will move forward. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E523" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-1" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><span id="E524" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS">"Praying in agreement is like constructing an audible paragraph together."</span></em></span></p>
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<p id="E526" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E527">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E528" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">How does a prayer leader introduce then facilitate a conversational style of praying to a group or congregation?</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E530" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E531">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E532">In the book I write </span><span id="E533">this about praying in agreement: </span><span id="E534" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">A paragraph, of course, is a cohesive group of sentences on one particular theme. Here’s how it works in prayer:</span></span></p>
<p id="E535" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E536" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> </span><span id="E538" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">A topic is raised. A number of people should pray on this topic, having each prayer BUILD UPON the previous prayer, as if you were constructing a paragraph. For instance, </span></span></p>
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<li id="E539" class="qowt-li-2_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span id="E540" class="qowt-font6-Calibri" style="font-size:12pt;">The first person prays, “Lord, make us mindful of your presence tonight, that we might hear your voice and allow you to lead us.”</span></li>
<li class="qowt-li-2_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Second person prays, “Yes, Lord. We confess our egocentrism and pride, our view that our way is right, that we know the way we should go. We need you to lead us.”</span></li>
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<p id="E543" class="qowt-li-2_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E544" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">Third </span><span class="qowt-font6-Calibri">person prays, “Lord, the way that seems right to us, leads to death (Prov </span><span id="E547" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">14:12</span><span id="E548" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">). So, we seek your way tonight, we seek your voice tonight. O, lead us, Lord, in the way we should go.”</span></span></p>
<p id="E552" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E553" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> </span><span id="E554" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Every</span> prayer gathering will be helped by s</span><span id="E555" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">ee</span><span id="E556" class="qowt-font6-Calibri">ing</span><span id="E557" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> praying in agreement as the main means of praying together as a group. Praying this way keeps up the energy and doesn’t allow folks to ramble or dominate. We become more mindful of what others are praying. Since people are praying just a couple of sentences, it is much easier to follow what they are saying. You are saved from having to “pray it all” because you are only praying a sentence or two.</span><span id="E558" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> Those who are new to praying aloud are rarely intimidated by praying 1-2 sentences. Also, praying this way helps to keep people from being intimidated by the eloquence of a long-winded pray-er.</span><span id="E559" class="qowt-font6-Calibri"> I depend on you to add to my thought. We are unified, we stay engaged, we stay on topic. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E564" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E565">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E566" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">How do these descriptors apply t</span><span id="E567">o concerted (</span><span id="E568" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">'</span><span id="E569">performed together</span><span id="E570" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">;</span><span id="E571"> in cooperation</span><span id="E572" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">'</span><span id="E573">)</span><span id="E574" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault"> praying?</span><span id="E575" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault"> </span></strong></span></p>
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<li id="E576" class="qowt-li-4_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span id="E577" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault" style="font-size:12pt;">Worship-bred (birthed in worship)</span></li>
<li class="qowt-li-4_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Spirit-led (yielded to ...)</span></li>
<li class="qowt-li-4_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Scripture-fed (biblically prompted)</span></li>
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<p id="E590" class="qowt-li-0_1 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-4"><span id="E591" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault" style="font-size:12pt;">CAROLYN>>> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E593" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">I have not used such a rubric for prayer, but I can see where, in many ways, it follows along with my thinking on group intercession. God invites us into partnering with him in prayer. It helps us to begin our prayer from a place of having God and his nature front and center (worship-bred). </span><span id="E595" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">We yield to the Spirit as we listen for directives about how to pray. Sometimes the Spirit directs by giving an image, a word, a Scripture. That can led us to pray in a particular way that we had not thought of logically. I have examples of this in the book. Scripture, of course, is critical to feeding intercession. Think even of how many times The Lord’s Prayer has been prayed through the centuries! It is Jesus’ answer to the disciples request to be taught how to pray. Then, lastly, is the agreement of the body of believers in conversational prayer. Here is real unity, oneness of heart and mind and soul. </span></span></p>
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<p id="E598" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E599">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E600" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">One more exhortation or encouragement to equip us to reset how we think about collaborative prayer?</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E602" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E603">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E604"> Many churches have a mission statement. No doubt, there was much prayer undertaken when the mission statement was determined. But what prayer has happened around that mission statement recently? Brainstorming around the mission statement – what would the community look like, here in the pews, and outside the church walls, if we were to fully live into that mission statement and then focusing your prayer time on the outworking of that mission statement is a great place to start praying in an effective manner.</span></span></p>
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<p id="E607" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span id="E608">PHIL>>> </span><span id="E609" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">Carolyn, please write a prayer pastors and prayer lea</span><span id="E610">ders can use to reimagine praying when "two or three</span><span id="E611" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault"> of my followers</span><span id="E612"> gather together</span><span id="E613" class="qowt-font7-TrebuchetMS qowt-stl-gmaildefault">..." </span><span id="E614">(Matthew 18:20)</span></strong></span></p>
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<p id="E616" class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span id="E617">CAROLYN>>> </span><span id="E618"><em>Lord, teach us to pray.</em> </span></span></p>
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<p class="x-scope qowt-word-para-0"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>NEXT STEPS ~ <span style="font-size:14pt;">This interview is included in the <a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/leadership-lab-learn-the-art-of-facilitating-collaborative-prayer" target="_blank">Leadership Lab</a>: Learn The Art of Facilitating Collaborative Prayer or Planning</span></em></span></p>
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<h1 class="hidden-xs">Carolyn Carney</h1>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Carolyn Carney is the national director of spiritual formation for <a href="https://intervarsity.org/" target="_blank">InterVarsity Christian Fellowship</a>. She has a master of arts in spiritual formation and leadership from Spring Arbor University and serves as a spiritual director and retreat leader. She has led prayer groups and intercessory prayer training for more than thirty-five years. Carolyn lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with her husband, David, and their exceptional dog, Keeley.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Read her article "<a href="https://www.ivpress.com/pages/content/2-simple-ways-to-revitalize-your-church-with-group-prayer?source=carolyn-carney">2 Simple Ways to Revitalize Your Church with Group Prayer</a>."</span></p>
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CHAT With THE AUTHOR ~ Phil Miglioratti Interviewed Penny Cooke of
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><em><span class="s1">CHAT With The Author ~ Phil Miglioratti @ The Reimagine.Newtwork Interviewed Penny Cooke of "Pursuing Prayer"</span></em></strong></span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10888890299,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10888890299,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10888890299?profile=RESIZE_584x" width="390" height="416" /></a>PHIL >>> Penny, please explain the difference between typical praying and pursuing prayer?</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> Pursuing Prayer is a call to prayer, to fervent prayer, to consider the parts of prayer Jesus taught in the Lord’s Prayer. I’m not talking about reciting the Lord’s Prayer, but recognizing the elements Jesus included that we may overlook when we recite it. Might there be more to the Lord’s Prayer than reciting it? Could our prayers be more effective?</span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">Our lives are busy and seldom quiet, so we need to be intentional about times of prayer that include the elements Jesus taught, as well as taking time in quiet to hear His voice, in addition to the short prayers we may pray throughout our day.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> The format of your book is based on "an acrostic for prayer." How has this acrostic [P-R-A-Y-E-R] helped you in your work as a biblical-life-coach to equip Christians who are pursuing prayer?</strong></span><span class="s1"> </span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> In the book, I coach the reader through the Lord’s Prayer using an acrostic for prayer which coincides with each element of the Lord’s Prayer. The purpose is to help the reader understand Jesus’ prayer better and how they can personalize those elements in their own prayers, beyond reciting it. For example: What does it mean for me to hallow His name? What is His will for my life, and what does it look like for His kingdom to come in my life? Why does forgiveness mean in my life? What evil might I need to be delivered from? As a coach, I encourage the reader to consider what part of the Lord’s Prayer they need to focus on, what action they need to take, and how their prayers can be more effective as a result.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> Talk with us, teach us, about each of these daily prayer directives...</strong></span></p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>•P - Pursue Prayer Proactively</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> Again, Pursuing Prayer is about being intentional, or “proactive” about praying to Our Father. Jesus proactively invites us to a relationship in prayer. Intentionality breeds habit. We schedule everything else in our life, why not prayer? Perhaps if we make time for it first, we won’t eliminate it when life gets too busy. Isn’t that just what the enemy wants? He knows how important prayer is, and he is certainly intentional about distracting us.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>•R - Remember God's Righteous Deeds</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> This is the “hallowed be Your name” part of the Lord’s Prayer. When we remember what God has done in the past, in the Bible or in our lives or the lives of people we know, it gives us cause to praise Him. So we begin with remembering and worshipping Him. This gets our spiritual perspective right and builds our faith before we go on to the rest of our praying.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>•A - Acknowledge Sin and Ask Forgiveness</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> This is the “forgive us our debts” piece of the Lord’s Prayer. This helps us keep short accounts, which gives us the peace and confidence to come to him. Otherwise, we can be like Adam and Eve hiding from God. If His mercies are new every morning, why not come to Him every morning for those mercies, for a clean slate and a fresh start.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>•Y - Yield to God's Will</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> “Thy will be done.” In the R, we focused on who God is. Considering He is all He says He is, all knowing and all powerful, and we are limited, why would we want to run our lives without seeking Him first? We can’t see into the next minute, why wouldn’t we want to follow His plan and will for the moments only He sees? But that takes being proactive about prayer.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>•E - Enjoy God's Daily Bread</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> “Give us this day our daily bread” is about trusting Him to meet our needs, relying on Him for everything. This is the part of prayer we pray the most, praying for needs such as a health or financial situation. We bring Him our “prayer list” because He said to bring Him our burdens and to pray about everything. But, I encourage the reader to go beyond that. Might there be more to our daily bread than our tangible needs? (Hint: He is the Bread of Life.)</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>•R - Rest in God</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> Part of prayer is being still to hear His voice. Jesus was intentional about going off by Himself to spend time with the Father. I believe that when we pray as Jesus modeled and taught, including all of the above, our soul will have rest—no anxiety about anything and a peace that surpasses understanding. That’s trust. That’s faith. That’s rest.</span></p>
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<p class="p7" style="text-align:center;"><span class="s1"><strong>"True repentance means we make whatever adjustments need to be made and it produces an earnest desire to do better."</strong></span></p>
<p class="p7" style="text-align:center;"><span class="s1"><strong>"Real repentance is a radical change of heart that leads to...taking responsibility (for) our own decisions and actions."</strong></span></p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> How essential is true repentance in the heart of the believer if that believer is to reimagine how the Spirit wants to transform them by the renewing of their mind (Romans 12:2)?</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> Let’s turn your question around: True repentance is essential if the believer’s mind is to be transformed. Repentance opens the door to renewing our mind. So we must understand what true repentance is and what it means to the effectiveness of our prayers. David said in Psalm 66:18, “If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.” Might something hinder our prayers? Might there be something hindering the renewing of our mind?</span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">Once we have repented, cleaned the slate so to speak, then we must put something else on that slate, and that is the Word of God. We must be as intentional about God’s Word as we are about prayer.</span></p>
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<p class="p7" style="text-align:center;"><span class="s1"><strong>"Hallowed be Thy names."</strong></span></p>
<p class="p7" style="text-align:center;"><span class="s1"><strong>"Remember to raise God's names in praise."</strong></span></p>
<p class="p4"><strong><span class="s1">PHIL >>> What do God's names in scripture reveal to us and how should we incorporate them in our praying?</span></strong><span class="s1"> </span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> The beginning of knowing someone is knowing their name. In the Bible, names had deep meaning and significance. When we realize who God is through His many names (one name could never adequately describe Him) we will have more faith when we come to Him, and we will worship more deeply. He wants us to know Him. And there’s so much to know about His love, His care, His mercy. How can we truly worship Him (hallow His name) if we don’t really know Him?</span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">One of the names God is called repeatedly in the Bible is God of Hosts, or God of Heaven’s Armies. We don’t always see prayer as the spiritual warfare that it is. We can’t see the spiritual battles going on, how the enemy’s armies advance when we do not call out to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Perhaps if we considered this name of God and what it means, we would put on our armor and wield our “Sword of the Sprit” with more fervency. Perhaps prayer would become so vital to us that we would not cease to pray for our families, our nation, and our world. For we do not battle against humans but spiritual enemies. When we are, not just a member of, but in active military duty in Heaven’s army, praying fervently in spiritual warfare, perhaps then we will change our world.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><strong><span class="s1">PHIL >>> How would you coach a Pastor or Prayer Leader to reimagine/reshape the culture of prayer in their congregation?</span></strong><span class="s1"> </span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> Many people struggle with prayer. It should be a joy, but instead they feel lacking. People are always wondering how to pray. It doesn’t have to be confusing or deeply theological—that’s when we lose the average person. So, I would say, teach the elements of the Lord’s Prayer as how to pray: worship, confession, seeking His will, praying against temptation to be delivered from evil, and being still to hear His voice. And when in a spiritual battle, teach them to pray scripture, the Sword of the Spirit. That’s what Jesus used to be delivered from the evil one’s attacks. I believe if we prayed this way, we would have more confidence and motivation to pray, resulting in more peace and less anxiety and fear…and a more effective prayer life.</span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">I say this from experience. I prayed for 13 years for my son to be delivered from drugs. I used many scriptures to pray for him, wielding my spiritual sword to fight for him. Praise God he was not only delivered, but God did “exceedingly abundantly above all I asked or imagined.” He is a pastor now.</span></p>
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<p class="p7"><span class="s1"><strong>"Pursuing Prayer is your invitation to chase the kingdom of God here on earth."</strong></span></p>
<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> Unpack the idea of chasing the kingdom of God and how that insight gives us a deeper-and-wider perspective of the purpose and patterns of praying.</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> We chase what we love. We chase what we desire. Chasing is pursuing. Chasing is being proactive. What does our level of chasing the Kingdom say about our desire for the things of the Kingdom? Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul and mind. Our society, and even sometimes the church, has gotten so far away from this that we think being so Kingdom minded is radical, a Jesus freak. But that’s what we were supposed to be. Has our praying become watered down? Are our churches houses of prayer? We can think fervent praying is for the pastor and maybe a few “prayer warriors.” But it’s for all of us. Fervent prayers = fervent answers.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> One more thing you'd like to say ...</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> Have I always seen my prayers answered? Of course not. I doubt any of us have had 100% of our prayers answered the way we prayed them. But I’ve seen God move through prayer. I’ve especially seen God move in my own heart through prayer. I think the greater miracle is what He does “in” us, not around us. And if that is all I ever experienced because of prayer, it would be enough.</span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">This is what prayer is really about—relationship. It’s that sweet fellowship with the Holy Spirit we are privileged to have…the peace, strength, comfort. Oh, don’t miss out! If you’d like a more effective prayer life and a deeper relationship with Our Father, I invite you to Pursuing Prayer – Being Effective in a Busy World.</span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> Penny, please write a prayer we can pray with you in our desire to pursue an effective prayer life in a much-too-busy world.</strong></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1">PENNY >>> <em>Father, help us to be convinced that the busier we are, the more we need prayer, not less. Help us to know You and Your Word so well that we can rightly hallow Your name. Remind us to keep short accounts with You and to confess often, to draw upon Your lovingkindness and mercies that are there for us each new day. Help us to make Your will a priority as we bring You our requests. We need Your Kingdom on earth and in our lives, Lord. We need Your help and power to overcome the temptations in this world. We need You to deliver us from the evil one and his attacks in our lives. Our families need our prayers; our nation needs our prayers; our world needs our prayers. We need Your power that is released when confessed believers pray fervent prayers of faith to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Thank you for your love and that you offer this kind of relationship with You. Thank You for the privilege of prayer! In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.</em></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Penny Cooke i</strong>s a Certified Biblical Life Coach, writer, and avid pray-er. She has been a leader in women’s ministry for more than thirty years and has taught numerous Bible studies. Whether coaching, teaching, or writing, Penny seeks to encourage and equip believers with the Word of God and see them empowered by His Spirit for this battle we call life.</span></p>
<p class="p9"><span class="s2">Website:<a href="https://pennycookeauthor.com/"><span class="s3"> pennycookeauthor.com</span></a></span></p>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Last week NASA published an article entitled "NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet". One can read this article and see the picture it is about here: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet" target="_blank">https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet</a></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">The article says:</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div> </div><div><strong>Webb’s image is approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length, a tiny sliver of the vast universe.</strong></div><div> </div><div dir="ltr">That picture of "a tiny sliver of the vast universe" contains dozens and dozens of galaxies, each of which contains a myriad of stars. (Astronomers estimate that the galaxy in which we live, the Milky Way, contains between 100 billion and 400 billion stars.)</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">When you look at it, think of those facts with what the Bible says about the Lord Jesus Christ:</div><div> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>The same was in the beginning with God.<br /> </strong></div><div><strong>All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—John 1:1–3 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div> </div><div><strong>For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether <em>they be</em> thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:</strong></div><div><strong>And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—Colossians 1:16–17 (AV/KJV)</strong></div></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>And [God said to His Son], Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.<br /> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—Hebrews 1:10–12 (quoting Psalm 102:25–27) (AV/KJV)<br /> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">These facts may cause us to feel insignificant before Him:</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><strong>When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;</strong></div><div><strong>What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?</strong></div></div><strong>—Psalm 8:3–4 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">But we may not feel insignificant if we think of <em>how</em> He visited us:</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.<br /> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—John 1:14 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">The Word visited the son of man as <em>the</em> Son of man (Matthew 18:11; Mark 10:45; Luke 9:56; John 3:13)!</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">For even though Solomon, one of the sons of David, spoke rightly when he said:</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who <em>am</em> I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?<br /> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>[. . .]</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—II Chronicles 2:6 and 6:18 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Yet it is true that God became manifest in the flesh as <em>the</em> Son of David, and did dwell with men on earth, and was contained not only in a house, but, at His birth, in a manger--and offered up Himself as a sacrifice for sins (I Timothy 3:16; Matthew 22:41–46; Luke 2:7; Hebrews 9:24–28)!</div><div dir="ltr"> </div></div><div dir="ltr">And if this is true of Him:</div></div><br /> <strong>He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by <em>their</em> names.</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—Psalm 147:4 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Then surely it is also true that He knows not only the number of us, but knows each of us by name, too.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Thus we see good reasons for the Scriptures to say that both His glory and His mercy are "above the heavens" (Psalms 108:4 and 113:4).</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Furthermore: if this is true of Him:</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: <em>when</em> I call unto them, they stand up together.<br /> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—Isaiah 48:13 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Then surely it is also true that we should heed Him and respond to Him when He calls us.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">And if this is true:</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—Mark 13:31 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Then surely it is also true that we should heed, believe, and trust all of His words.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr">And if the following are true:</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.<br /> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—Psalm 19:1 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—Psalm 97:6 (AV/KJV)<br /> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Then surely it is also true that we should declare His glory and righteousness.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">In conclusion: surely these exhortations are right, just, and proper:</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.<br /> </strong></div><div dir="ltr">[. . .]</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><strong>[Praise the LORD] Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:</strong></div><div><strong>Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:</strong></div></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>—Psalm 148:3, 11–12 (AV/KJV)</strong></div><div> </div></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>Amen!</strong></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong><u>Questions for consideration</u></strong><div dir="ltr">1. What does the fact that all things were created by Christ mean to you?</div><div dir="ltr">2. What does the fact that all things were created by Christ make you feel?</div><div dir="ltr">3. What does the fact that all things were created for Christ mean to you?</div><div dir="ltr">4. What does the fact that all things were created for Christ make you feel?</div><div dir="ltr">5. What does the fact that He by whom all things were created became one of us and dwelt among us mean to you?</div><div dir="ltr">6. What does the fact that He by whom all things were created became one of us and dwelt among us make you feel?</div><div dir="ltr">7. Do the facts related in this article affect your perception of Christ? If so, how? If not, why not?</div><div dir="ltr">8. Do the facts related in this article affect your attitude toward Christ? If so, how? If not, why not?</div></div></div>
The Penitential Psalms, Advent, and Lent
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/the-penitential-psalms-advent-and-lent
2022-02-27T12:00:57.000Z
2022-02-27T12:00:57.000Z
Salvatore Anthony Luiso
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/SalvatoreAnthonyLuiso
<div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Repentance is essential to life with God. It was essential to the ministries of the prophets, up to and including John the Baptist and the Lord Jesus Christ. During His earthly ministry, the Lord both preached it and taught it. Two examples:</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.<br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>—Mark 1:14–15 (AV/KJV)</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.<br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>—Luke 13:3 and 5 (for context, read verses 1 through 9) (AV/KJV)</strong></span></div></div><div> </div></div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Repentance is also a theme of two seasons of the liturgical year: Advent and Lent. Both seasons are traditionally times in which Christians examine themselves and repent of their sins. Thus they are seasons of penitence.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> What is penitence? Oxford Languages defines it as follows: "the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance".</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Seven of the psalms are known as the "Penitential Psalms", namely: 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143 (according to the numbering of the Septuagint: 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, and 142).</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The Wikipedia article "Penitential Psalms" says:</span></div><div> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>These psalms are expressive of sorrow for sin. Four were known as 'penitential psalms' by St. Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century. The fiftieth Psalm (<em>Miserere</em>) was recited at the close of daily morning service in the primitive Church.</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penitential_Psalms">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penitential_Psalms</a>)</span></div><div> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Thus, the following spiritual disciplines are suitable for observing Advent and Lent:</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">1. Reading the Penitential Psalms</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">2. Reciting the Penitential Psalms</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">3. Praying the Penitential Psalms</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">4. Singing the Penitential Psalms (they have been set to music many times)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">5. Studying the Penitential Psalms</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">6. Memorizing the Penitential Psalms</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">7. Meditating on the Penitential Psalms</span></div><div> </div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Since there are seven of them, and there are seven days in a week, it would be fitting to read, recite, pray, etc. through these psalms once a week during Advent and Lent, each day with a different psalm. For example, reading Psalm 6 on Sunday, Psalm 31 on Monday, Psalm 37 on Tuesday, and so forth.</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> It would also be fitting to spend each week of these seasons meditating on a different psalm, e.g. meditating on Psalm 6 the first week, Psalm 31 the second week, Psalm 37 the third week, and so forth.</span></div><div> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> As one would expect, through the ages much has been written about the Penitential Psalms, e.g. studies, commentaries, and meditations. Many of these can be read in books which are currently in print. (For example, Savonarola's meditation on Psalm 51, which has been read by devout Christians since it was first published over five centuries ago, is currently available in a contemporary English translation in the book <em>Prison Meditations on Psalms 51 and 31</em>, published by Marquette University Press. One can learn more about it here: <a href="https://www.marquette.edu/mupress/Savonarola.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.marquette.edu/mupress/Savonarola.shtml</a>)</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> One can also learn about the Penitential Psalms from articles which are accessible online.</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> In conclusion: Whether or not one observes Advent and Lent, I recommend one pray for divine assistance with self-examination—always bearing in mind not only that the Lord's calls us to repent, but to believe the gospel of the kingdom of God.</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Who can understand <em>his</em> errors? cleanse thou me from secret <em>faults</em>.<br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>—Psalm 19:12 (AV/KJV)</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>Questions for consideration</u></strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">1. Do you agree that repentance is essential to life with God? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">2. Would you like to observe Advent and/or Lent by practicing spiritual disciplines? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">3. Would you like to observe Advent and/or Lent by practicing spiritual disciplines with the Penitential Psalms? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">4. Would you like to learn more about the Penitential Psalms? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">5. What are some other spiritual disciples one could perform with the Penitential Psalms?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">6. Would you like to pray for divine assistance with self-examination? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">7. Would you like to pray Psalm 19:12? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div></div></div></div>
CHATwith The Author: Remco Brommet, "Prayer Matters"
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/chat-with-the-author-remco-brommet-prayer-matters
2022-02-25T23:11:09.000Z
2022-02-25T23:11:09.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> Remco, what did God use to prompt you to write this book?</strong></span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s2">REMCO >>> </span><span class="s1">During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and the violence erupting in our country I encounter a lot of anxiety among people in our ministry community along with a lack of knowledge of how to pray. I began writing a series of weekly prayer pointers. During that time I could not shake the thought that God's people, especially here in the USA, urgently need to root themselves deeply into a daily relationship with Him as times get harder, and move from occasional crisis or need-driven prayer to a life of unceasing prayer in order to have the strength of faith, the depth of peace, and the brightness of light in order to thrive amidst growing global chaos.</span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> You have an uncommon profile: Born in the Netherland, pastored in Amsterdam, 40+ years of ministry in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and the United States. How have these experiences and cultures fed into your worldview, especially your perspective on prayer?</strong></span></p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s2">REMCO >>> </span><span class="s1">It has given me a keen sense that we are part of a Global Church that is very diverse and yet also very much united in Christ by the Holy Spirit. It has also given me a diverse prayer experience. Both in the Netherlands and in places like Southeast Asia and Africa, I saw something we often do not think about very often, namely that we are engaged in a fierce spiritual battle. Satan has been effective in helping us forget that issue in many of our US churches. Growing up and ministering in The Netherlands has also helped me understand what being a Christian looks like in a post-Christian society, something we are not familiar with here in the US either. It helps me understand the trends and see the handwriting on the wall that we are rapidly moving towards that. That in turn is what drives me to call as loudly and as often as I can upon Christians that a healthy prayer life, at home, and in church, is a matter of (spiritual) life and death.</span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> You view The Lord's Prayer as "more a template for prayer than an actual prayer to be repeated." How did you come to that conclusion and what are the surprising benefits that come from that revelation?</strong></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1">REMCO >>> I was taught that it was more of a pattern for prayer than a rote prayer early on in my spiritual walk. As I started writing about the crucial importance of a life of prayer it dawned on me that Jesus" teaching on prayer, being the Son of God and speaking straight from the Father's heart, forms the basis. The surprising benefit is that it frees prayer from a liturgical repetition and el <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10155065681,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10155065681,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10155065681?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="337" height="504" /></a>evates it into a multi-faceted love relationship with the Father. And the more I think and write about it, the more I see that just about every prayer I pray falls under one of the facets of the Lord's prayer. It also forms the keys to "surrendered prayer," prayer that acquiesces in the good and perfect will of God and seeks answers on His terms and according to His will rather than our own.</span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL >>> Speak to us from the roles that have defined your life of ministry:</strong></span></p>
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<li class="li2"><span class="s1">What insights, lessons, have you learned about the matters of praying from serving as a</span><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span class="s3"> spiritual growth teacher</span></span><span class="s1"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">?</span> (focus:personal/individual)</span></li>
<li class="li2"><span class="s1">REMCO >>>Prayer is the primary practice that keeps us connected to Christ as a branch is to the Vine. What is of particular importance is that we learn to listen to the Lord as part of our prayer life. When we do that first and ask Him to speak to us, we study our Bibles with different eyes, and we put our requests before God with insight from the Holy Spirit. It places us on the receiving end of the constant impartation of His truth, which sets us free from worry, anxiety, confusion, fear, and hopelessness. That is especially important as our world seems to spin towards destruction ever faster.<br /> </span></li>
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<li class="li2"><span class="s1">Speak to </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span class="s3">pastors </span></span><span class="s1">who need to ignite their own prayer life as they want to equip their congregation to "discover the joys of God's design for a life of prayer." (focus: the fellowship of prayer)</span></li>
<li class="li2"><span class="s1">REMCO >>> A turning point in my prayer life came when God took all ministry away from me and for 18 months had me in a place of just coming to Him and letting Him speak into my life through prayerful interaction with the Word and quiet but clear promptings of the Holy Spirit. I realized I had fallen into the trap I had often warned pastors about and let my relationship with God be a business relationship, with the focus of my prayers and the nature of my Bible study on ministry and not my inner life, or even my everyday life. By turning that around, I learned to be first and foremost a son and relate to God as Father, and let ministry flow out of daily relationship and communion with Him. My advice is to take time out of ministry to reconnect with Him personally around the simple question: What do you want to say to me today? Then let Him bring you back to sonship. Surrender the tyranny of the urgent to Him and make a daily time of personal prayer and meditation a priority. I also recommend using two Bibles: one for personal meditation and a separate one for sermon prep.<br /> </span></li>
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<li class="li2"><span class="s1">Having served in various roles as a </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span class="s3">prayer leader</span></span><span class="s1"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">,</span> what can you share with us about prayer for-and-in-and-with the community? (neighbors/nations)</span></li>
<li class="li2"><span class="s1">REMCO >>> God has ordained to work mightily through the prayers of His people. We are not only a chosen race, a holy nation, and a people of His own possession (1 Peter 2:9) but also a royal priesthood. Every Christian is drafted into the Great Commission and the great spiritual battle that surrounds it, and every Christian has been given the mantle of priesthood whereby we carry the needs of the world around us before the Father. By God's choice, doors open for the gospel - in our backyard and to the ends of the earth. By God's choice, Satan is defeated in places where he opposes the gospel through our prayers. By God's choice, blessing is poured down upon our fellow believers, and upon the people we rub shoulders with. By our choice, we either participate in the great and mighty things God brings about through prayer, or we stay behind in the dust of our daily cumber and miss the incredible joy of joining Him in the advance of His Kingdom.<br /> </span></li>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><strong>PHIL ... Remco, please write a prayer you would hope we would pray after reading "Prayer Matters" ...</strong></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1">REMCO >>> Dear Father in heaven. Thank you for the privilege and power of prayer. Thank you that your throne and your ear are available to us 24/7. Today I pray that I may move from occasional prayer to unceasing prayer. Help me see what it is and give me the strength and courage to order my life around communion with you. Open my eyes to the power of intercession and to see myself as one of your royal priests. And above all, give me ears to listen to what the Holy Spirit gives me to pray and imparts to me through your Word, that I may live and pray according to your will and pleasure. In Jesus' name. Amen.</span></p>
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Seeing Ever More of Christ Evermore
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/seeing-ever-more-of-christ-evermore
2022-02-05T09:00:38.000Z
2022-02-05T09:00:38.000Z
Salvatore Anthony Luiso
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/SalvatoreAnthonyLuiso
<div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> While searching in Google Books for a certain remark of the ancient Church Father <strong>Gregory of Nyssa</strong>, I came across the following words of Hans Boersma on page 77 of his book <em>Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition</em> (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018):<br /> </span></div><div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>I will argue that, for Saint Gregory, human souls find their telos when in union with Christ they become ever purer, in an ever-increasing growth in the beatific vision. Gregory was a theologian always in search of Christ, and though he was convinced that he had indeed found him, his desire to see Christ impelled him still further. For Gregory this theological longing was grounded in his understanding of the beatific vision: the eschatological future of perpetual progress (<em>epektasis</em>) within the life of Christ means that already in this life Gregory set his desire on seeking the face of God in Jesus Christ.</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Some readers may find re-reading this excerpt with the following definitions to be helpful:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">telos: "an ultimate object or aim" (Oxford Languages)<br /> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">beatific vision: "the direct experience of God by those in heaven" (Oxford Reference)<br /> </span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">eschatological: "relating to death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind" (Oxford Languages)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Attend especially to this sentence:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Gregory was a theologian always in search of Christ, and though he was convinced that he had indeed found him, his desire to see Christ impelled him still further.</strong><br /> </span></div></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Of course, the sense in which Gregory sought to "find" and "see" Christ in this world was not physically, but mentally and spiritually. Through knowledge and understanding, he sought to have a greater and greater perception of the Son of God. (During His earthly ministry, thousands of people saw the Lord physically, but relatively few saw Him spiritually: that is to say, relatively few who saw that He is the son of a woman also saw that He is the Son of God (Matthew 11:25–27 and 16:13–20; John 9:39–41 and 12:37–41; I Corinthians 2:6–16).)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Note that Gregory believed that all Christians—those who have found Christ and are in union with Him—should do the same: not just theologians, such as himself.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Gregory knew that purity is related to the ability to see God because the Lord Jesus taught that in the Sermon on the Mount: "Blessed <em>are</em> the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). He desired to seek "the face of God in Jesus Christ" because the Lord Jesus taught that to see Him is to see God (John 12:44–45 and 14:7–11): a vital truth which he also knew from passages of the Epistles, such as II Corinthians 4:3–6, Colossians 1:15 and 2:9, and Hebrews 1:3.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> These other passages of the Scriptures are also related to such seeking, seeing, knowing, understanding, and perceiving:<br /> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Psalm 27:4 and 8<br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Psalm 63<br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Psalm 105:4</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Jeremiah 9:23–24</strong></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Jeremiah 31:34 (quoted in Hebrews 8:11)</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Hosea 6:1–3</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>John 17:3</strong></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Philippians 3:7–11<br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> How can we seek and see Christ now?</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> The following ways are fundamental:</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">1. Listening to, reading, studying, and meditating upon the Scriptures (John 5:39)</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">2. Listening to, reading, studying, and meditating upon scripturally-sound texts (e,g, books, articles, sermons, lectures, poems, hymns, and prayers) about Christ</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">3. Prayer</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">4. Living with Christ as one of His disciples, which entails following Him, listening to Him, learning from Him, trusting Him, and obeying Him</span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"> </div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>Questions for consideration</u><br /> </strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">1. Do you desire to seek Christ to see Him more and more? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">2. If you do desire to seek Christ to see Him more and more, how do you desire to do this?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">3. Do you seek Christ to see Him more and more? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">4. If you do seek Christ to see Him more and more, how do you do this?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">5. Do you agree that "Blessed <em>are</em> the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8)? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">6. Do you desire to become purer in union with Christ? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">7. Would you like to ask God to purify you? If so, why? If not, why not?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;">8. Do you desire the beatific vision? If so, why? If not, why not?<br /> </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>Note:</strong> One good book about Christ is <em>Christ Is All!</em>, by David Bryant. You can learn about it from the article "Free book offer: Christ Is All!", which is accessible here: <a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/profiles/blogs/free-book-offer-christ-is-all" target="_blank">https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/profiles/blogs/free-book-offer-christ-is-all</a></span></div></div></div>
A Template for Prayer
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/a-template-for-prayer
2022-01-28T17:36:14.000Z
2022-01-28T17:36:14.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em><strong>A Template for Prayer: Personal or Corporate</strong></em></span></p>
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Chat With The Author: Amy Boucher Pye; "7 Ways to Pray"
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/chat-with-the-author-amy-boucher-pye-7-ways-to-pray
2021-12-02T20:12:18.000Z
2021-12-02T20:12:18.000Z
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:transparent;">AMY>>> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;">The second step of prayerful reading is reflecting. It’s like an animal chewing the cud - we turn over a word or phrase that we feel God has highlighted to us from the Scripture text. We let God’s word interact with our thoughts, hopes, and dreams. </span></p>
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<div class="gmail_default">AMY>>> <span style="background-color:transparent;">God delights to meet us whether on our own or in a group setting. When we meet with God in a group setting, we might feel a bit hindered from, say, letting out all of our emotions. And we might want more silence or less silence than we’re given. But the potential benefits of praying with others definitely outweigh the challenges. There’s something special about the way God reveals himself when we’re praying with others. We might experience breakthroughs that we wouldn’t have encountered on our own. And we can reach a new level of intimacy with those in our group too. </span></div>
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#ReimaginePRAYER...when cleaning out your email Inbox?
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reimagineprayer-when-cleaning-out-your-email-inbox
2021-11-09T15:57:00.000Z
2021-11-09T15:57:00.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12pt;">#ReimaginePRAYER...when cleaning out your email Inbox.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12pt;">My Inbox has become one of my prayer lists..</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Like you, I receive scores of incoming emessages every day.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12pt;">But lately, I have been nudged by the Spirit. Not to save them all but to pray a blessing for each person or ministry for which I hit the 'delete" button.</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12pt;">But sometimes I hear myself asking for something specific on their behalf. Increased funding. Greater influence. Daily encouragement. New opportunities.</span></div>
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A Prayer for the Assistance, the Light, and the Knowledge of God
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/a-prayer-for-the-assistance-the-light-and-the-knowledge-of-god
2021-05-15T06:00:37.000Z
2021-05-15T06:00:37.000Z
Salvatore Anthony Luiso
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/SalvatoreAnthonyLuiso
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"><b>Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock art considered by the unbelieving to have no thought for our affairs; therefore stretch forth thine hand for our assistance, that the mouth of them that speak iniquities may be shut. We seek not gold and riches, or the dignities of this world, but we long for thy light, we desire more ardently to know thee, therefore, "shine forth."</b></font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> I understand the reference to "Joseph" in the psalm to be a metonym and synecdoche for the Israelites, as the patriarch Joseph was the father of two of the largest tribes of ancient Israel: Ephraim and Manasseh, I believe that when Savonarola referred to "Joseph", he did so in a spiritual sense, following the lead of the apostle Paul, who n Romans 4 and Galatians 3 and 4 explains that a Gentile who shares the faith of the patriarch Abraham is, in a spiritual sense, a child of Abraham. Thus, by "Joseph", the friar is referring to all those who are Israelites in a spiritual sense, as distinct from a fleshly sense: or, as the apostle might say, "according to the flesh" or "after the flesh" (Romans 1:3 and 9:3, I Corinthians 10:18, Galatians 3:23 and 29).</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> The "Shepherd of Israel", the one who "leadest Joseph like a flock", is, of course, the LORD: the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. This is not the only verse of the Old Testament which refers to Him as a shepherd: others include Psalm 23:1, Psalm 100:3 (by implication), and Ezekiel 34:11-19. In the New Testament we read that the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, is the "Good Shepherd" (John 10:1-18) and the "chief Shepherd" (I Peter 5:4) of His people.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> The expression "shine forth" is related to </font>Deuteronomy 33:2, which says:</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"><b>And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand <i>went</i> a fiery law for them.</b></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Thus the psalmist, and by extension Savonarola, are asking for God to "shine forth" as He did during the Exodus, when He gave the Israelites the Law through Moses. The same Hebrew word translated as "shine forth" is used in the following verses:</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.<br/></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>--Psalm 50:2</b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself [shine forth].<br/></b></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"><b>--Psalm 94:1</b></font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Reading further in Psalm 80, one sees that the psalmist asks God to "shine forth" because Israel was suffering, because she had strife with her neighbors, and because her enemies were laughing at her (verses 5 and 6, and more). </span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> It sounds as if when Savonarola wrote his prayer, there were people around him who did not believe that God cared about the affairs of His people, and expressed their unbelief in an iniquitous manner, e,g, by scorn, mockery, and blasphemy. He asks God for His assistance not only because His people need it, but to shut the mouths of the unbelievers.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> He also tells God that His people "long for" His light, and "more ardently desire" to know Him. He contrasts their longing and desire with their not seeking for "gold and riches" and "the dignities of this world". To fulfill their longing and desire, he asks God to "shine forth".</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> It should be noted that Savonarola is best known not for his prayers or his commentary on the Scriptures, but for his preaching of repentance to the populace of Florence during the Italian Renaissance, which had an extraordinary effect.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Therefore, we should understand that his prayer came from an attitude of contrition and repentance. It would have been foolish and presumptuous of him if it did not.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u>Questions for consideration:</u><br/></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1. Do you consider God to be the Shepherd of His people? Why or why not?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2. Can you relate to the situation of God's people which is implied by Savonarola in his prayer: one in which they were seen by others who did not believe that God cares about their affairs? Why or why not?<br/></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3. Would you like God to stretch forth His hand for the assistance of His flock to show those who do not believe that He cares about their affairs that in fact He does? Why or why not?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">4. What is your attitude toward "gold and riches"? Do you seek them? Why or why not?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">5. What is your attitude toward "the dignities of this world"? Do you seek them? Why or why not?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6. Do you long for God's light? Why or why not?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">7. Do you ardently desire to know God (more)? Why or why not?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">8. Would you like God to "shine forth" to fulfill a longing for His light and an ardent desire to know Him? Why or why not?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">9. Do you pray to God from an attitude of contrition and repentance? Why or why not?</span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10. Would you like to pray part, parts, or all of this prayer attributed to Savonarola? Why or why not?</span></div></div>
A Rare Prayer for the Church
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2021-04-15T04:46:00.000Z
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Salvatore Anthony Luiso
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<div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> Psalm 80:14 says:</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><font size="3">Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;</font></b></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> In the book <i>The Treasury of David</i>, by Charles H. Spurgeon, the following prayer attributed to the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) is quoted in connection with this verse:<br/></font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><font size="3">Still it has roots, still some branches are living. In the beginning of the world it began, and never has failed, and never will. For thou hast said, Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. It may be diminished, it can never utterly fall. This vine is the vine which thou hast planted. There is one spirit, one faith, one baptism, one God, and Lord of all, who is all in all. Visit, then, this vine, for thy visitation preserves her spirit; visit by thy grace, by thy presence, by thy Holy Spirit. Visit with thy rod, and with thy staff; for thy rod and thy staff comfort her. Visit with thy scourge that she may be chastened and purified, for the time of pruning comes. Cast out the stones, gather up the dry branches, and bind them in bundles for burning. Raise her up, cut off the superfluous shoots, make fast her supports, enrich the soil, build up the fence, and visit this vine, as now thou visitest the earth and watereth it.</font></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"><br/></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> Much of this prayer is based on John 15:1-8, wherein the Lord Jesus speaks of Himself as the True Vine, His disciples as the branches, and His heavenly Father as the vinedresser. Savonarola believed that all the people of God of all ages--including those who lived prior to the Incarnation, e.g. the Patriarchs--are branches in the Vine who is Christ.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> It is also based on other passages of the Scriptures, including, it seems to me, at least the following: Matthew 28:20, Psalm 80:8, Ephesians 1:23 and 4:4-5, Psalm 23:4, Hebrews 12:5-11, Titus 2:14, Isaiah 5:1-2, Matthew 13:30, and Psalm 65:9.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> Savonarola agreed with the author of Hebrews that it is good for God to chasten His people, and thus he prayed for Him to do it. Hebrews 12:10-11 says that God chastens them in fatherly love so that they may yield "the peaceable fruit of righteousness" and partake of His holiness.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> Savonarola also agreed with the Lord Jesus that it is good for God the Father to take away the branches of the Vine which produce no fruit, and to prune those branches which do produce fruit. Both measures are conducive to fruitfulness, and the Father is glorified when the branches bear much fruit (John 15:2 and 8). He prunes with love, and He has the knowledge and wisdom to prune as is best.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><font size="3">Questions for consideration:</font></u></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3">1. Do you consider God's chastening (discipline) to be good?</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3">2. If so, do you desire He chasten the church? Yourself?</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3">3. What do you think about asking God, in fatherly love and in His knowledge and wisdom, to chasten and purify the church, for her good and His glory?</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3">4. Do you consider God's pruning of the branches so that they would bear much fruit to be good?</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3">5. If so, do you desire that He prune the church? Yourself?</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3">6. What do you think about asking God, in His knowledge and wisdom, to take away unfruitful branches and to prune fruitful branches of His church, so that she would bear much fruit and He would be glorified?</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="3">7. Would you like to pray this prayer attributed to Savonarola? If so, why? If not, why not?</font></span></div>
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Prayers and Conversations that Ignite Movements
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2021-09-11T21:06:49.000Z
2021-09-11T21:06:49.000Z
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><em>Prayers and Conversations that Ignite Movements</em></span></h1>
<p style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span>written by <a href="https://www.assistnews.net/author/jwiles/">Jerry Wiles</a></span> September 6, 2021</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"> </p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The Power of Praying the Word of God, and Claiming His Promises</strong></span></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Houston, TX (ANS)</strong> – In 1806, Samuel J. Mills, Jr., a student at Williams College was one of five participants in what became known as the famous “haystack prayer meeting.” It was a catalyst for a good number of significant mission movements. Mills also led in the formation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Bible Society, the United Foreign Missionary Society, and several other organizations. He is a great example of how one or a few can impact so many.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Consider what it takes to ignite a movement, build a business, or grow a church or organization? What are the principles, methods or strategies that enable each of us, as followers of Jesus, to make the greatest possible contribution to advancing the Kingdom of God? These are important questions to ponder, and I suggest there are some very simple and understandable answers.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>The Power of Prayer</strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Another example in Church history is Daniel Nash (1775-1831) who served as Charles Finney’s personnel intercessor. He was key to the revival that followed Finney’s ministry. We can all look at the life of Daniel Nash and see an example of how important prayer is in advancing the kingdom of God. When God would direct where a meeting was to be held, Nash would quietly go into the town and seek to get two or three people to join in a covenant of prayer with him. They would pray fervently for God to move in the community.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A Small Mustard Seed can Produce a Large Plant</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The lives and influence of those like Mills and Nash should inspire each of us, as followers of Jesus, that we too can be used to ignite and foster movements of God. Scripture affirmed that we have access to the throne of grace and are invited to come to Him in times of need.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Little Things can have Big Impact</strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A Small amount of Yeast can Affect a Large Lump of Dough</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The parables of Jesus about mustard seed and yeast are a couple of examples of Kingdom principles that help us understand how we can be salt and light in society, even be catalysts to start or promote movements that change the world. From these parables, we learn that little things can have major impact. Biblical examples would be the Samaritan Woman at the Well, the demon possessed Gerasene, and Phillip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch. These show how God can use one person to impact a community, a region or even an entire nation.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In the natural realm, think of the fact that every major river starts with a small stream. A small snowball can cause an avalanche. A seed is the beginning of a tree that produces much fruit. Consider how many major corporations started out in someone’s kitchen or garage. Megachurches, as well as major church planting/disciple making movements, have started in living rooms, coffee shops, storefronts and under trees.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Passion for Sharing the Gospel</strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A Little Spark can Ignite a Great Fire</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">During the “Jesus Movement” of the 1970s, there was a popular song titled, <strong>“It Only takes a Spark to get a Fire Going.”</strong> Many students and young people were ignited with great passion during those days for sharing the Gospel on college and university campuses around the country. In my own journey, I have experienced how influencing one person, or leading someone to Christ, can result in hundreds of others coming to the Lord.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A couple of years ago I reconnected with a friend I had some ministry with more than 30 years ago. We were in Washington, D.C. after a White House briefing waiting for a taxi on a nearby sidewalk. It was raining and a kind lady standing close by offered to share her umbrella with us. While we waited together for the taxi, I engaged her in conversation, asked a few questions and shared the gospel with her. She was interested and open and we had prayer together, and she confessed her faith in Jesus. The whole encounter took less than ten minutes.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Multiplying Impact</strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The Most Effective Ways that People have Learned and Communicated from the Beginning of Time</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Not realizing it at the time, but that experience had a significant impact on my friend Brian and inspired him to be more proactive in reaching out to share Christ with others. He recently told me that he has consistently shared the gospel with others since then, and on average, seen two or three people a week come to the Lord. Brian is an example of how the Lord honors our sowing the Seed of the Word of God into the lives of others. When we do so, we can expect that occasionally it will take root in good soil.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9557897057?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9557897057?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="150" class="align-right"/></a></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In the 1970s and ‘80s a few mission and church leaders became interested in and began discussions about Orality, Oral Cultures and Oral Learners. Those discussions were about what it will take to complete the Great Commission and how to reach the unreached and Bible-less people groups of the world. It was from those conversations that resulted in creating the Oral Bible Task Force during Amsterdam 2000. Then four years later it became known as the International Orality Network, in collaboration with the Lausanne Movement.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The 2021 ION North America Regional Connection, October 15-16, will be a unique opportunity to learn more about this movement. </p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Learn more here: <span> </span><a href="https://orality.net/event/narion2021/"><strong>International Orality Network | 2021 ION North America Regional Conference</strong></a></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"> </p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Increasing numbers of mission and ministry leaders, pastors and church leaders, business professionals and ordinary followers of Jesus are now paying attention to the Orality Movement. There are a number of global mission leaders who are saying that it could revolutionize the way the Christian world thinks about communicating the gospel and making disciples, that would be cross-cultural, transferable and reproducible.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Consider — from seed to fruit, from stream to river, from snowball to avalanche. The Orality Movement is an example of those Kingdom principles being worked out in our time. If the past 40 years is an indicator of all the Lord has in mind for the next 40 years, we can all be a part of this historic move of God in advancing His Kingdom here on earth and the realization of the prophecy of Habakkuk 2:14, “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” Scripture tells us that God is no respecter of persons. We often say, “He is an equal opportunity employer.” We can all get in on what He is doing in redeeming His creation. We can fully expect that God will honor the seed of His Word as we sow it into the lives of others.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Read more here: <span> </span><a href="https://www.assistnews.net/prayers-and-conversations-that-ignite-movements/">Prayers and Conversations that Ignite Movements – Assist News</a></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">here: <span> </span><a href="https://www.assistnews.net/">Assist News – Your link to the news you care about around the world.</a></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">and here: <span> </span><a href="https://www.godreports.com/">GodReports.com</a></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Jerry Wiles</strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>North America Regional Director, International Orality Network –<span> </span><a href="http://www.orality.net/">www.orality.net</a></em></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>President Emeritus, Living Water International –<span> </span><a href="http://www.water.cc/orality-training">www.water.cc/orality-training</a> </em></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Mission Advisor, Missio Nexus –<span> </span><a href="http://www.missionexus.org/">www.missionexus.org</a></em></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="mailto:jerrywiles@water.cc">jerrywiles@water.cc</a><span> </span>-- 281.207.7800</p></div>
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Exclusive Excerpt: Prayer. Prophetic. Not Political.
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2020-11-27T22:18:09.000Z
2020-11-27T22:18:09.000Z
Phil Miglioratti
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Become Prophetic, Not Political</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8221401076?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8221401076?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="244" class="align-right"/></a>Glory to you, our Almighty God who created the human race “in your likeness.” Praise to you Lord Jesus, our Blessed Hope, who broke the curse of evil and sin and will one day rule all in perfect righteousness.</span></p>
<p><span>Fill us, Holy Spirit, as we pray against the sin of racial superiority that continues to produce division, distrust, and distress in every sector of our culture and across our country. Convict us so that our words (and also our works) begin to more perfectly reflect the mind of Christ and the will of our Father in heaven. That we would not merely teach and preach “Love God; love your neighbor,” but</span> <span>live it.</span></p>
<p><span>We ask you for forgiveness:</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<div class="s3"><span class="s2">•</span> <span>for the sins of our founders, who immigrating from a foreign country, so callously conquered the inhabitants of a land we have thoughtlessly consumed.</span></div>
<div class="s3"><span class="s2">•</span> <span>for the pain slaves were forced to endure for the sake of our economy and the comforts of their owners.</span></div>
<div class="s3"><span class="s2">•</span> <span>for the advantage our culture gave (and often still does) to a select group of people while denying full access to freedom and</span></div>
<div class="s3"><span class="s2">•</span> <span>justice to other citizens, based solely on the shade of their skin.</span></div>
<div class="s3"><span class="s2">•</span> <span>for our sin of separation from one another and the heart-attitude of superiority, even hate, that divides not only our nation</span> <span>but has infiltrated and infects the Body of Christ.</span></div>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>We respond with contrition for our personal sin, whether by overt action or heartless apathy, but also with lament over our nation’s disgrace. We ask for an empowering of the Holy Spirit throughout the Body of Christ, so that your Church will no longer be conformed to and infected by the status quo thinking of the world. We desire to be truly and radically transformed—each of us, all of us, our congregations and communities, our country—by the renewing of our minds.</span></p>
<p><span>Change the way we think about “We the people,” “Liberty and justice for all,” and “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”</span></p>
<p><span>We declare these are truly inalienable rights endowed by you for every person and people group. Reform us so that our praying,</span><span>our living-working-playing, our Gospel message, and yes, even our political perspectives, demonstrate, oh God, that your will is good</span> <span>for all of us and perfectly suited to every human being.</span></p>
<p><span>With yielded hearts we ask that you lead us on a journey to:</span></p>
<div class="s3"><span class="s2">•</span> <span>Reimagine what it means that all people are created in the image of God.</span></div>
<div class="s3"><span class="s2">•</span> <span>Rethink how these truths should compel us to reshape your Church to be prophetic not political.</span></div>
<p><span>We ask in faith, with hope, knowing your love is covering a multitude of our sin. We give thanks for your grace and forgiveness.</span> <span>Now and always praying in the authority and name of Jesus our reconciler and unifier. Amen.</span></p>
<p><span>(Gen. 1:27; Matt. 22:36-40; Rom. 12:2)</span></p>
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<p><span>Phil Miglioratti is the curator of the #ReimagneFORUM@Pray.Network and the founder of the National Pastors’ Prayer Network.</span></p>
<p><span>Originally published in “<a href="https://www.prayershop.org/make-us-one-p/per-npg-bk-001.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Make Us One”</a></span></p></div>
Politicized Prayers. Don't Bother.
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/politicized-prayers-don-t-bother
2020-08-12T15:19:07.000Z
2020-08-12T15:19:07.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><span><strong>#ItSeemsToMe... </strong>it is way too easy for Christians to unintentionally offer prayers that are actually more Republican than righteous; sound more like a Democrat than a disciple. When our political preferences infect our intercessory petitions, we have shifted from empowering the Spirit to employing the Spirit. No one of us is immune from this politicized syncretism.</span></p>
<p><span>Our best solution is to leave our political wish-list aside when we pray.</span></p>
<p><span>Begin with praise (declaring the goodness of God). Give thanks (declare the grace of God.</span></p>
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<li><span>A - ASK...for a fresh filling as you surrender to the Spirit ...Ask a question</span></li>
<li><span>S - SEEK...a scriptural focus in silence, stillness</span></li>
<li><span>K - KNOCK...when you receive Spirit-led, scripture-fed direction, move forward boldly in faith</span></li>
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<p><span>When you pray for your candidate, also pray for the other.</span></p>
<p><span>When you pray about those you consider an enemy of your positions, ask for God's mercy to bring (repentance (a change of mind).</span></p>
<p><span>When you have completed your prayer/praying, ask the Spirit to help you review and, as needed, revise.</span></p>
<p><span>#ItSeemsToMe...my politicized prayers may be canceling your other-party-platform prayers. God is neither Democrat nor Republican. If you do not believe that, then may I ask that you work and vote for your party but stop bothering God.</span></p>
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<p><em>#ReimaginePRAYER...</em></p></div>
#ReimaginePRAYER...a simple "M" template
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reimagineprayer-a-simple-m-template
2020-11-07T16:19:36.000Z
2020-11-07T16:19:36.000Z
Reimagine Curator
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#ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP ... as Scripture + Prayer
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reimaginediscipleship-as-scripture-prayer
2020-05-02T15:28:10.000Z
2020-05-02T15:28:10.000Z
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#ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP...as a Prayer-Focused + Prayer-Fueled Life @ Pray.Network
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reimagineprayer-pray-network
2020-07-11T16:51:44.000Z
2020-07-11T16:51:44.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Connect with Others</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Who are Applying Romans 12:2</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>To Both Personal & Corporate Praying</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br/> <em>"Don’t be conformed or confined by the status quo...</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Let God transform you/your congregation</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>by changing the way you think about prayer.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Then, when you pray, you will learn to know God’s will,</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>which is good and pleasing and perfect."</em></p>
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<p><strong>The #ReimagineFORUM @Pray.Network</strong></p>
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<p><em>Let me help you navigate your journey on our site,</em></p>
<p>Phil Miglioratti • <a href="mailto:phil@nppn.org">phil@nppn.org</a></p>
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#ReimaginePRAYER...as foundational to the disciple-making process
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reimagineprayer-as-foundational-to-the-disciple-making-process
2020-06-20T16:13:46.000Z
2020-06-20T16:13:46.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
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<h1 class="entry-title">Prayer Strategy for Personal Evangelism</h1>
<div class="entry-content"><div class="seriesmeta"><p>Many of you know that<span> </span><strong>prayer precedes personal evangelism</strong>.</p>
<p>Yet I encounter more and more people that still feel somewhat clumsy in praying and want a prayer strategy for personal evangelism. <a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/prayer-strategy-for-personal-evangelism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE>>></a> to access the article and podcast </p>
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<p>This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series<span> </span><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/series/evangelismscripts/" class="series-106" title="Gospel Scripts">Gospel Scripts</a>:</p>
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<li class="serieslist-li"><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/how-to-practice-a-gospel-presentation/" title="How to Practice a Gospel Presentation">How to Practice a Gospel Presentation</a></li>
<li class="serieslist-li"><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/the-big-story-an-improvement-on-the-bridge-illustration/" title="The Big Story – Improving the Bridge Illustration">The Big Story – Improving the Bridge Illustration</a></li>
<li class="serieslist-li"><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/do-versus-done/" title="Do versus Done">Do versus Done</a></li>
<li class="serieslist-li"><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/scripts-for-evangelism/" title="Two Challenges to Gospel Presentations (Scripts)">Two Challenges to Gospel Presentations (Scripts)</a></li>
<li class="serieslist-li"><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/gospel-script-faith/" title="Gospel Script: FAITH">Gospel Script: FAITH</a></li>
<li class="serieslist-li"><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/how-to-use-the-bridge-illustration/" title="How to Use the Bridge Illustration">How to Use the Bridge Illustration</a></li>
<li class="serieslist-li-current">Prayer Strategy for Personal Evangelism</li>
<li class="serieslist-li"><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/bill-hybels-on-do-vs-done-and-three-r-script/" title="Bill Hybels on Do vs Done and Three R Script">Bill Hybels on Do vs Done and Three R Script</a></li>
<li class="serieslist-li"><a href="https://www.evangelismcoach.org/evangecube-gospel-script/" title="How to Use the Evangecube Gospel Script">How to Use the Evangecube Gospel Script</a></li>
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My Prayer Format • My Prayer Focus
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/my-prayer-format-my-prayer-focus
2019-11-24T19:07:39.000Z
2019-11-24T19:07:39.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>A simple guide for: </strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My Anytime, Anywhere Prayer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My Prayer Format</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My Prayer Focus</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>A simple guide for use:</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In my closet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With my cohorts (group, class, team, staff)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Throughout my congregation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Across my city</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To penetrate culture</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For other countries</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Click <a href="http://Prayer%20Templates%20anytime%20daily.docx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here>>></a></span></p>
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Our Best Prayers
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/our-best-prayers
2019-11-24T00:12:38.000Z
2019-11-24T00:12:38.000Z
Phil Miglioratti
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PhilMiglioratti
<div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our best prayers start in the heart of God...</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">are directed by the mind of Christ...</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">empowered by the Holy Spirit...</span></p></div>
Prayer as Discipleship
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/prayer-as-discipleship
2019-05-28T19:31:25.000Z
2019-05-28T19:31:25.000Z
Phil Miglioratti
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PhilMiglioratti
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#ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP ... as a life of rhythmic prayer
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<p>Since late 2016 I’ve been developing a lifestyle of deeper intimacy with God. I don’t say “spiritual disciplines” because it sounds dry and academic. I call it a new lifestyle. Pray, worship, Bible, other books…but so different than ever before. It’s not about something I ought to do, and it’s not another legal rule I have to follow. It’s simply every possible way to be in an all day and night companionship with His 3-fold majesty and His promise to be my constant light (guidance) and shield (protection).<br/> <br/> Morning, evening, bedtime can be a bit more formal, following the “Rhythm of Daily Prayer” established by Ffald y Brenin Retreat Center/Wales. Yet even while reading the written prayers or appointed Psalm or Gospel verses, nothing is rote because it’s simply a skeleton which the Spirit regularly interrupts to make my prayer or reading more personal. For example, the Lord’s Prayer is included, but I don’t believe I can ever pray it all the way through! I get stuck and have to fill out one of the simple phrases with a flood of things I need to personalize before Him. So it’s the Lord’s Prayer and my prayers all mixed together.<br/> <br/> Scripture enters in at various times of the day. An appointed Psalm and New Testament chapter. A New or Old Testament book I’m studying at a deeper level. A daily Facebook paraphrased, personalized Word accompanied by beautiful nature scenes and music. Constant slow, deep reflection and response to the love message between Jesus and me contained in Song of Solomon. <br/> <br/> I take a three mile walk each day, and carry a homemade songbook with me that includes my favorite old hymns, gospel songs, and contemporary worship in both English and Creole, plus secular songs that I’ve re-written with “holy” words. I walk and sing and pray. Sometimes I walk and cry because I’m either so desperate or so happy, and people who walk or bike past me have quite a sight!<br/> <br/> I’ve read about 25 books since I’ve been here in the US, and I’ve got about 15 more I hope to finish before I return to Haiti. I have a sense these books were hand-picked by the Lord. I’m actually reading very slowly, sometimes one chapter over and over because it’s as though the Lord Himself is speaking to me, burying truth deep inside me which He will bring up in future teaching, preaching, or mentoring according to His plan and purpose. I was an English literature major in college, always a reader, but my experience in reading now is profoundly different. It’s like everything is happening in slow motion as I savor each morsel that He Himself is planting within me.<br/> <br/> In one sense I could call this entire time I’ve been away from Haiti a “Sabbatical of Spiritual Re-Formation” with “Papa God”, “Jesus Companion”, and “Spirit RiverFire” constantly above, beneath, and surrounding me. That’s my description of how it feels to me.<br/> <br/> Now let me make an important correction. This has certainly been a holy holiday, but I don’t mean to imply that I’m intimately connected with God 24/7 and in constant touch with His will, voice, and direction. I can at times be completely confused and uncertain about decisions I need or want to make. Sometimes I know what He’s saying to me and sometimes I don’t have a clue. Yet the great wonder is that even when I’m confused, I seldom feel alone, and I never feel forsaken or abandoned. Depression, fear, and worry all attack me, but they don’t have a chance to last too long.<br/> <br/> I’ve always preached and taught, that the most important foundation to spiritual revival is confession and repentance of sins. Yet it is only in this recent time that I can say I now live in daily repentance. My day cannot end until, at my bedside, I confess “before the whole company of Heaven that I have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, and in what I have failed to do.” And then I pause and remember…things thought, said or done with motives of pride or judgment or fleshly desires. Now every day I embrace Jesus on the cross (I visualize as I pray) and ask that the blood dripping down His body would be pressed into me, that I might be washed clean and humbled again to take up my cross and follow Him for another day and night.<br/> <br/> I also have had fellowship with the Body of Christ through both the congregation my brother is part of and another one in the area that I often attend myself. I’ve been part of singing on a worship team, joining a choir for a Good Friday cantata, being part of a Home Bible Study, Sunday School class, Men’s Breakfast, and some special one-on-one sharing with the senior pastor of the local “mega” church.<br/> <br/> This is my personal revival. Now may you also be blessed in Jesus’ Name, as you seek a closer intimacy and all-day sense of His nearness and love.<br/> <br/> <span><strong>James Glynn, Pastor/President, HaitiRevival</strong></span></p>
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