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A CIty-Wide Palm Sunday Gathering
Review the attachment from a Serve The City all-city gathering of congregations and ministries in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Palm SundayAA.pdf
04/04/15
The fact that Jesus was destined for the cross is rarely disputed by Bible believing Christians. He was 'the lamb slain from the foundation of the world.' He came to the earth to gather up our sins and take them to the grave, so that death, by sin, could not lay a charge against us.
But Jesus' role on the cross was not simply to die - but to die by praying, to die in prayer. To intercede for mankind while mankind was executing him. Extraordinary. On the cross, he split humanity down the middle with belief on one side and unbelief on the other. He carried his own cross to Golgotha to pray from Calvary, to pray at the place where so many lives were ended in hopeless despair. His whole life moved toward this crowning moment of prayer. This is why he came to the earth - to pray!
Intercession is often pressed into crucible-like moments. Simultaneously, it unites and divides. It tastes death and gives birth to life. It cries in the midst of the darkness and the shaking and remains simultaneously unmoved by either. It gathers us up and draws a protective line against the enemy. It makes peace and war at the same time. It is priestly and prophetic. It satisfies the past and finishes our unfinished business with God, then opens to a certain future. Intercession is made for the cross. It is costly. It is sometimes bloody. It is often painful. Its power is limited only by human openness or the hardness of hearts – but it opens to all a means of grace, a kind of highway to heaven’s throne. It is the essential act of pre-salvation. I am increasingly convinced that no one is saved unless someone is praying for them – and of course, the ultimate intercessor is Christ himself. My call, and yours, is to join him as intercessor for those we love, intercession at the cross, intercession that draws others to the same timeless cross.
In the middle of violence and rejection, intercession is to be offered. Prayer is not only for cathedrals packed with believers. It is for gamblers and thieves, mockers and dissidents, for the disruptive and slow to believe, for the never to believe. In the middle of divisive acts and ridicule, intercession is to be offered. Intercession steps into a war zone fraught with blindness and reaction, a bloody place in which innocent people are sacrificed – and it forgives, pleads for heaven’s forgiveness, and calls for a truce. It offers the ground of reconciliation in a hostile war zone. It offers the gift of forgiveness in the face of angry vengeance.
Intercession is not to be positioned sweetly in a chapel or used as a prayer aid only for brothers and sisters under fire. Intercession is also to be taken to the streets, offered in the face of demons, like a torch of light in the darkness. It is offered to those who decline the offer. It is peace standing in the middle of the battle, acting and not reacting. It is grace with open arms to its enemies. It is empathy and compassion given to the one engaged in hatred.
Jesus came to the earth to pray. He went to the cross to pray. We are not merely saved by the dying of Jesus. We are saved by the fact that he died praying, “Father, forgive them … they do not know what they are doing!” O, to be able to pray like Jesus.
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In the calendar of the Christian year, Easter always comes a few months after Christmas. We are told that the earliest possible date for Easter is March 22and the latest is April 25. That means Lent (the six and a half weeks of spiritual preparation leading to Good Friday and Easter) could begin as early as February 4 or as late as March 10.
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It is good that Christmas and Easter are not far apart because we cannot understand one without the other. If Christmas tells us why Jesus came, then Easter tells us he fully accomplished his mission.
In between those two events we have the whole life of Christ. That’s our focus this year as we walk “In His Steps.” Between now and Easter we will cover many of the places Jesus visited while he was on the earth. I hope in taking this journey together, we will come to know Christ better and to love him more.
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Friends,
Some friends in Asia asked to translate Seek God for the City 2014 for those who pray and read in Chinese. From what I’ve been told, they did a good job translating the entire prayer guide and making it available in both Traditional and Simplified text. The translation was completed only a few weeks ago. Most of our efforts have been focused on getting the prayer guide printed and distributed in Taiwan.
We are able to release the prayer guide in PDF form to be distributed widely but wisely. How to get a PDF copy: Please send your request telling us which version you would like to info@waymakers.org. Please include your name, church and where you live. We will be able to provide you access to the PDF files.
Please accept our apologies for providing this to you at this late date. Our hope is that it will still prove to be helpful. Please let us know how Seek God for the City proves valuable to mobilize and strengthen united prayer among Chinese reading/praying people. We anticipate that future editions may also be translated. Your feedback will be helpful. It’s a joy to be praying with you and many others.
Yours gladly in hope for His glory,
Steve Hawthorne, Director
WayMakers
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