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Joining God in Watchful Praying

Posted by Dave Butts on May 8, 2010 at 18:41

Joining God in Watchful Praying

By Dave Butts

 

One of the most fascinating aspects of watchful praying is how closely it ties us to the very nature andactivity of God Himself. God is a watcher! Again and again in the Bible we readof how He watches over the affairs of both nations and individuals. He calls usto join Him on His watch…to devote ourselves to watch and pray that we mightparticipate with our Lord in His purposes. What an amazing privilege! Carefullyconsider these Scriptures that point to God on His watch:

• "I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you backto this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promisedyou" (Genesis 28:15).

• "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel youand watch over you" (Psalm 32:8).

• "He rules forever by His power, His eyes watch the nations – let not therebellious rise up against Him" (Psalm 66:7).

• "The LORD will keep you from all harm – He will watch over your life; theLORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore"(Psalm 121:7-8).

• "The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and thegood" (Proverbs 15:3).

Would you today join with a watching God? He is calling His people to such an intimateplace with Him that we begin to see some aspects of what He is seeing as Heallows us that privilege. Our watching is for the purpose of praying into ourworld the purposes and plans of God. How amazing is the grace and calling ofGod that He would grant us the joy and favor of laboring alongside Him throughwatchful praying!

 

(excerpted from Prayer and The End of Days by David Butts; available at http://www.prayershop.org/Prayer-and-End-of-Days-p/int-bud-bk-001.htm)

For more information on this ministry:

www.harvestprayer.com

www.prayerleader.org

 

 

 

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It's Not About You. Take the Tour. Do One Thing.

Posted by Steve Dueck on April 25, 2010 at 23:30
"It's not about you." Borrowing from the words of Rick Warren, I couldn't think of a better motivation on why you should check out the Take the Tour page on the Pray! Network and do at least one thing there if you haven't already done so.

Hi, my name is Steve Dueck. I am partnered with The Navigators and started Community Life as a social media service to serve non-profits, namely, local churches and parachurch ministries. As members of the Pray! Network, think of me as your social networking coach. As the one who created this social network in cooperation with NavPress leadership, I am committed to helping you use this new venue as a tool for building up the Pray! community in ways that grow relationships, 24x7.

When Rick Warren wrote "It's not about you," those first four words of one of the most longstanding NY Times bestsellers ever, "The Purpose Driven Life," he was writing a book. I suppose if he were writing a member coaching blog about social networking, he would find as I do these same words uniquely appropriate for kicking things off.

When thinking about what it means to be a part of a social network, this one and all the other ones that characterize your online and offline life, "it's not about you" is probably the healthiest way to start thinking about things. Whether it's your marriage, your family, your neighborhood, your school, your sports team or your place of work and so on...doing things for the benefit of others is one of the most important shared values of these communities.

Now that the Pray! Network has grown to 1,595 members and continues to grow, you might be wondering what this community is all about and what NavPress leadership is hoping to achieve here. Let me be so bold in answering this question that being a member of the Pray! Network will be more about building into the lives of others than anything else. It will be more about others than about our own ambitions.

With that in mind, I would like to ask that each of us adopt a new mindset whenever coming to the Pray! Network for a visit. Beyond just checking in and seeing what new content has been posted from week to week, ask yourself the question whenever you visit, "What's one thing I can do here and leave behind of my own accord so as to love on other members and help build up this important community?"

Want some fresh ideas on what that one thing could be? Visit the Take the Tour page on the Pray! Network and learn all that you can do here. Short on time...just leave a comment below and tell others what you think. Remember. Before you leave the network, do one thing.

Your Pray! Network coach,

Steve Dueck

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Me? Blog?!?!

Posted by Reimagine Curator on February 20, 2010 at 10:57
The Pray! Network blog is a great place to post a resource that has helped strengthen your prayer life or a quote that might inspire others to pray or a comment on a scripture reference ... The process is simple - Jump in!
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