“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: ‘Everyone is looking for you!’ Jesus replied, ‘Let us go somewhere else — [...]
“At once they left their nets and followed him” (Mark 1:18).
On Sunday I asked if 7 of the men of our congregation would offer to “sleep for Jesus” in our church building during the 24/45 prayer event, each man taking one night a week for the 6 1/2 weeks. Since Sunday, 10 of you have [...]
“Be careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15,16).
“Make the most of every opportunity.” To do what? I think the primary answer lies at the the beginning the chapter. In his letters, Paul often raises a topic and then [...]
Rob tells me that yesterday, the first day it was possible to sign up for the 24/45 prayer event, 172 hours of the 45 days got covered. That’s a little over a week of the 6 1/2 weeks. That’s awesome. Several men also told me they were willing to cover the night sleeping shifts, possibly enough to cover [...]
Some of you blog-readers may have noticed that an “open letter” post appeared once before and then suddenly disappeared. That’s because I had my facts wrong. Rob (to whom the first ’open letter’ had been addressed) emailed me in great dismay because I’d written that the 24/45 idea was his and it wasn’t.
Why 45 days of 24/7? An easy and obvious answer is that Lent is 45 days. Actually, Lent technically lasts 40 days, without the 5 Sundays before Palm Sunday. (Sundays are considered mini-resurrection days, since Jesus rose on the first day of the week.) While the number 40 has several significant associations in the Bible, the most [...]
Okay, here’s the deal. It’s over, but it’s not. When the members of the 24/7 prayer planning team came together on Sunday, most of us had a strong sense that the 24/7 prayer week needed to end when the week was over, and that we were to take the tent down IMMEDIATELY. The Israelites of old [...]
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with [...]
Unceasing prayer
in the Sanctuary of God,
like breathing.
One person leaves (exhale)
while another enters (inhale)
non-stop.
O Breath of God, teach us how to keep going,
how to not stop breathing, not stop praying
within these bodies, Your temples.
Would you pray here, Spirit of God?
Our own breath reminding us –
sometimes joining You with words.
“The Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not [...]
“So what if nothing happened?”
No one has said this to me exactly, but I know you’re out there. Maybe you’re too embarrassed to say anything, or too disappointed. Maybe you’ve been trying to come up with some explanation as to why nothing happened, which I’m guessing has only piled self-judgment onto your feelings of disappointment. [...]
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