24-7 Prayer – Where will it take you?

Dear Oaks,

Well it has been a truly memorable week for all the right reasons! By the end of the week some 75 Oaks (including children) will have participated in this event. If you go down to 216 you will see that there has been an explosion of creativity. We certainly have our full share of artists, musicians, poets and writers!

How we pray is certainly less important than the fact that we live better when we do pray. The bible has very little to say about the outward form and it is far more interested in the presence of faith, clean hearts, humility and truth.

As I look at some of the outward expressions this week I see that there is praying with drums, dance, paint, pens, silence and loud cries. I have seen people stood, prostrate, sat, pacing, singing, silent and speaking in tongues (not to mention yours truly who takes the grunts of Romans 8 to an art form!).

In a few days the 24-7 event will be over. There will be testimonies of Gods goodness shared on Sunday -do please come ready to encourage others.

But the BIG ?

How are you already planning to develop your prayer life beyond this week? At least one person has already rightly asked ‘how do we keep the momentum going?’

Let me know any thoughts you have. In the mean time like the disciples of old who asked Jesus “Lord, teach us to pray like you do” Keep on learning, keep on going and He will teach the earnest seeker the way of prayer.

Blessings,

Mark