Prayer as a Constant
November 14, 06 by edPrayer is one of those mysterious practices we will never understand on this side of heaven. We can only glimpse facets of it.
While praying with others this morning, I had the sense of carrying on an ongoing conversation with God among others. In other words, we were praying as a group about things we have already been praying about as individuals.
Now that we are done praying, we are praying as individuals again until we gather once more as a group. Prayer is a seamless conversation that is woven throughout our lives, insects with the prayers of others, and then continues.
Sometimes when I gather to pray with others I feel a bit disorganized or just unprepared. That strikes me as unhealthy. I shouldn’t “save” prayer for these meetings.
Gathering with other Christians to pray, read the Bible, or whatever else is just a communal continuation of what is going on privately.
- Date Tuesday, 14 Nov 06 at 8:26 am
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John Says: 16.11.06 at 8:39 am
You’ve got it with the last statement, as far as I’m concerned.
nate Says: 17.11.06 at 4:24 pm
Or perhaps what goes on privately should instead be a continuation of what has happened communally, not vise versa.