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PRAYER GUIDE
Psalm 132
A song of ascents.
1 Lord, remember David
and all his self-denial.
2 He swore an oath to the Lord,
he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 “I will not enter my house
or go to my bed,
4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,5 till I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
What we think of when we think of God is the most important thing about us. So Who is your God? What is he like?
Does your God want us to do better? Try harder? Does He want our money? Our time?
David understood that God’s deepest longing is for us to host his presence.
God wants us to be his home, walking temples.
What do you want most? What is most important to you in life? Is it safety, security, entertainment. Do you want your kids to succeed? Do you want to be liked? Do you want to be famous? Successful? Upwardly mobile? Do you want to travel? To take a vacation? To get a massage? To have a drink? Get married?
That is the second most important thing about you. This is why David is smack dab in the middle of the Bible and why the Bible is full of his prayers.
God wants us to want what David wanted. To host his presence. Soren Kierkegaard said, “purity of heart is to will one thing.” David only wanted one thing. “one thing I have asked of the LORD, this only do I seek, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life and to seek him in his temple.” (Psalm 27)
Our invitation is to join David in his resolve to host God’s presence. To make that the primary objective of our lives. To resolve.
This month, we are focusing on prayer. Our hope is that everyone takes a next step to deepening their prayer lives and prayer practices – with the end goal of living lives of prayer without ceasing. Whereas David could never build a house for the LORD, we have the ability to do what David longed to do. But we need David’s resolve.
For Prayer:
For our own prayer lives and walks with God – that God would lead us to new habits, disciplines, and rhythms of practicing his presence, moving toward prayer without ceasing.
For children in the church to grow in prayer and in praying while they are doing other things like walking.
For home churches to grow in seeking God together in prayer and to be spaces of mutual accountability and fanning the flame of intimacy with God.
For Heart spaces and other prayer and worship spaces to lead people deeper into the heart of God.
For the church of God, Sanctuary especially, to be filled with people who are walking tabernacles, practicing daily fellowship and moment to moment dependence on the Holy Spirit.
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