Admin-car-prayer-time!
"Jesus invites the listener to step into a world where words are few and powerful."
I really enjoyed the reminder of these 4 chapters. It reminded me of listening to my kids pray. Their prayers, which are super short and 100% the heart of a child, convict and humble me every time.
A discipline of mine (as all admin know) is to pray every time we (I) get in the car and begin driving. It always humors me that at the beginning of summer, admin-car-prayer-time can last from the docks all the way into town. By the end of summer, admin-car-prayer-time is done by the time we hit 8 Mile Rd! Are we less focused as a team by the end of summer or more? Are we more aware of our needs or less? I love getting to the breaking point physically, emotionally, and mentally where the only prayer that falls out of my mouth is, "Lord, come do whatever you want......I'm so tired!"
While typing this, I think the Spirit is revealing to me that, "Lord, come do whatever you want......I'm so tired!" is probably my most genuine and intimate prayer to this day in my life!
9 words! Hilarious!
-Reid
I really enjoyed the reminder of these 4 chapters. It reminded me of listening to my kids pray. Their prayers, which are super short and 100% the heart of a child, convict and humble me every time.
A discipline of mine (as all admin know) is to pray every time we (I) get in the car and begin driving. It always humors me that at the beginning of summer, admin-car-prayer-time can last from the docks all the way into town. By the end of summer, admin-car-prayer-time is done by the time we hit 8 Mile Rd! Are we less focused as a team by the end of summer or more? Are we more aware of our needs or less? I love getting to the breaking point physically, emotionally, and mentally where the only prayer that falls out of my mouth is, "Lord, come do whatever you want......I'm so tired!"
While typing this, I think the Spirit is revealing to me that, "Lord, come do whatever you want......I'm so tired!" is probably my most genuine and intimate prayer to this day in my life!
9 words! Hilarious!
-Reid
So good! Bailey also talks some about the ways in which words have become and are becoming “cheap.”
ReplyDeleteI think it’s interesting how being disconnected from this culture full of words and language for just a little bit over summer can show up in the way we pray.
This is so great, Reid! I'm right with you in noticing that the more striped away we become, the more that only Jesus is left. The purest, most simple, most convicting prayers are truly found in the deep dark pits of the on-the-verge-of-going-mad end of summer.
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