Week of Prayer
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“God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.’... This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.”
~ Exodus 3:14-15
Using This Prayer Guide
“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.”
~ 2 Chronicles 7:14-15
This week is intentionally set aside for the community of Second Mile to focus. We want to focus simultaneously inward and outward. God absolutely wants to reveal big things to his children. It is very possible he has something for you to hear. Something that will slightly tweak the way you go about life and conversation. Or perhaps, something so big it will radically affect the entire development of your future. This is what we expect from God, who describes himself as the beginning of all things.
Our posture towards God is that of contrition (Psalm 51:17). The discipline of prayer and fasting requires humility and sacrifice. It will not come easy.
• Please make every effort to spend significant time alone praying. Don’t just “give something up” but truly set aside time when you would normally be eating, social networking, watching t.v., internet browsing, etc. to quiet your heart and commune with your Heavenly Father.
• Take initiative to pray with your friends. Share what is on your heart and have a conversation together with God. Spur one another on (Hebrews 10:24). Take your normal evening of a night on the town or hanging out or watching a movie, and pray instead.
• As a Community Group dive into the discipline and joy of corporate worship. Be bold and vulnerable. Allow God to use your community to support your intercession with their presence as well as their prayers. Does your community understand your spiritual pulse?
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”
~ Romans 8:26
When you can’t find your own words to pray, depend on the Holy Spirit, and use the words of God (Scripture). Pray the rich prayers of the Psalms. Read the prayers of Jesus found in the Gospels. Let the word of God richly dwell within you (Colossians 3:16).
Please don’t let this week intimidate you. Let it inspire you towards embracing the freedom that is yours in Christ. This is a guide, but the Holy Spirit will teach you to pray if you will humble yourself and ask for His help.
