T is for Thursday

And P is for Prayer.

New series starts this weekend!  Over the next four weekends in Jungle and Elevate we will be studying prayer:

-What is prayer and why should we pray?

-How did Jesus pray?

-Is there a wrong way to pray?

-Is there only one way to pray?

We're excited to explore this aspect of faith with our kids.  Perhaps you are like me in the sense that I tend to flounder a bit when it comes to my prayer life.  As Sybil MacBeth writes in Praying in Color, "I've never been much of a prayer warrior; I cannot fire out eloquent, television-worthy prayers.  Instead, I'm more like a prayer popper.  I pray a lot, but in fits and spurts, half-formed pleas and intercessions, and bursts of gratitude and rage."

My prayer for this series is that we will all draw closer to the throne and come to recognize that prayer is one of the most important parts of our relationship with God.  It is through prayer that we acknowledge and feed that deep, unrelenting hunger to know God.  "Prayer, even below-average prayer, is my feeble effort to get acquainted." (Sybil MacBeth)

Pray in the Spirit at all times.  Pray with all kinds of prayers, and ask for everything you need.  To do this you must always be ready.  Never give up.  Always pray for all of God's people.  Ephesians 6:18

Check the Echo Blog for the information on our new Band-Aid project!  See you guys this weekend - Ginger