Prayer
Building Block
One of the most basic building blocks of our Discipleship DNA is PRAYER! Prayer has always been one of the most significant practices within the Christian faith, because prayer is our primary way of regularly connecting and communicating with God. There are, of course, many ways to pray, many benefits to prayer, and many ways prayer can change us and the world around us, but no greater reason to pray than establishing a depth and intimacy in our relationship with God.
Below are a list of tools/resources to help grow followers of Jesus deeper into the life of prayer.
I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn’t change God. It changes me. (C.S. Lewis)
Prayer Practices & Tools
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Prayer Wheel
There are many methods and resources to help followers of Jesus learn how to pray consistently. The Prayer Wheel is one of the resources. The Prayer Wheel teaches different aspects of prayer, but also gives you some practical advice on how you can help structure your time.
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Spiritual Warfare
One thing we see throughout Scripture is that there is an unseen battle going on (Ephesians 6:11-13) that followers of Jesus need to be fully aware of. The following tool/resource was put together to help followers of Jesus recognize the battle and begin taking proactive steps to address Spiritual Warfare against and around them.
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Listening to God
One of the most beautiful and neglected parts of the life of prayer is Listening to God. We spend time talking and bringing our requests before the Lord, but we neglect the thing we do in every other conversation we have: we neglect taking time to listen for and to God. Below is a tool/resource…